DAEJEON, Jan. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — The Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology said Monday that a research team had developed a portable ‘electronic nose’ that can check whether meat has spoiled in real-time. The electronic nose can even detect a tiny amount of cadaverine and putrescine, which generate bad odors caused by meat [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 24 (Korea Bizwire) – The so-called ‘token economy’ is expanding, in which companies give out tokens that can be exchanged for tangible and intangible goods to provide incentives to consumers to draw out certain behavior. Home training service platform Yafit Cycle, run by online education startup Yanadoo, is selling tablet PC-equipped cycling machines [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Motor Co. is holding an unusual promotion event for its all-electric IONIQ 5 in which the model uses its “vehicle-to-load” technology to supply electricity to a small cabin deep in the woods. South Korea’s biggest carmaker recently joined hands with Studio Puisto Architects, a Helsinki architecture studio, to [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — The unabated buying boom for luxury products has led to the emergence of new part-time jobs in which individuals are paid in return for waiting in line for entry to famous foreign luxury brand shops on behalf of customers. Customers who want to purchase luxury products can hire such [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — A state-run railway research body has developed new technology that can reduce both the noise and fine dust generated around railroad and subway tracks. The Korea Railroad Research Institute said Monday that it had developed a ‘noise reduction-type fanless dust collector.’ With a minimal thickness, the fanless dust collector [...]
DAEJEON, Jan. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — A South Korean research team has developed a multi-functional noise barrier technology that can produce both electricity and thermal heat. The Korea Institute of Energy Research said its research teams had developed a new photovoltaic-thermal (PVT) soundproof technology that uses a solar photovoltaic panel, a solar collector and a [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s leading cinema chain CJ CGV is introducing a sports climbing gym at CGV Piccadilly 1958 located in Seoul’s Jongno District. The movie theater is being remodeled into a sports facility to cater to the demand for health and diversification of the multiplex industry in the pandemic era. [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul Metropolitan Government plans to start a trial of an artificial intelligence (AI) phone call service to say hello to about 300 middle-aged individuals living alone in Seoul within the first half of this year. The service will use an AI program designed to make phone calls to [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — The National Police Agency announced on Monday that it will introduce a new service to enable the location and situation of those making 112 (the emergency police telephone number) calls via smartphones to be verified in video format in real time. If callers click on a link included in [...]
BUSAN, Dec. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Marine litter has been transformed into artworks to share an important message about the seriousness of contaminating the environment. A series of sculptures were built in Busan’s tourist district of Haeundae using debris collected from the sea to raise public awareness about the risk posed by marine litter and the severity of the [...]