12. Ehang and Nihonium

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Today is June 10th, 2016. Friday. This evening two news grabbed my attention. One is Ehang's world first passenger drone's planned testing and the other is new atomic element 'Nihonium'. Ehang is a name of Chinese company which unveiled a passenger drone at CES (Consumer Electronics Show) in Las Vegas in January this year. According to the news, Ehang's first passenger drone finally cleared for testing in Nevada and scheduled to begin testing later this year, working together with Nevada State in USA. I think that future is not on the movie screen but comes from Ehang. When I was in high school, I once tried to memorize the periodic table.The periodic table is a tabular arrangement of the chemical elements ordered by the atomic number. Although it is difficult for students to memorize it, it holds significant meaning in scientific history. Furthermore, it is very difficult to find a new element and add it to the periodic table officially. One of Japanese scientists, who led the discovery team, Mr. Kosuke Morita finally made it for the first time in Asia. Many Koreans do not like Japan but I think that we should appreciate Japanese' style in scientific research area. Advances comes from technology and science, not from hate speech.