SEOUL, Apr. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Construction & Equipment Co., the country’s No. 2 construction equipment maker, said Monday that it will sell its first unmanned forklift this month that can help customers cut costs and boost work efficiency. The autonomous forklift, with remote control functions, comes with several features, such as route selection [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Mobis Co., South Korea’s biggest auto parts maker, said Sunday that it aims to secure an advanced deep learning-based camera image detection technology by the end of this year. The company said it plans to apply the technology, required to build safe self-driving systems, to the front camera [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean fixed-line operator SK Broadband Inc. announced on Thursday that it has released INSIDE, the nation’s first artificial intelligence-based video-on-demand (VOD) service on B tv, an IPTV service provided the company. INSIDE uses artificial intelligence (AI) technology to analyze and learn numerous videos to deduce information on the [...]
SUWON, Mar. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Drones are expected to soon become the new ‘right hand’ of farming in South Korea. The Gyeonggi-do Agricultural Research & Extension Services invited 100 agricultural experts and farmers on Wednesday to conduct a demonstration of rice cropping using drones. The institution is also responsible for studying and educating farmers [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co.’s projector-free cinema LED solution has made inroads into 16 countries since its debut two years ago, industry sources said Tuesday. The South Korean tech giant showcased the Samsung Onyx Theater, an LED display brand designed exclusively for cinemas, at CinemaCon, the world’s biggest film industry fair, [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — A wearable to measure electrocardiogram (ECG) has received the green light from local health authorities, the watch’s manufacturer said Monday. The approval is the first since the government adopted the so-called regulatory sandbox — a mechanism for developing regulations that keep up with the fast pace of innovation — [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea rolled out a blueprint to foster its robotics industry on Friday with the aim of becoming one of the world’s top four players in the sector, with a market size reaching 15 trillion won (US$13.2 billion) in 2023. Under the plan, South Korea is expected to have [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — If you think virtual reality (VR) games are only for tech geeks who like cool gadgets and are attracted to giving free rein to their imaginations inside head-mounted displays (HMD), that’s not the case anymore. VR games have been in the spotlight as one of the hottest entertainment trends [...]
SEJONG, Mar. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — The Foundation of Agricultural Technology Commercialization and Transfer announced on Tuesday it is now exporting ‘smart farm packages’ comprised of the equipment, materials, and plants needed for starting a smart farm, to Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, and other Central Asian countries. The foundation signed a 4.7 billion won (US$4.2 million) deal [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean mobile carrier SK Telecom Co. said Monday it will apply quantum cryptography technology in its 5G network to ensure security of its operations. Quantum-safe technology encrypts transmitted data using special quantum keys, which prevents interception or theft, minimizing the various risks caused by hackers. SK Telecom said [...]