SEOUL, Nov. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — Hana Micron, the semiconductor packaging and testing company, announced on November 10 that the company has successfully commercialized a semiconductor packaging technology for the first time in the market. The flexible semiconductor packaging project was launched three years ago (in 2011) under the industrial technology source development program supported [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 12 (Korea Bizwire) – Now home appliances manufactured by Samsung will be compatible with LG home devices in a smart home system. The Korea Association of Smart Home announced on November 10 that it would make standards to provide seamless smart home services. With the standards, consumers can freely replace home appliances regardless of [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — The Advanced Institute of Convergence Technology, the research organization established jointly by Seoul National University and the Gyeonggi provincial government, said on November 10 that it has developed a driverless car. The single-seater electric vehicle can get to destinations without human intervention using sensors, cameras, and the GPS system. The institute [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — The Capital Area Air Environment Protection Agency will hold an annual contest to give awards to winners in total air pollutant management plans on November 11 at the Korea Agro-Fisheries Trade Corporation building in Seoul’s Gangnam. The presentation session will announce four winning firms, 34 communities of practice, and three individuals [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 6 (Korea Bizwire) – Corning Inc. plans to invest 900 billion won, or about US$835.6 million, to increase its production volume in South Korea. It will also invest another 10 billion won to establish a research and development center in Korea for the first time. Corning announced on November 4 that its CEO Wendell [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 4 (Korea Bizwire) – Seoul Asan Medical Center, in partnership with Hyundai Heavy Industries, has succeeded in developing a surgical robot after three years of R&D effort. The pilot version of the robot can get a sample of tissue with a needle from the source of lesion area about 1 centimeter over the abdomen and [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 1 (Korea Bizwire) – The Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning will spend 150 billion won (US$140 million) in developing key technologies for embedded cybersecurity systems needed for the upcoming Internet of things. In addition, the ministry will implement IoT-related plans in stages by 2018. The ministry said on October 30 that it has [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 1 (Korea Bizwire) – A joint research team of Korean and Hungarian scientists opened a new way to use graphene, often called “dream material,” as a semiconductor element by forming it nanometer-sized ribbon. The Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science (KRISS) announced on October 30 that its Center for Nano-metrology Division led by [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 31 (Korea Bizwire) – The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport said on October 30 that it would kick off a new project to develop a “Satellite Based Augmentation System” that will provide more accurate GPS information with error margins less than 1 meter from the current 17-37 meters. Since it declared the development of [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 31 (Korea Bizwire) – From now on, large retail establishments such as discount outlets and department stores do not have to spend fortunes to replace their moving walks regularly. Lotte Mart said on October 30 that it has applied for a patent for an escalator and moving walkway pallet processed for extra traction for the first [...]