SEOUL, Jan. 12 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean Internet giant Naver announced Wednesday the launch of ConA (Context Recognition AI), an artificial intelligence platform that automatically recommends travel destinations overseas. According to Naver, ConA uses deep learning technology and makes use of big data from online tour sites or restaurant information to come up with [...]
GWANGJU, Jan. 11 (Korea Bizwire) – A joint team of researchers from the Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology and MIT have developed a lithium-ion battery with double the existing battery life and quadruple the capacity of typical existing products. According to the team, once commercialized, the battery could extend the maximum single charge driving [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 11 (Korea Bizwire) – SK Telecom Co., South Korea’s top mobile carrier, said Wednesday it will spend 5 trillion won (US$4.2 billion) over the next three years to develop technology and services in artificial intelligence (AI) and the Internet of Things. The AI wave and Internet of Things, which aims to connect objects [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 6 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea will showcase a wide range of advanced technologies and products at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, providing their Korean developers a chance to introduce their products to the rest of the world, a trade agency said Friday. The state-run Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency (KOTRA) [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 5 (Korea Bizwire) – A team of Korea University scientists has developed technology to convert carbon dioxide into synthetic gas, or syngas, using water and sunlight, announced the National Research Foundation of Korea on Thursday. Synthetic gas is a fuel gas mixture consisting mainly of hydrogen and carbon monoxide. It can be used [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 4 (Korea Bizwire) – Artificial intelligence and robotics experts surveyed by the Korea Employment Information Service have predicted that within ten years, more than half of the working population will be employed in professions highly replaceable by AI and robots. Technological advancement will greatly improve the abilities of the machines, experts said, giving [...]
DAEJEON, Dec. 29 (Korea Bizwire) – Interactive, tangible holograms from sci-fi films may soon become a reality. According to the Korea Intellectual Property Office, the number of hologram-related patents quadrupled to 343 in the four years since 2012, compared to the four years prior, with an increasing number of patent applicants now coming from inside [...]
BUSAN, Dec. 28 (Korea Bizwire) – A biofloc developed by the National Fisheries Research & Development Institute has proven effective not only for aquafarming but also in the cultivation of vegetables. Biofloc are particles including organisms like bacteria, fungi, algae, and zooplankton, which purify the waste products resulting from aquafarming and convert them into protein [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 28 (Korea Bizwire) – The speed of WiFi-connected Internet services have become faster this year thanks to improved equipment, especially in subway stations, government data showed Wednesday. The average downloading speed using WiFi networks across the nation stands at 144.73 megabits per second this year, up 57.5 percent from 91.87 Mbps in 2015, [...]
GUNPO, South Korea, Dec. 28 (Korea Bizwire) – The chairman of a South Korean robotics company, which recently grabbed media attention by building a giant manned robot, said Wednesday the company aims to unveil a shape-shifting “Transformers-style” electric vehicle next year. Yang Jin-ho, the 45-year-old chairman of Hankook Mirae Technology, said his childhood dream of [...]