Invention Awards: August 2025

Friday, August 29, 2025

South Korea’s ETRI sets sights on international standard for digital ID wallets

South Korea’s Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI) has officially begun a project to create an international standard for digital identity wallets.

ETRI aims to define a unified framework to ensure that users can store and present government-issued IDs, mobile driver’s licenses, student cards, credit cards and more on their smartphones worldwide.

This comes as local technologists have warned of the potential problems caused by having non-compliant digital ID, risking isolation from the global network and which would leave Koreans unable to use digital passports overseas, for example.

“International standardization is more than just a technology competition, it’s a strategic activity at the national level,” says Seung-Chan Bang, President of ETRI. “We will actively support research to ensure Korea achieves global leadership in digital identity authentication technology.”

ETRI has a number of rights to intellectual property in user-centric identity management and multi-factor authentication technology, which are major components of digital identity wallets. These authentication factors include biometrics and PINs, while FIDO2-based authentication protocols are adopted to meet international security standards.

ETRI is leading the project, with the Financial Security Institute and start-up Hopae joint participants. It is working with the Financial Security Institute to align with domestic security requirements. Hopae is cooperating with OpenWallet Foundation’s open-source platform and is the project’s bridgehead into European markets.

The timing dovetails with the European Union’s eIDAS 2.0 regulation, which came into force in May 2024 and sets a target of having 80 percent of EU citizens using digital wallets by 2030. ETRI is also strengthening ties with the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and the Linux Foundation’s OpenWallet Forum to ensure cross-border compatibility and to accelerate standard adoption among device makers, financial institutions and public agencies.

ETRI’s Cyber Security Research Division says it will promote the technology across the digital identity authentication industry. ETRI plans to collaborate with official standards organizations — such as ISO, ITU and ETSI — to secure global interoperability and widespread adoption.

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Tuesday, August 26, 2025

US is number 1 in AI innovation ranking, China is at number 4; has India made it to top 10? Read here

AI (Artificial Intelligence) is spreading all over the world, and many countries are running fast to move ahead in technology. India is also making its presence felt in this race. India has secured the seventh rank in global AI innovation, while America has been at the top. This ranking has been given in the study released by the Linkee company.

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Wednesday, August 20, 2025

AI set to transform South Korea’s jobs market, research finds

As artificial intelligence continues to gain ground in most sectors worldwide, the technology is set to transform Korea’s labour market, according to new research by the Korea Institute for Industrial Economics & Trade.

The impact of AI is likely to increase demand for occupations that require higher levels of education such as humanities and social science research, legal specialists, corporate management, administrative, clerical and educational fields, the industrial policy think tank said in the report released on 12 August.

In contrast, it is likely to result in lower demand for roles that rely on manual skills — including jobs in manufacturing, agriculture, production, construction, mining, and textile and clothing production — as they can be replaced by AI-powered robots or machines, it added.

The research is based on the AI Occupational Exposure Index, which measures how occupations are impacted by AI.

“The impact of AI on jobs is expected to be different from job to job, and an accurate understanding of this is essential for effective policy planning and response,” the report’s authors noted.

“Different occupations differ in the nature of work and the necessary technical composition, so the degree of exposure to AI is different.”

To manage the transition, the report calls for South Korea’s social safety net to be strengthened for at-risk occupations — for example, by expanding unemployment benefits, reskilling and technical training and career counselling.

The authors also recommended the government develop a strategy to attract key AI talent from overseas.

“As the demand for highly complementary human resources with AI is expected to increase, specialised visas for AI professionals and global AI researchers are needed,” the report said.

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Tuesday, August 19, 2025

China research ships are ramping up activity in U.S. Arctic, Coast Guard says

Chinese research ships are appearing more often in the United States Arctic than they have in years past, the U.S. Coast Guard said. In response, Coast Guard crews are ramping up their presence in U.S. Arctic waters to address what they've described in a news release as "increased activity" as of late by Chinese research vessels in that area.

The Coast Guard has detected and responded to two Chinese research ships currently operating in the U.S. Arctic, and five similar vessels are being monitored in or near the polar region, according to the federal agency, which is part of the Department of Homeland Security.

