DAEJEON, Oct. 6 (Korea Bizwire) – A research team from KAIST (the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology) has developed a self-sealing hemostatic needle that won’t make you bleed after it’s used, taking advantage of one of Korea’s most popular mariculture products – mussels. The team leveraged the exceptional ability of mussels to attach [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 22 (Korea Bizwire) – Potholes on asphalt pavement can not only be a hindrance but also a danger to drivers. But with a new system from the KICT (Korea Institute of Civil Engineering and Building Technology) that uses black box cameras to automatically detect and report potholes on roads, their detection and report [...]
BUSAN, Sept. 8 (Korea Bizwire) – In an effort to beautify its road facilities, the JinYoung National Territory Management Office (JNTMO) of the Busan Regional Construction Management Administration announced Wednesday that it will launch a program to renovate structures such as tunnels and bridges using a technique called “Story Doing”. Story doing is a concept [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 29 (Korea Bizwire) – A 24-year-old student at Konkuk University has become the first person to come up with the idea of a smartphone-charging cup holder after realizing the excessive number of disposable holders going to waste at cafes every day. Lee Bong-hak, a computer engineering major, has won two international awards for his [...]
ULSAN, South Korea, Aug. 29 (Korea Bizwire) – UNIST (Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology) has the perfect solution for an unwanted problem with its sewage-to-currency technology. The technology is currently being exported to China. The institute recently announced that it signed a business agreement with Chinese firm Xi Jia International Trade Co., Ltd. for [...]
BUSAN, Aug. 26 (Korea Bizwire) – With an insufferable heat wave striking the Korean Peninsula, millions of farmed fish have succumbed to the scorching temperatures this summer. According to the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries, over 3 million fish have died across Korea’s fisheries this year thus far, with sea water temperatures rising to 30 [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 23 (Korea Bizwire) – Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymer, or CFRP, is an extremely durable light plastic, and its use has spread across various manufacturing industries, from aviation and automotive, to sports and audio equipment. But despite its impressive properties, CFRP is infamous for its complex disposal and recycling. While high-temperature processing to reclaim [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 22 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea is among the countries most affected by the Cold War. The decades that followed the Korean War, which split the Korean peninsula in two, were a time of tension, mistrust, and agitation in South Korea, and not only with the enemies to the north; South Koreans turned [...]
SUWON, Aug. 10 (Korea Bizwire) – Humans have given machines yet another opportunity to triumph over their creators, this time in music composition. Emily Howell, an AI program that creates its own musical compositions, is challenging the indisputable classical period genius Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart on Wednesday night at the Gyeonggi Arts Center. During the night’s [...]
SEOUL, August 2 (Korea Bizwire) – A recent automobile accident in Busan that resulted in three fatalities and a dozen injuries may have been caused by a seizure suffered by a 53-year-old driver named Kim, who had been diagnosed with epilepsy. Back in mid-May, a tour bus crashed into vehicles at the entrance of Bongpyeong Tunnel [...]