DongA Science, a South Korean science media company, said on Nov. 9 that its AI tutor AiR NOVA was named a CES Innovation Awards 2027 Honoree in the EdTech category DongA Science1. The Consumer Technology Association listed the product on its official awards page CES Innovation Awards2.
The company says AiR NOVA answers questions using more than 100,000 articles from its own archive and displays the source article for each response DongA Science1. The announcement does not include independent test results verifying the accuracy of the AI’s responses.
DongA Science has published science magazines since 1986 and built an archive of reported content over 40 years DongA Science1. The global AiR NOVA service is based on DongA Science AiR edu, a version currently used by more than 20,000 students in 170 South Korean schools DongA Science1. The company developed the global edition with feedback from educators in a project run by the Korea Education and Research Information Service (KERIS) DongA Science1. The domestic AiR service won the Minister of Science and ICT Award at the 2024 Digital Service Frontier Awards, while the school edition AiR edu received the Minister of Education Award at the 2026 K-EduTech Contest DongA Science1.
AiR NOVA includes three functions: Tutor, which provides answers with source links; Socrates, a patent-pending mode that asks guiding questions instead of giving direct answers; and Coach, which assigns missions tied to specific articles DongA Science1. Teachers can use the Coach module to build worksheets and track student participation DongA Science1.
The company states that AiR NOVA’s science and math content will align at launch with South Korea’s national curriculum, U.S. Next Generation Science Standards, Common Core State Standards for Mathematics, Cambridge International and the International Baccalaureate DongA Science1. The service is scheduled to launch in January 2027 on web, iOS and Android platforms in Korean, English, Vietnamese and Spanish DongA Science1. Pricing details will be announced at a later date DongA Science1.
The release does not describe how student data is handled.