SEOUL, Nov. 23 (Korea Bizwire) – The Korea Trade Network (KTNET) announced Wednesday that it will launch a biometric authentication service in December that will allow almost all smartphone users to verify their identity via biometrics instead of using passwords. Smartphones with a front camera will be able to take advantage of the new service, [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 22 (Korea Bizwire) – A joint research team from the Korea Institute of Science and Technology and Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology have developed solar cells with better life and efficiency, using graphene – a near-transparent, high electricity conductive carbon allotrope, often used in electronic devices such as smartphone touchscreens. The new [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 22 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea ranked first worldwide in terms of the penetration rate of fast broadband Internet, which transmits data at a speed of over 100 Mbps (megabits per second), according to a report by KT Corp. on Tuesday. About 14.9 percent of South Korea’s total population, or 7.58 million people, [...]
DAEJEON, Nov. 21 (Korea Bizwire) – Light Fidelity, or Li-Fi, is a system that uses household LED bulbs to transfer data and provide a wireless internet connection through extremely fast flickering. Li-fi has a number of advantages over conventional Wi-Fi technology, including faster transmission speeds of up to 224 gigabits per second, and reduced energy [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 21 (Korea Bizwire) – LG Uplus Corp., South Korea’s third-largest mobile carrier, said Monday it has teamed up with China’s telecom firm Huawei in commercializing the Internet of Things (IoT) technology. The move by LG Uplus came less than a month after it joined hands with bigger local rival KT Corp. to jointly [...]
DAEJEON, Nov. 17 (Korea Bizwire) – Good news for those experiencing hair loss. A team of Korean scientists successfully developed an automatic hair transplant machine that is set for commercialization in 2017. According to ETRI (Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute) and Kyungpook National University Hospital, the technology allows for the consecutive transplant of 25 hair [...]
DAEJEON, Nov. 16 (Korea Bizwire) – Personal transport gadgets have grown increasingly popular in Korea in recent years, with more people riding devices like electric kick scooters or “wheels” either as a means of transportation or simply for recreational purposes. These electric machines grant mobility unachievable by conventional vehicles, and are easy to carry around, [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 15 (Korea Bizwire) – Seoul National University unveiled Tuesday the SNUber2, an urban self-driving vehicle and the follow-up model to the original SNUber, which was introduced in November 2015, and used for transporting disabled students around campus. Developed by the school’s Intelligent Vehicle IT Research Center, the new generation vehicle is suitable for [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 15 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s science ministry said Tuesday that it will launch a pilot program using roaming data provided by mobile carriers to monitor and further prevent the spread of infectious diseases. Under the program, the Korea Center for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC) will provide information about virus outbreaks in [...]
DAEJEON, Nov. 15 (Korea Bizwire) – In yet another challenge of man versus machine, the Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute announced Monday that its AI software Exobrain will participate in the SK-sponsored scholarship program Janghak Quiz on Friday. Exobrain is a deep learning AI software that can be used in a multitude of domains. It [...]