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[Iclickart] SEOUL -- In an effort to resolve an overall manpower shortage in South Korea's rapidly aging agricultural society and help farmers manage their farms more effectively, a state agricultural research center has developed an artificial intelligence-based new smart farming system. The state-run Rural Development Administration (RDA) has been developing a smart farm system for crop growers since 2014. The first-generation system helped farmers grow crops more efficiently
[Courtesy of Samsung Electronics] SEOUL -- Samsung Electronics released a new premium mobile application processor (AP) that is powerful enough to process artificial intelligence-related tasks by itself, ideal for smart devices featuring next-generation technologies such as augmented reality and virtual reality. Samsung said in a statement Wednesday that the new mobile chip called "Exynos 9820" features a powerful custom CPU core, a super-fast LTE modem and an integrated
Electric appliances brand Electromart's mascot Electro Man [Electromart's Facebook] SEOUL -- Chung Yong-jin, the de facto head of South Korean retail giant Shinsegae, who is well known for ingenious ideas, will venture into the virtual reality game market, using a superhero mascot of the group's discount store wing that first appeared in 2015 to attract young customers. Emart said in a statement Tuesday that it would participate in "G-STAR 2018", an annual thr
[Courtesy of ESTsecurity] SEOUL -- South Korean security experts have spotted a new case of cyber attacks targeting English speaking countries by using a method similar to that of Lazarus, a hacking group suspected of being tied to North Korea. ESTsecurity, a Seoul-based online security firm, said in a statement uploaded onto its website Tuesday that it detected malicious files disguised as ordinary documents which run on Microsoft Office, a word processing program, for an advanced
[Courtesy of the Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology] SEOUL -- Researchers from a prominent South Korean science school developed a method for the production of a cheap, highly durable and high-performance catalyst for water electrolysis, an important process to produce hydrogen. The water electrolysis uses catalysts connected to a power source to decompose water into oxygen and hydrogen gas. The process, also known as the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER), is vital
