SEOUL, Oct. 30 (Korea Bizwire) – As people across the world realize the finite nature of water resources, more water-saving patents have been applied lately. The per-person water consumption level in Korea is one of the highest in the world at 278 liters. This figure contrasts well with that of some developed nations such as Germany (150 [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 30 (Korea Bizwire) – The Pohang steel works of POSCO has been recognized for its test capabilities in the area of carbon steel chemistry by an international certification agency. According to the steel maker on October 29, the chemistry testing labs within the quality control division of Pohang Works were certified as one of the best [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 28 (Korea Bizwire) – The Seoul Waterworks Research Institute has succeeded in developing a new technology to prevent stainless steel corrosion after four years of research efforts. It has already applied for a patent for the technology and will soon begin a research project for commercialization jointly with POSCO. Using a nitric and hydrofluoric acid-based [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 24 (Korea Bizwire) – LG Group is set to build a large-scale science park in the Magok Industrial Park in the southwest of Seoul by holding on October 23 a groundbreaking ceremony at the site. In the ceremony, 500 or so dignitaries were in attendance including President Park Geun-hye, Minister of Trade, Industry and [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 23 (Korea Bizwire) – A smart window technology was jointly developed by Korean and British scientists enabling automatic sunshine control and generating electricity at the same time. The Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) announced on October 22 that its Center for Opto-Electronic Convergence led by lead scientist Ko Doo-hyun succeeded in developing [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 22 (Korea Bizwire) – Samsung Heavy Industries said on October 21 that it has developed a robot that can clean the bottom water-immersed part of the ship. As the new robot can replace the expensive re-docking job performed before delivering the ship to the client, it is expected to save a lot of cost for the [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 22 (Korea Bizwire) – A Korean research team succeeded in developing stretchable and transparent electrodes using hybrid structures of graphene–metal nanotrough networks which show high performances and ultimate uniformity even when it is folded in half or is pulled. The research team comprised of Park Jang-ung, professor at Ulsan National Institute of Science [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 21 (Korea Bizwire) – The Small & Medium Business Administration said on October 20 that the total investment in tech start-ups during the first nine months of the year was 1,078 billion won in 619 cases. This is 9.5 percent higher than 984.2 billion won during the same period last year. The investment in newly [...]
“In the upcoming 5G era, you will be connected with the whole world through your friend Avatar who will guide you through the virtual world. A world in which I become the center of everything, that’s the 5G era.” “The vision of ‘Living in the Cloud’ seeks to create a world in which myriads of [...]
SEOUL, South Korea, Oct. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics announced that it is mass producing the industry’s most advanced 8-gigabit (Gb) DDR4 memory and 32-gigabyte (GB) module, both of which will be manufactured based on a new 20-nanometer (nm) process technology, for use in enterprise servers. “Our new 20nm 8Gb DDR4 DRAM more than [...]