SEOUL, Nov. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — The South Korea’s largest ad agency is making forays into the e-commerce market. Cheil Worldwide Inc., an advertisement unit of Samsung Group, announced on Monday that it had opened a new-concept online shopping mall ‘GETTT’ that is an experience-based e-commerce platform. GETTT is an abbreviation of the words ‘Get [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — GS The Fresh, a hypermarket franchise, and 119Reo, a social startup, announced Thursday that they will hold a collaboration event to give out bags made from old firefighter uniforms. 119Reo is a social startup dedicated to recycling firefighter uniforms to produce bags, backpacks and accessories, and donate a certain [...]
DAEJEON, Nov. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — A newly developed biofuel cell generates electricity using human perspiration. The Korea Research Foundation announced Tuesday that a joint research team from Sogang University and Sookmyung Women’s University had developed a technology that uses sportswear fabric to turn the glucose in human perspiration into electric energy. While many studies [...]
DAEJEON, Nov. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — The Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology announced Tuesday that researchers had developed a catalyst processing technology that produces alpha-olefins, a high-end chemical substance, using greenhouse gas. Alpha-olefins are used to make detergents, lubricating oil, cosmetics and plastic. Plastic made with alpha-olefins is stronger than other plastic products. Similarly, [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — CJ Cheiljedang Corp., South Korea’s top food maker, announced on Tuesday that it is making inroads in the ‘white biotechnology’ market, which is regarded as one of the most promising future industries. White biotechnology refers to the production of commodities such as industrial materials or biofuels using plants and [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Riding a bicycle is no longer a pipe dream for those with physical disabilities. A research team spearheaded by Prof. Shin Dong-jun from Chung-Ang University announced Monday that it had developed ImProB, a robot bicycle that uses an artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm to measure the muscular status of the [...]
CHEONGJU, Oct. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — Unique inventions by students were displayed during a recent contest showcasing the ingenuity of young Koreans. At the recent Student Science Invention Contest hosted by Chungcheongbuk-do Office of Education, fourth-grade student Cha Do-eun presented a ‘Clear Sound Mask’ equipped with amplifiers and other accessories to allow people to speak [...]
CHUNGJU, Oct. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — The city of Chungju in North Chungcheong Province is distributing ginkgo berries, known to give off a distinct, foul scent, to be used as an eco-friendly pesticide on local farms. Ginkgo trees are resilient against insect damage and have air purifying qualities, and are suitable for streets and roadsides. [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — A South Korean research team has developed new technology that allows plastic materials to display black and blue ‘bruises’ if a certain level of external power or shock is applied to them, enabling users to gain insight into the risk of breakage in advance. Researchers from the Korea Institute [...]
DAEJEON, Oct. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s state-run minting agency said that anti-counterfeit technology for currency will be used to crack down on the practice of changing labels to make counterfeit clothes appear to be genuine products. The Korea Minting, Security Printing & ID Card Operating Corp. (KOMSCO) will launch a security label pilot [...]