Last week, a C-130J Hercules aircraft from the U.S. Coast Guard station and military base in Kodiak, Alaska, identified the two Chinese research ships, called Ji Di and Zhong Shan Da Xue Ji Di, as they traveled northeastward across the Bering Sea. The Coast Guard said the crew of its cutter Waesche responded for a second time to the Zhong Shan Da Xue Ji Di, a Liberian-flagged ship operated by the Chinese university Sun Yat-Sen, the following day, while the ship traveled in the Chukchi Sea above the Arctic Circle after exiting the Bering Strait.

Those encounters with Chinese research vessels came after the Coast Guard deployed a C-130J Hercules aircraft to respond to another China-flagged research ship, the Xue Long 2, in July. That ship was operated by China's Polar Research Institute and detected about 290 nautical miles north of Utqiagvik, Alaska, in the North American Arctic, the Coast Guard reported at the time.

"The presence of these vessels is consistent with a three-year trend of increased activity from Chinese research vessels operating in the U.S. Arctic," the Coast Guard said in its latest news release on the matter. "Last year, three Chinese research vessels conducted research operations north of the Bering Strait."

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Monday, August 18, 2025

Chinese scientists transplant human brain cells to mice, boosting pleasure levels

Chinese scientists have found a way to turn human stem cells into dopamine-producing brain cells, transplanting them into mice and helping reduce depressive behaviour and boost pleasure.

When the engineered neuron-like cells were grafted into depression-model mice, they helped lessen symptoms like anxiety and resignation while increasing feelings of enjoyment.

The development has the potential to be employed as a therapy to treat neuropsychiatric disorders by directly targeting and repairing parts of the brain involved in mood regulation.

“This study provides proof-of-concept evidence supporting the use of cell therapy to treat psychiatric disorders by specifically reconstructing dysfunctional neural circuits,” the researchers said in a paper published in the peer-reviewed journal Cell Stem Cell on August 11.

Major depressive disorder ranks among the top contributors to global disease, affecting hundreds of millions of people around the world.

Some experience treatment-resistant depression, which is associated with symptoms like anhedonia, or an inability to experience enjoyment from once pleasurable activities. Anhedonia can persist even after mood symptoms are alleviated.

Dopaminergic neurons are a special type of cell that produce and release dopamine, a neurotransmitter involved in motivation, reward and movement. Depressive patients with anhedonia can exhibit a state of reduced dopamine activity.

Within the midbrain, there are three main subtypes of dopaminergic neurons: A8, A9, and A10. Among these, A10 plays a key role in reward and incentive-based behaviours.

Dysfunction of the A10 neuron system has been linked to psychiatric disorders, including depression, schizophrenia and drug addiction. This has made A10 neurons a target cell for the treatment of these disorders.

Human pluripotent stem cells, which can differentiate into all cell types, have been used to generate dopaminergic neurons, including A9, though the team said that efficient generation of A10 neurons had previously been “elusive”.

The team from the Chinese Academy of Sciences at Fudan University and stem cell therapy company UniXell Biotechnology developed a method to generate A10-like cells by giving human stem cells a special mix of chemicals at a specific stage of differentiation.

The resulting engineered neurons exhibited the same molecular and electrical properties as A10 neurons.

When the engineered neurons were transplanted into depression-model mice generated through exposure to chronic stress – exhibiting symptoms like resignation and loss of pleasure – they led to “significant antidepressant-like behaviours”.

This included relieving anhedonia and behavioural despair, a state in which animals stop attempting to escape from stressful situations, such as the threat of drowning, and become immobile.

The team found that the transplanted neurons were able to effectively integrate into neural circuits, including receiving signals from surrounding neurons, “demonstrating their potential for repairing dopamine-related pathways”.

The specificity of the neural cell therapy could offer a “significant advantage” over broad pharmaceutical drugs by providing fewer off-target side effects, according to the researchers.

“This study provides strong proof of concept for [A10-neuron-based] therapy in the clinical treatment of major depression and extends the potential applications of cell-based therapy for psychiatric disorders,” they said.

