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  Blockchain company unveils new metaverse platform featuring video call technology SEOUL -- A new metaverse platform installed with video call functions was released by South Korea's leading blockchain company Dunamu to help reduce boundaries between online and offline spaces. Users can go anywhere using avatars and video calls are connected when avatars get closer. An open beta service is available from November 30 on desktops. Dunamu has unveiled "2ndblock," saying it is South Korea's first metaverse platform using video transmission technology 2021-11-30
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  Researchers develop high-performance fingerprint sensor using organic photodiodes SEOUL -- South Korean researchers have collaborated with a domestic electronic parts maker to develop a high-performance fingerprint sensor using organic photodiodes. The new sensor can be produced in a film shape so that it can be hidden underneath a smartphone's display to read a fingerprint from any part of the screen. Currently, smartphones read biometrics only from the area where hidden sensors are placed. Biometrics refers to measurements related to unique human character 2021-11-30
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  KB establishes branch in virtual space to develop new financial services using VR technology SEOUL -- KB Kookmin Bank, a major commercial bank in South Korea, has established a branch in virtual space to develop new financial services using virtual reality technology. It will be used as financial education content for teenagers and serve as a metaverse testbed to experience and accumulate new technologies. KB said it has worked with Sharebox, a VR content startup, to develop user interface and interaction based on head-mounted display (HMD) devices to provide differentiat 2021-11-29
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  Researchers develop 5G-based standalone small cell software for ultra-fast data transfer SEOUL -- South Korean researchers have developed software for standalone 5G small cells, which are low-powered radio access network nodes designed to provide mobile data network coverage to a radius of a few kilometers. The newly-develop software will help network operators to easily set up specialized 5G networks such as for Most nodes, or base stations, being used for 5G are non-standalone (NSA), meaning that an NSA base station supports both 4G and 5G. NSA nodes are established 2021-11-25
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  VUNO partners with S. Korea's tuberculosis association to upgrade AI-based diagnosis technology SEOUL -- VUNO, South Korea's diagnosis technology company, partnered with the Korea National Tuberculosis Association to cooperate in a research project for artificial intelligence (AI)-based tuberculosis diagnosis technology. About 26,000 South Koreans contract tuberculosis every year and 1,800 patients die from the disease. VUNO said in a statement on November 23 that the company has signed a cooperation agreement with the Korea National Tuberculosis Association (KNTA) to uti 2021-11-23
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  Researchers develop eco-friendly nano-hydroelectric generator SEOUL -- South Korean researchers have developed an eco-friendly nano-hydroelectric generator that can charge batteries using a droplet of water which is about 50 microliters. Although the device's generating capacity is not high, it can be used in any environment if moisture is collectible. The generator can also be used on wearable devices to use sweat drops to generate power. The Korea Advanced Institute of Science & Technology (KAIST) said in a statement on November 23 2021-11-23
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  (INTERVIEW) Cryptolab aims to secure firm position in global homomorphic encryption market SEOUL -- As a pioneer in homomorphic encryption research, Cheon Jung-hee, a prominent mathematician and cryptographer in South Korea, has pushed for the early introduction of quantum-resistant cryptography technology, saying that if quantum computers are commercialized, existing encryption algorithms, which were difficult to solve even after decades, will be resolved within minutes. Binary digital electronic computers are based on transistors and capacitors with data encoded into 2021-11-23
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  Posco ICT to establish smart factory in Busan to improve work efficiency SEOUL -- Posco ICT, an IT and engineering wing of South Korea's top steelmaker Posco, will build a smart factory that can efficiently monitor and analyze factory operation data in the southern port city of Busan. Using the internet of things technology, the company will establish a system that can manage the entire production process including inventory and facility management. Smart factories can produce products through an automated system through internet of things (IoT), ar 2021-11-22
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  Fusion research tokamak sets new record of 30 seconds in super-hot plasma SEOUL -- KSTAR, a magnetic fusion device run by South Korean researchers to study aspects of magnetic fusion energy, broke its own record in a super-hot plasma field to maintain a plasma center ion temperature of 100 million degrees Celsius for 30 seconds. The previous record set in 2020 was 20 seconds. The state-run Korea Institute of Fusion Energy (KFE) attributed its achievement to the better stability of an internal transport barrier mode for the operation of a nuclear fusion 2021-11-22
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  Researchers find micro algae variome for effective biofuel production SEOUL -- Researchers from a state nuclear technology institute have developed a variome of microalgae that is more effective in producing biofuel than its brother species. The new type of green algae can also be used in the production of bioplastics. Through photosynthesis, green algae use sunlight, water and carbon dioxide to create oxygen and energy in the form of sugar. Unconsumed sugar is stored inside cells in the form of starch. When green algae are fermented, starch turns int 2021-11-17
