A domestic knowledge-based company has developed a search engine that has exclusive features for Iranian users in Persian.
“The domestic search engine named Sin Jim can be a good complement to foreign counterparts,” Mehdi Amani, a member of the Board of Directors of Toorin Tan Company, was quoted as saying by the news portal of the Vice Presidency for Science and Technology.
Since well-known foreign search engines are being used internationally, they cannot focus on a specific language. This is where a domestic search engine comes in handy, as it solely covers content based on Iranian issues and developments without any filtering or other restrictions.
The search engine could be used both offline and online, which makes it easy to update.
As the search engine uses domestic databases and servers, and is optimized for Iranian networks, its speed is considerably higher than that of foreign counterparts.
Amani explained that in the domestic search engine, one can simultaneously perform several functions that may not be possible in the non-Iranian search engines because they have not focused on the Persian language and their dialects.
The domestic search engine has set up a huge database that allows voice searches from different parts of Iran in several dialects and accents.
In some foreign search engines, even the standard Persian language cannot be recognized, so the voice search option of the domestic search engine can be a huge advantage for Iranian users, especially the ones with special dialects and accents.
Iran's search engine is aimed at promoting the development of Persian language, and if the search engine is supported by knowledge-based and private companies, it can make a big difference in this field.
Amani said Toorin Tan Company has created more than 20 direct jobs and is trying to create more job opportunities by developing its activities.
Online Network Sells Handicrafts of Undeveloped Areas
An innovative company has designed an online sales network to promote handicrafts created by people in Iran’s undeveloped areas.
Aranick is the first specialized website for selling Iranian handicrafts of undeveloped regions, according to the CEO of Araye-Nik Hezar Dastan Innovative Company.
“Sites and blogs have been selling handicrafts before the development of Aranick, but they were limited to one field, or specific fields of handicrafts. But Aranick sells handicrafts from all provinces of Iran, with a focus on lesser-known handicrafts,” Narges Shayeq Borujani was also quoted as saying by the Vice Presidency for Science and Technology.
According to the CEO, the main purpose of this website is to introduce handicrafts from undeveloped areas and create a market for them.
“Aranick is a website based on a warehouse wherein the buyer and creator of handicraft can interact. The handicrafts are not sold directly by their creators, but are purchased from the creators by the company since they require quality assessment, an identity card and a brand,” she said.
Borujani noted that the activity of this company is not limited to the Iranian market and Aranick has exported handicrafts to France, Germany, China, Canada, Australia, Italy and Switzerland.
“One of the main challenges in exporting products is the lack of a foreign bank portal. For this reason, the products are wholesaled to foreign customers for them to retail on their own platform,” she said. She considered creating demand for handicrafts and similar products the most important challenge in this field. “Innovative industries are not among the basic needs of people; the economy should be in a way that people are inclined to seek handicrafts,” she added.
Borujani said the company has created 11 direct jobs, but about 2,500 people are indirectly working to identify little-known handicrafts of undeveloped areas and supply them to the market.
Geoinformatics System for Rescue Missions
A knowledge-based company has developed a geoinformatics system to improve the quality of rescue missions.
The system, developed by Kavosh Sepehr Lotus Company, helps rescue forces predict the time and size of an atmospheric phenomenon’s occurrence and determine the weather condition of the place where a natural or manmade disaster has occurred.
The knowledge-based system has entered its final stage with the support of the headquarters for the development of technologies of the Vice Presidency for Science and Technology, the latter’s news portal reported.
The main user of this knowledge-based meteorological geoinformatics system is the Iran Red Crescent Society (known as Helal Ahmar in Persian). In the design of this system, three main factors were considered: collecting data of highly populated areas, calculating the risk caused by different weather phenomena and informing the rescue forces, and accuracy in specifying the size of the weather phenomenon.
Eight phenomena that can give rise to a human and financial toll based on the country’s climatic conditions have been taken into account by the system so that before and during the occurrence of an accident, a notification is sent to the respective rescue forces so that timely actions could be taken.
The system makes it possible to get access to the risk predictions of different phenomena and their intensity for each region, down to the district level, for different periods of time. Such data could also help prevent a likely catastrophe in the event of a severe weather phenomenon.
Weather-related events are the most important cause of damages that require the assistance of rescue forces.
Studies indicate that 25% of road accidents also occur due to bad weather conditions, hence accurate information about weather conditions and related risks assist IRCS forces in taking precautionary measures and preparing for any eventuality.
