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SEOUL, Oct. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean researchers have developed a silent speech recognition system to help hearing-impaired people communicate, enabling users to understand what others say simply by recognizing the changes in their lip shape. A research team from Yonsei University said Thursday that it had developed a silent speech recognition system combining [...]
JEONJU, Oct. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — New technology has been developed that can address the shortcomings of perovskite solar cells, including the reduction in lifespan and environmental pollution caused by lead. A research team from Jeonbuk National University said Thursday it had developed a lead-free, eco-friendly perovskite solar cell using a tin-graphene compound material. The [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean shipyard Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co. (DSME) said Thursday it has finished testing an onboard carbon dioxide (CO2) capture and storage (OCCS) unit. The new system has been tested on a liquefied natural gas (LNG) carrier and is expected to help reduce greenhouse gas emissions, DSME [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 6 (Korea Bizwire) – Samsung Electronics Co. is not considering a cut in production of its memory chips despite slowing demand amid concerns over a global economic recession, a senior executive has said. “There is no internal discussion (about a cut in memory chip production),” Han Jin-man, executive vice president and head of [...]
DAEJEON, Oct. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — The Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute (KASI) said Wednesday that it will launch a new web-based service to enable users to check their exposure to space radiation during air travel. When users input the date of travel, arrival and departure airports and cities on the KASI’s prediction model [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — SK hynix Inc., the world’s second largest memory chip maker, said Wednesday it had expanded the share of domestically-produced neon gas used in its chip manufacturing process to 40 percent. Neon is one of the main components of excimer laser gas, which is used in photolithography. Thus far, South [...]
ULSAN, Oct. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — The Ulsan Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST) said Wednesday it had developed a solar hydrogen production technology using the electrons generated during the process of creating useful chemical compounds made of tree residues. A research team from the university used a molybdenum-based material, phosphomolybdic acid (PMA), as a [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 5 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s state research institute said Wednesday that it has built the country’s deepest underground research facility in a move to unlock the mysteries of the universe. The Yemi Lab — located 1,100 meters underground Mount Yemi in the eastern Gangwon Province — will officially open next year, the [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 5 (Korea Bizwire) – LG Electronics Inc. said Tuesday it will exhibit an artwork made by recycling an OLED TV packaging box at the Nike Art Gallery in Lagos, Nigeria by the end of this year. The artwork was created in collaboration with the African climate change response NGO Solution 17 and a [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul Metropolitan Government announced that it will provide real-time information on the status and time of traffic lights at major downtown crossroads for free through a public portal starting from Wednesday. Any citizen can check this information for 788 major crossroads within the city on a real-time basis [...]