Technology
- Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Michuhol-gu District to use AI to detect early signs of isolation among single-person households
Incheon's Michuhol-gu District (Mayor Kim Jung-sik) is setting up a system that uses artificial intelligence (AI) to detect early signs of emotional isolation and crisis among residents who live alone. The district said on the 27th that it…
- Mobility (EVs, Autonomous Driving)
Yeonsu-gu expands ‘drone administration’ from property tax surveys to disaster inspections
Incheon's Yeonsu-gu District (Mayor Lee Jae-ho) will make drones a regular tool for field administration. The district is expanding drone use to property tax field surveys, enforcement against illegal buildings and inspections of disaster …
- Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Nationwide Call Draws 390 AI Ideas… 12 Finalist Teams Launch in ‘Everyone’s AI Lab’ Competition
A competition that turns ideas submitted directly by the public into working artificial intelligence (AI) services is entering its final round. The Ministry of Science and ICT and the National Information Society Agency will hold a kickoff…
- Quantum Computing
Quantum Technology Moves from Lab to Market… Vice Minister Koo Hyuk-chae Inspects Homegrown Quantum Computer
Koo Hyuk-chae, First Vice Minister of Science and ICT (under Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Science and ICT Bae Kyung-hoon), visited Seoul National University (SNU) at 3 p.m. on October 1 to inspect the research achievements of a ho…
- Sustainable Technology
New Functions Added to Materials Simply by Changing the Stacking Order of Atoms
A South Korean research team has developed a materials-design method that adds new functions while preserving a material's inherent strengths, achieved simply by changing the order in which the same types and amounts of atoms are stacked. …
- Sustainable Technology
Using Less Rare Earth and Reusing It… ‘K-Moonshot Rare Earth’ Industry-Academia-Research Council Launched
A national technology development framework has gone into motion to reduce reliance on China for rare earth permanent magnets, the core components in motors for cutting-edge industries such as electric vehicles, robotics and defense. The M…
- Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Ministry of Science and ICT Launches Real-World Test Bed for Wireless Power Transfer
The Ministry of Science and ICT (Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Science and ICT Bae Kyung-hoon) held an opening ceremony for a real-world wireless power transfer test bed at 11 a.m. on October 1 at the Dalseong Campus of Kyungpook N…
- Quantum Computing
Vice Minister Koo Hyuk-chae of MSIT Meets Estonian Minister of Education and Research
Koo Hyuk-chae, First Vice Minister of the Ministry of Science and ICT (MSIT; led by Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Science and ICT Bae Kyung-hoon), met in Seoul on October 1 with Kristina Kallas, Estonia's Minister of Education and …
- Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Korea-UK Deepen Cooperation on AI Safety and Regulation… Vice Minister Ryu Je-myung Meets UK AI Minister
The Ministry of Science and ICT (Deputy Prime Minister and Minister Bae Kyung-hoon) announced that Second Vice Minister Ryu Je-myung held a video meeting on September 30 with Kanishka Narayan, the AI minister of the UK Department for Busin…
- Sustainable Technology
Public-Private Council to Launch for Commercializing Multipurpose SMRs
The Ministry of Science and ICT has put its heads together with demand and supply companies to accelerate the commercialization of small modular reactors (SMRs). The government and industry agreed to form a joint public-private council wit…
