SEOUL, Aug. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Display Co. said Friday its transparent OLED panels have been installed on subway windows in China as the company tries to expand its product portfolio amid weak earnings. The South Korean display panel maker said its advanced see-through screens are virtual windows on subway trains in Beijing and [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Display Co., a major display panel maker in South Korea, said Wednesday it has successfully commercialized an OLED display technology that optimizes screen refresh rate with low power consumption. The world’s leading mobile OLED panel maker said its Adaptive Frequency technology has been applied to Samsung Electronics Co.’s [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Uplus Corp., a major South Korean telecom firm, said Tuesday it will launch augmented reality (AR) glasses in partnership with Chinese mixed-reality product developer Nreal and chipmaker Qualcomm Inc., boosting its 5G services by tapping into the budding wearable AR market. The world’s first 5G-based glass device available [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s top mobile carrier SK Telecom Co. said Tuesday it has partnered with the country’s top delivery operator Woowa Brothers Corp. to develop a robot delivery service using 5G technology. The two companies signed an agreement to introduce SK Telecom’s 5G mobile edge computing (MEC) technology into Woowa [...]
DAEJEON, July 30 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean researchers have developed a bracelet-shaped wearable device by using a sound augmented technology, a national research university said Wednesday. The device named ‘Sound Wear’ is a wearable device for play that allows children not only to detect and choose sounds but also make them and exchange them [...]
SEOUL, July 29 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s major telecom firms are expanding artificial intelligence (AI)-based services ranging from mobility to factory operations, industry insiders said Wednesday, as they search for new growth engines beyond the mobile communications business. Last month, LG Uplus Corp. joined an AI research alliance that includes its local rival KT [...]
SEOUL, July 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Visitors to Changdeok Palace of the Joseon Dynasty in central Seoul will be able to experience as it was in the past via augmented reality (AR), South Korea’s leading mobile carrier SK Telecom Co. said Monday. The carrier said it will digitally recreate the Joseon Dynasty’s royal Changdeokgung Palace [...]
BORYEONG, July 24 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s first search and rescue drill using hydrogen-powered unmanned drones took place at sea. The drill was held at a special pier reserved for the Korea Coast Guard at Daecheon Port on the west coast and at sea near Wonsan Island, led by Prof. Lee Guk-jong, former chief [...]
SEOUL, July 23 (Korea Bizwire) — The cloud affiliate of South Korea’s leading internet portal operator, Naver Corp., said Thursday that it has launched a new type of hybrid cloud for more stable and easier service. Neurocloud is a type of cloud model called Cloud as a Service (CaaS) in which underlying computer resources are [...]
SEOUL, July 8 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Electronics Inc. said Wednesday it has started sales of its autonomous service robots in South Korea. The South Korean tech giant said the CLOi ServeBot comes in two models — drawer type and shelf type, depending on its design. The company did not disclose the price of the [...]