BUSAN, May 17 (Korea Bizwire) — Bicycle racing operator Busan Spo1 Corp. said Monday it will host the “Upcycle Art Play” exhibition at the play lounge of the Spo1 cycling stadium in the southern port city of Busan from Wednesday to June 30. This exhibition will showcase a variety of artworks created by its employees [...]
SEOUL, May 16 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Motor Group on Sunday unveiled a mobility concept using “ondol,” Korea’s traditional underfloor heating system, as a motive. The Mobility Ondol concept uses batteries as a heat source and is based on the principle of improving heating efficiency by using the battery heat generated by the operation of [...]
SEOUL, May 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Online shopping has become a new normal in everyday life amid the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic, with fashion platforms segmented by age group. Brandi, a well-known fashion ecommerce application for women, recently launched a new shopping app PLARE that specifically targets women in their 30s. The company pointed out that [...]
SEOUL, May 4 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul Metropolitan Government is introducing remote checks for water meters in across the city using Internet of Things (IoT)technology. The city government said Tuesday it will replace some 660,000 water meters, which is equivalent to 30 percent of all 2.22 million water meters in the Seoul region, with [...]
SEOUL, May 4 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul Metropolitan Government has introduced a new concept of “pumasi” (the communal sharing of labor) system in which a user provides help to another user and then “timepay” credit is added to the helper’s account, which can be redeemed for services from other members. The city government announced [...]
SEOUL, May 4 (Korea Bizwire) — SK shieldus Co., a security arm of South Korean telecom giant SK Telecom Co., said it released an innovative wearable airbag in collaboration with industrial goods maker Safeware Inc. to minimize injuries from falls at construction sites. The new airbag looks like a normal vest but has GPS and rotation [...]
SEOUL, May 2 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul city government will put an additional 2,000 single-person households on a special program that harnesses Internet of Things (IoT) technology to monitor and prevent unattended deaths, officials said Monday. Since late 2020, the city has been operating the “smart plug” program, under which the amounts of electricity [...]
SEOUL, April 22 (Korea Bizwire) — Daewoo Engineering & Construction Co., a major builder in South Korea, said Thursday that it developed and launched “Meta Gallery” service, a model house using a video game engine for virtual experiences. This first-person view (FPV) service allows users to move around a virtual space just like playing a [...]
SEOUL, April 21 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean builder SK ecoplant Co. plans to produce a steel bar alternative using waste PET bottles as a raw material. The company announced on Wednesday that it will make a joint investment to establish a production line for the glass fiber reinforced polymer (GFRP) bar “KEco-bar” in collaboration [...]
SEOUL, April 21 (Korea Bizwire) — The Songpa District Office in Seoul said Wednesday it will increase the number of beneficiaries eligible to receive a “Smart Insole,” a location-tracking device for those with developmental disabilities, from the current 32 to 82. The Smart Insole is a shoe insert mounted with Internet of Things (IoT) technology [...]