DAEJEON, Jan. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — A South Korean research team has developed a multi-functional noise barrier technology that can produce both electricity and thermal heat. The Korea Institute of Energy Research said its research teams had developed a new photovoltaic-thermal (PVT) soundproof technology that uses a solar photovoltaic panel, a solar collector and a [...]
DAEJEON, Jan. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s top-ranked science and technology university said Thursday that it had developed a high-performance all-solid-state battery using a high molecular electrolyte in the form of an elastomer, a synthetic resin with excellent elasticity and dynamic stability. The all-solid-state Li-metal battery was developed by changing the state of the [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — A racing simulator developed by Hyundai Motor Co. for the purpose of exhibitions and testing turned out to be effective in the rehabilitation process for patients with brain injuries. The carmaker entered a partnership with Beata María Ana Hospital in Spain last October to provide racing simulators for the [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — The loosening of a device to anchor a helium tank of the Nuri space rocket was found to have caused the early shutdown of the rocket’s third-stage engine, leading to a mission failure, the science ministry said Wednesday. In October, South Korea launched the country’s first homegrown space rocket, [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — A South Korean research team has succeeded in developing a new biochar that can replace activated charcoal by recycling seaweed like kelp. The Korea Institute of Science and Technology said Tuesday its research team had developed a biochar (a compound word of biomass and charcoal) material that can adhere [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea plans to embark on a civilian-military project next year to design a solid-fuel space launch vehicle under a broad initiative to develop the country’s space defense industry, the state arms procurement agency said Tuesday. At a policy forum, the Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) unveiled the initiative [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — Kakao Brain, the artificial intelligence (AI) research subsidiary of South Korean internet giant Kakao Corp., is making inroads into the global market for AI in drug discovery. The company said Thursday that it had invested 5 billion won (US$4.21 million) in AI-based drug design platform startup Galux and established [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — New technology developed by Korean researchers can 3D-scan a livestock pig to measure its weight. The Institute of Planning and Evaluation for Technology in Food, Agriculture, and Forestry said Wednesday that Illuvation, an ICT startup sponsored by the institute, has developed the said technology. Traditionally, pigs had to be [...]
DAEJEON, Dec. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of patent applications for non-contact biometric authentication technology based on human characteristics such as the face, iris and voice has surged in recent days. According to the Korean Intellectual Property Office, the number of patent applications for non-contact biometric authentication technologies jumped to 792 in 2019, up [...]
DAEJEON, Dec. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — The Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI) said Thursday that it had developed a high-precision distributed drone simulator to enable safe research on drones in virtual space. Existing simulators designed to test the motion of drones could not test many drones at the same time, while being limited to [...]