SEOUL, May 4 (Korea Bizwire) — SK shieldus Co., a security arm of South Korean telecom giant SK Telecom Co., said it released an innovative wearable airbag in collaboration with industrial goods maker Safeware Inc. to minimize injuries from falls at construction sites. The new airbag looks like a normal vest but has GPS and rotation [...]
SEOUL, May 2 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul city government will put an additional 2,000 single-person households on a special program that harnesses Internet of Things (IoT) technology to monitor and prevent unattended deaths, officials said Monday. Since late 2020, the city has been operating the “smart plug” program, under which the amounts of electricity [...]
SEOUL, April 22 (Korea Bizwire) — Daewoo Engineering & Construction Co., a major builder in South Korea, said Thursday that it developed and launched “Meta Gallery” service, a model house using a video game engine for virtual experiences. This first-person view (FPV) service allows users to move around a virtual space just like playing a [...]
SEOUL, April 21 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean builder SK ecoplant Co. plans to produce a steel bar alternative using waste PET bottles as a raw material. The company announced on Wednesday that it will make a joint investment to establish a production line for the glass fiber reinforced polymer (GFRP) bar “KEco-bar” in collaboration [...]
SEOUL, April 21 (Korea Bizwire) — The Songpa District Office in Seoul said Wednesday it will increase the number of beneficiaries eligible to receive a “Smart Insole,” a location-tracking device for those with developmental disabilities, from the current 32 to 82. The Smart Insole is a shoe insert mounted with Internet of Things (IoT) technology [...]
DAEJEON, April 15 (Korea Bizwire) — A newly developed bone-replica chip will be able to verify the effects of new drugs for the treatment of osteoporosis without engaging in reckless animal experiments. A research team from the Korea Basic Science Institute said Thursday it has developed a chip that embodies the various structural and biological [...]
SEOUL, April 13 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul Metropolitan Government said Tuesday it will operate “cooling road systems” to lower fine dust and road temperatures during the period from April to October. Designed to cool hot roads and reduce fine dust, the system consists of small square-shaped water spray devices installed in the centerline of [...]
SEOUL, April 12 (Korea Bizwire) — The Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) clubs are stepping up to attract fans through various marketing strategies as the government lifts quarantine restrictions. NC Dinos will introduce an artificial intelligence (AI) system named Dynamic Pricing this year, which will be in charge of setting ticket prices for home games. Ticket [...]
SEOUL, April 12 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s transport safety agency plans to introduce a drunk driving prevention system that prevents rental cars from being started if they detect that the driver is drunk. The Korea Transportation Safety Authority said Monday it will launch a trial operation of the rental cars mounted with a drunk [...]
SEOUL, April 1 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean fashion retailer Shinsegae International Inc. said Thursday it has donated crayons made from recycled lipstick to Child Fund Korea, a Seoul-based charity. The crayons were made with 16,940 used lipsticks. Two lipstick tubes can create one crayon. Some 2,700 sets of crayons including 1,700 sets of lipstick [...]