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The last decade witnessed the largest- scale proliferation and dissemination of VR and AR technology yet. The uncountably numerous applications marketed by advocates of the technology include everything from flight simulators and virtual porn to surgical training and architectural design. Given the variety of promising applications still under development or already in use, “disruptive&rdquo
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Wan Ju Kang Senior Staff Reporter
2017.03.29 23:18
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On November 16, a paper titled “Reliable Actual Fabric-Based Organic Light-Emitting Diodes: Toward a Wearable Display” was published in Advanced Electronic Materials. Written by researchers under the supervision of Professor Kyung Cheol Choi from the Advanced Display and Nano Convergence Laboratory, the paper describes demonstrations of fully operational, commercial-scale, fabric- base
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Wan Ju Kang Senior Staff Reporter
2017.03.29 23:13
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KAIST is to appoint a new president early next year, and the three candidates for the presidency have been shortlisted as of December 3. The final three candidates endorsed by the KAIST Professors Association (KPA) are, in alphabetical order, Professor Chong-Min Kyung and Professor Yong Hoon Lee of the School of Electrical Engineering, and Professor Sung-Chul Shin of the Department of Physics. Out
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Wan Ju Kang Senior Staff Reporter
2017.03.29 22:52
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New forms of media require new regulations to keep up with them in order for the law to continue protecting the public interest. However, keeping up with the pace of technological advancements makes things much more difficult. After centuries of monitoring the print press, the radio, the television, and the resources necessary to produce, distribute, and consume content through them, governments a
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Wan Ju Kang Senior Staff Reporter
2017.03.29 22:47
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If I am — after a decade of writing in student newspapers — expected to be in any position to have formulated some opinion of what newswriting should be, I unfortunately must admit that I have a far better understanding of what it should not be. When I’m writing or reading news, that tells me to dismiss the trivial issues, such as grammar and punctuation. Structure and formatting
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Wan Ju Kang Senior Staff Reporter
2017.03.29 22:40
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The Korean people had witnessed how Prosecutor Young-ryeol Lee appeared on television to pinpoint the nation’s incumbent president as an accomplice in an unprecedentedly controversial corruption scandal involving Soon-sil Choi. President Park’s status since then is “criminal suspect”. Around the corner lie pending investigation results, but President Park’s political
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Wan Ju Kang Senior Staff Reporter
2016.11.29 22:18
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The Department of Industrial Design at KAIST held its 2016 ID KAIST Graduation Show starting on November 6 and lasting until November 13. With a unique theme every semester, the show revolved around the theme of “CONNECTED”. By doing so, the department proposed its role as a connecting point in a fast-changing society through distinctive methods of ID KAIST. Just like the past exhibitions, the dep
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Chanyoung Ryu Staff Reporter
2016.11.27 03:48
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The Institute for Startup KAIST (ISK) hosted its annual KAIST ISK Forum 2016 on the subject of “Start-ups in Asia”. The forum was held in both the Daejeon Campus and the ISK Center in Pangyo on November 1 and October 31, respectively. The forum had been initiated with the mission of “nurturing entrepreneurial culture, creating ecosystem for startups, and helping Korean startups go global.” Now in
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Chanyoung Ryu Staff Reporter
2016.11.27 03:46
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From November 2, the School of Humanities and Social Science at KAIST has been holding its 17th “KAIST Humanities Lectures for Citizens”, titled “Fusion of Arts through Music in the 21st Century”. The series of lectures held at the School of Humanities and Social Science Building (N4) will last until December 7. The department initiated its first “KAIST Humanities Lectures for Citizens” four years
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Chanyoung Ryu Staff Reporter
2016.11.27 03:43
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PhD Candidates Woo-Sang Lim and Choong-Kook Yoo from the School of Computing have been awarded the 2016 Google PhD Fellowship. Lim and Yoo’s advising professors are Professor Doo-Hwan Bae and Professor Joon-Hwa Song, respectively. The Google PhD Fellowship Program was founded in 2009 to recognize outstanding graduate students in the field of computer science. It is committed to raising and support
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Chanyoung Ryu Staff Reporter
2016.11.27 03:41