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  Researchers develop AI vision tech capable of recognizing irregular behavior to save people SEOUL -- South Korean researchers have developed an artificial intelligence vision technology that uses a closed-circuit television camera system to monitor the movement of people to see if there are any irregular activities such as collapsing. When an abnormal situation is detected, the system will alert its operator. The smart camera system will be installed in the central city of Daejeon for demonstration in June 2022. AI vision technology enables an AI system to use optical devi 2021-11-17
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  Researchers propose new mechanism for mass production of chips using transition metals SEOUL -- Researchers have proposed a new mechanism that can become a game-changer in the semiconductor manufacturing industry. The single-crystal wafer-growing mechanism could provide a solution for the mass production of transition metal dichalcogenides regarded as next-generation semiconductor substrate material. Silicon in a single-crystalline form is commonly used as the main material for semiconductor substrates (wafers) because it is one of the most common elements. It is also 2021-11-16
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  Kakao's AI research unit unveils hyperscale Korean-language AI platform based on GPT-3 SEOUL -- The artificial intelligence research unit of South Korea's web service company Kakao unveiled KoGPT, a hyperscale Korean-language AI platform based on GPT-3, an autoregressive language model created by OpenAI, a San Francisco-based AI research lab. would be used to create a digital human. Kakao's platform would be used to create a digital human. GPT-3 with a capacity of 175 billion machine learning parameters uses deep learning to produce human-like text. with a 2021-11-16
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  Hyundai Mobis develops self-driving tech capable of navigating through narrow alleyways SEOUL -- Hyundai Mobis, the car parts maker of Hyundai auto group, has developed the world's first self-driving technology that helps autonomous vehicles to navigate through narrow alleyways. Using the new technology, self-driving cars can travel through narrow roads and reverse out of a dead-end road. Hyundai Mobis said in a statement on November 14 that the company has developed Mobis Parking System (MPS) that helps cars autonomously travel through narrow alleyways and move in 2021-11-15
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  Samsung works with France's Orange to disaggregate hardware and software of traditional RAN SEOUL -- Samsung Electronics will work with France's Orange S.A. to disaggregate the hardware and software elements of a traditional radio access network (RAN) by participating in the opening of the mobile network operator's open RAN center in Paris. Orange plans to deploy base stations compliant with the Open RAN (O-RAN or ORAN) Alliance, starting with indoor and rural configurations. The alliance is a global carrier-led effort to drive new levels of openness in the radio 2021-11-11
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  Naver involved in project to turn flagship national museum into digital twin SEOUL -- In cooperation with Naver, a top web portal operator and IT company in South Korea, the country's flagship national museum with many precious cultural properties will be implemented as a digital twin for a remote viewing service that allows visitors to make a vivid look with smartphones or other devices such as augmented reality glasses. For its digital twin project, the National Museum of Korea will work with Naver's artificial intelligence, robot and autonomous te 2021-11-08
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  Germany persuades S. Korea to participate in Europe's 'Gaia-X' project SEOUL -- Germany has finally won South Korea over for its campaign to expand the influence of Europe's "Gaia-X" project which has been launched to foster digital sovereignty and help European companies develop algorithms and artificial intelligence without relying on foreign technology providers. South Korea would be the first non-EU country to set up a Gaia-X hub. Gaia-X could lower transaction costs by standardizing contracts and processes between cloud providers a 2021-11-04
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  SK C&C launches test platforms for audiobook production and distribution SEOUL -- Using a database that contains various audiobook-related information, SK C&C, the information technology wing of South Korea's SK Group, started a test operation of an online platform to help audiobook makers gain easy access to a pool of professionals including voice actors, producers and writers. Although audiobooks have been commonly used by schools and libraries in the western world since the 1970s, the idea of "listening" to books was first introduced 2021-11-04
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  LG Uplus develops small built-in subscriber identity module for devices SEOUL -- LG Uplus, a mobile carrier in South Korea, has teamed up with a transaction and security solution provider to develop a small built-in subscriber identity module featuring a physically unclonable function. The module, which is only 2mm wide and 3mm long, can be applied to various fields due to low production costs. A physically unclonable function (PUF) provides a physically defined "digital fingerprint" output that serves as a unique identifier. PUFs are most o 2021-11-04
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  Researchers develop AI-based network platform recognizing face and environment SEOUL -- For the first time in the world, South Korean researchers have developed and demonstrated a smart networking platform that uses edge computing technology converged with artificial intelligence. The platform can recognize faces and situations that take place around edge nodes to take appropriate actions and request emergency service or police support. Edge computing is a network technology that uses nodes located at the edge of a network as local servers that will primarily 2021-11-03