A Japanese tech firm has released a free app that claims to identify signs of pain in cats. Detecting pain: Tokyo-based company Carelogy launched "Cat Pain Detector" last month and has since accumulated 43,000 users primarily in Japan, as well as other territories in Europe and South America. Developed in collaboration with Nihon University's College of Bioresource Sciences, the application purportedly recognizes when a cat is experiencing discomfort.
The international method: The change comes after South Korea’s National Assembly passed legislation in December 2022 to unify the nation's age systems with the standardized international model. According to the Ministry of Government Legislation, the international model will be used to legally document the age of Koreans in contracts, official documents and social circumstances. About the traditional age system: In Korea’s old tradition, a person is born at 1-year-old and becomes a year older each New Year’s Day.