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Professor Haeshin Lee from the Department of Material Science and Engineering at KAIST recently developed a novel way of injecting shots without causing bleeding. Professor Lee and his research team gained inspiration from the adhesive strategies of the mussel to prevent the common side effect associated with injections. Their research was published on October 3 on the online version of Nature Mat
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Chanyoung Ryu Staff Reporter
2016.11.27 03:39
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The research team headed by Professor Yang-Kyu Choi from the School of Electrical Engineering has recently developed an innovative technology that allows the combination of dynamic random access memory (DRAM) and flash memory in a single transistor. The team has worked in association with PhD students Byung-Hyun Lee from the Department of Memory Business of Samsung Electronics and Min- Ho Kang fro
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Chanyoung Ryu Staff Reporter
2016.11.27 03:36
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This summer in Korea has been heated due to both record-high temperatures and conflict over the largely controversial electricity fees. The public has united with many parts of the media to criticize the ineffective system and to demand an improved and more balanced way to reach a reasonable goal of electricity consumption reduction. On the other hand, government officials have been as persistent
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Chanyoung Ryu Staff Reporter
2016.11.27 03:30
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A joint research team headed by Professor Keon-jae Lee from the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at KAIST and by Dr. Jae- hyun Kim from the Korea Institute of Machinery and Materials has recently developed a continuous roll-processing technology. This innovation delivers flexible large-scale integrated circuits, a crucial component in the construction of CPUs in computers. It then p
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Chanyoung Ryu Staff Reporter
2016.11.27 03:26
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With the recent peak of interest in Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR) following the hugely popular Pokemon GO, KAIST has officially begun its research into the aforesaid technologies. Held at the KAIST Institute Building (KI) on September 1, the opening ceremony of the Augmented Reality Lab gathered over 50 researchers and developers of the field. The lab, headed by Professor Woon-ta
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Chanyoung Ryu Staff Reporter
2016.11.27 03:24
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KAIST K-School has established a Master of Entrepreneurship and Innovation degree, its first master’s degree to systematically teach entrepreneurship practices to students with backgrounds in science and technology. The one-year program was officially launched this fall semester with the cooperation of 16 other departments at KAIST. Award-winning professors with first-hand experience in entreprene
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Chanyoung Ryu Staff Reporter
2016.11.27 03:17
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The origins of the current price structure for KEPCO-generated power dates back to 1973, when the world was struck by one of the worst energy crises in modern history. During the Arab-Israeli war, Arab members of the Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries imposed an oil embargo, sending oil prices, and hence energy prices, soaring. The progressive pricing system was thus introduced in
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Chonghyuk Song Senior Staff Reporter
2016.11.25 17:14
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Professor Minkee Choi’s team from the KAIST Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering have developed a new high-performance carbon-dioxide absorbent. His team has also succeeded in synthesizing moderate volumes of this new adsorbent, indicating that, unlike previous adsorbents, it is scalable and will mostly likely be commercialized industry. Their research was published online in
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Chonghyuk Song Senior Staff Reporter
2016.11.25 17:12
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Thomson Reuters, the multinational media and information company, named KAIST Asia’s Most Innovative University for 2016. On August 30, the company released “Reuters Top 75: Asia’s Most Innovative Universities,” a list that “identifies the educational institutions that are doing the most to advance science, invent new technologies and help drive the global economy.&rd
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Chonghyuk Song Senior Staff Reporter
2016.11.25 17:09
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Last month, China’s Chongqing University of Technology (CQUT) agreed to adopt KAIST’s Freshman English Program. CQUT’s Freshman English Camp will be organized by the KAIST School of Humanities and Social Sciences for the next three years. CQUT’s Freshman English Camp is modeled after KAIST’s “Academic English Camp”, which has been run by KAIST’s EFL
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Chonghyuk Song Senior Staff Reporter
2016.11.25 16:57