DAEJEON, Dec. 15 (Korea Bizwire) – A team of Yonsei University researchers has successfully developed a keyboard using paper and pencil. As society moves forward into the Internet-of-Things age, academic research on pressure sensors through upgrading the sensitivity and pliability of surface microstructures is going strong. Typically, the development process of surface microstructures is both [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 13 (Korea Bizwire) – The Ministry of Science and ICT has announced plans to develop digital chat bots for lonely seniors as well as a platform providing information related to chemical products by 2020. The plans for the science ministry’s new technology development project were revealed on Wednesday, the continuation of an initiative that [...]
DAEJEON, Dec. 12 (Korea Bizwire) – The actual Winter Games are at least a month away, but that hasn’t stopped the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympics from rewriting history right now. On a chilly December day, the crowd gathered at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) in Daejeon were treated to an unusual [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 7 (Korea Bizwire) – Guard rails that detect car accidents and warn approaching cars to proceed with caution, and a program that can read and analyze crime scene evidence such as footprints and tire marks were lauded as the best ideas submitted to a safety science contest organized by the government. Eight teams [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 6 (Korea Bizwire) – The South Korean army is reportedly on course to launch a combat unit consisting of drone bots sometime next year, in a move that signals a new era of drone bots in the military. According to a source close the army on Tuesday, a new group will be formed in [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s top financial regulator said Tuesday it will use artificial intelligence (AI) technology to automate some of the nation’s probe systems against money laundering. Kim Yong-beom, vice chairman of the Financial Services Commission (FSC), said it will start building the anti-money laundering compliance system using AI next year. [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 5 (Korea Bizwire) – A municipal government in Seoul has installed an underground monitoring system that feeds data in real time to a command center, which will help city officials prevent dangers like sinkholes — a road hazard frequently linked to underground infrastructural problems. The local government in question is in Seongdong District, located [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 29 (Korea Bizwire) – The Seoul Metropolitan Government has built a new wastewater recycling center that could produce enough energy to heat 24,000 households. The construction of the new wastewater heat recovery system at Seonam Water Recycling Center in Gangseo District has been completed, with the opening ceremony taking place today. The facility will [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 28 (Korea Bizwire) – The Songpa District office announced plans on Monday to provide daylight devices for low-income households living in semi-basement apartments. With technical support from energy company NLS, the newly proposed measure named ‘Make A Sun-filled Happy Room’ is designed to help raise daylight intake for people living in apartments below [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 23 (Korea Bizwire) – Three retired naval vessels have been moved to the banks of the Han River in the neighborhood of Mangwon, Seoul, where they will be opened to the public as museum ships. The two ships and one submarine are the 1,900-ton escort ship “Seoul”, the 150-ton “Chamsuri-class” patrol boat and [...]