NUGU: A group-based intervention App that improves self-regulation of limiting smartphone use   KAIST researchers have developed a mobile app that helps users to limit their smartphone use by leveraging social support.   Article  |  Spring 2015     The negative aspects of smartphone addiction, such as social conflicts, attention deficits, and sleep deprivation, have receive...

JANUS: A next-generation transparent display enabling collaboration and privacy   JANUS uses the principle of Persistence of Vision (POV) to achieve highly preserved transparency with high independence of content on each side in a transparent display.   Article  |  Spring 2015     The transparent display has already become an icon of the future thanks to numerous science fi...

Biodiesel production from oil-producing microorganisms by using various economical sources   Biodiesel is produced from the cultivation of an oil-producing microorganism, Cryptococcus sp., using low-cost reusable sources.   Article  |  Spring 2015     Fuel depletion is recognized as a serious issue, and a number of studies have been conducted to address this problem. O...

Puppetizing cellular data accounting   A close-up measurement of cellular network operators reveals vulnerabilities in the traffic accounting system that allow attackers to arbitrarily control data billing.   Article  |  Spring 2015     A KAIST research team led by Professors KyoungSoo Park and Yongdae Kim has found that a modern cellular network can be easily manipulated to...

KAIST develops a propulsion device for attitude control of upper stage space rockets   A thruster is a small rocket to generate the reaction force required to control the attitude of a spacecraft. The precise attitude is essential to inject the spacecraft into the desired orbit.   Article  |  Spring 2015     Rocket Lab KAIST has been working on a monopropellant thruster for ...

A new random multiple access technique based on transmitting user sparsity   Control and utilization of sparsity of transmitting users in a massive random access network significantly improve the system sum throughput   Article  |  Spring 2015     The rapid proliferation of wireless devices and related services heralds a new era of the Internet of things (IoT), which means ...