Thursday, August 14, 2025

TENSOR UNVEILS WORLD'S FIRST PERSONAL AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE FOR PRIVATE OWNERSHIP--REDEFINING THE FUTURE WHERE YOU OWN YOUR AUTONOMY

SAN JOSE, Calif., Aug. 13, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Tensor, a leading agentic AI company, is shifting the automotive landscape with the unveiling of the world's first personally owned autonomous vehicle—Tensor Robocar. By redefining the future of embodied AI, agent, AI defined vehicle, privacy, and safety, Tensor empowers individuals to truly Own Your Autonomy.

Built on a decade of proprietary engineering prowess, advanced artificial intelligence (AI), and a ground up design for autonomous and agentic vehicles, the Tensor Robocar reimagines what a personal vehicle can be. As a pioneer creating a new category, Tensor offers a first-of-its-kind experience—liberating individuals through choice, privacy, and true ownership of their own AI.

"When the world shifts… how will you move?" said Amy Luca, Chief Marketing Officer at Tensor. "We are building a world where individuals own their personal AGI agents, enhancing freedom, privacy and autonomy. With Tensor, we're introducing the world's first personal Robocar, ushering in the era of AI defined vehicles. This isn't a car as we know it. It's an embodied personal agent that moves you. It's time to Own Your Autonomy."

The World's First Robocar for Volume Production

Tensor isn't adapted for autonomy as an afterthought—it's designed and built for it. Every contour and system has been engineered from the ground up to serve AI perception, safety, and reliability. With over 100 seamlessly integrated sensors, Tensor offers uncompromised visibility—free from the constraints of legacy vehicle design. Radar-transparent materials, unobstructed lidar sightlines, and a low hood profile all reflect a safety-first philosophy. At its core, Tensor's advanced electrical and electronic architecture delivers full-stack redundancy—across power, communications, and control—ensuring fail-operational performance in any scenario. This is not just a new car—it's a fundamentally new kind of vehicle, purpose-built for the autonomous and agentic era.

Tensor is powered by the world's most vertically integrated Level 4 autonomy stack. Its sensor suite includes 37 cameras, 5 lidars, 11 radars, 22 microphones, 10 ultrasonic sensors, 3 IMUs, GNSS, 16 collision detectors, 8 water-level detectors, 4 tire-pressure sensors, 1 smoke detector, and triple-channel 5G. This extraordinary level of hardware and software vertical integration sets a new benchmark in automotive sensing.

Driving it all is Tensor's advanced AI, built on the Tensor Foundation Model. Unlike traditional rule-based systems, it is entirely data-driven—learning perception, prediction, and planning from vast real-world and simulated datasets. Based on Transformer architecture and advanced sensor fusion, it navigates challenging conditions—night, glare, fog, rain—with confidence. Tensor's dual-system AI mirrors human cognition: System 1 delivers fast, reflexive responses through imitation learning from expert drivers, while System 2 uses a sophisticated multimodal Visual Language Model to reason through rare and complex edge cases. Trained on proprietary and internet-scale visual data, it enables Tensor to handle the unexpected—not just the predictable.

Wednesday, August 13, 2025

Extreme heat is threatening tropical birds, even in untouched forests, scientists warn

From the rainforests of Central and South America to the savannas of northern Australia, the world’s equatorial regions are home to thousands of unique bird species, from macaws to toucans to hummingbirds, who thrive in hot and humid environments.

But as climate change accelerates, tropical regions are seeing ten times the number of dangerously hot days than they did 40 years ago, threatening the survival of some of the world’s most colorful birds, new research shows.

Between 1950 and 2020, extreme heat events reduced tropical bird populations by 25% to 38%, according to a study published in the journal Nature Ecology and Evolution.

Monday, August 11, 2025

#sciencefather | "Cavitation Prediction in Pump-As-Turbines via Numerical Simulation"#researchers

Discover how advanced numerical simulation techniques can help predict pump failures by detecting early signs of cavitation in Pump-as-Turbines (PATs). This study presents the development of a cavitation indicator that enables accurate prediction of performance degradation, improves system reliability, and extends equipment lifespan. Ideal for researchers, engineers, and industry professionals working in hydropower, fluid machinery, and pump optimization.

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