Award-Winning Science Security Contest Entries Including Stickers to Detect 'Mayak Tan Eumryo'

[Asia Economy Reporter Hwang Junho] Detecting drugs contained in beverages through color changes and preventing minors from entering through fingerprint recognition. An acrylic optical filter evidence photography stand that can capture fingerprints without a tripod or goggles has been installed, and fluorescent paste mixed with artificial DNA is applied to buildings to track intruders through the fluorescent paste.

These are the award-winning works from the "6th Science Security Idea Contest" held on the 19th by the Ministry of Science and ICT and the National Police Agency. A total of 293 entries (117 from the general division, 166 from the police division) were submitted to this contest, and 16 award-winning works were selected.

In the general division, the team led by Kim Minji, who proposed the 'SYN (Safe Your Night) Sticker' that can detect drugs contained in beverages through color changes, received the Minister of Science and ICT Award.

In the police division, Sergeant Kang Seokjin's team, who proposed the 'Acrylic Optical Filter Evidence Photography Stand for Fingerprint Capture' that integrates existing equipment to improve the efficiency of suspect identification and arrest at crime scenes, received the Commissioner General of the National Police Agency Award.

The ideas proposed this time will be utilized for establishing security policies and planning new tasks for security research and development (R&D) projects.

An official from the Ministry of Science and ICT stated, "We will make further efforts to realize science-based security that ensures the safety of the public."

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