SEOUL, Jul. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — A government-backed research institute in South Korea is trialing an IoT-based sinkhole prevention technology at one of the busiest subway stations in Seoul. The UnderGround Safety (UGS) Convergence Research Department at the Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI) announced on Monday plans to install a sinkhole risk monitoring system [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — A government-backed South Korean research institute has announced plans to develop a new cyber security technology that will create false information, network addresses and data to confuse hackers. The Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute’s (ETRI) security technology R&D project comes in the wake of growing risks of cyberattacks facing both [...]
BRAZIL, Jun. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean manufacturer Hanbyul ENC has landed a business deal in Brazil that will see the company build platform screen doors for the Santos subway. According to the Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI), the small South Korean company was able to win the contract thanks to the help [...]
SEOUL, June 2 (Korea Bizwire) – A South Korean research team has partnered with the National Police Agency to develop an artificial intelligence CCTV system. The Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI) announced yesterday it has embarked on a project to develop a cloud-based smart video surveillance platform, which will see a number of the [...]
SEOUL, March 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Korean IT researchers at the Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI) have developed a software-based petabyte-level cloud storage system, said the institute on March 18. Existing cloud storage systems, typically made by well-known Japanese companies, can be only established by purchasing hardware with non-replaceable on-board software, which can hinder efficient [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 28 (Korea Bizwire) – A Korean research team has finally developed next-generation optical networking equipment that realizes up to 10 Gigabits per second transfer speeds. As it is 100 times faster than the speed of existing optical fiber cable, a high-definition film can be downloaded in only four seconds. The Electronics and Telecommunications [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — A low-cost, higher-quality videoconferencing solution has been developed by a domestic research organization. The Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute said on November 16 that it has developed a videoconferencing system called “Giga Curix” and successfully completed a seamless pilot run by hosting a virtual meeting held between the National Assembly building [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 8 (Korea Bizwire) – Dispersed medical records in many medical institutions will be integrated in a personal smartphone in South Korea. The Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI) announced on November 6 that it started to develop an ICT Healing Platform Service, which allows a patient to gather scattered medical records from hospitals [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 28 (Korea Bizwire) – It is reported that a specific absorption rate of SK Telecom’s “Kids Phone JooN” is three times higher than that of other smartphones on average. Congresswoman Yu Seung-hee said that, based on data submitted by the Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning, the specific absorption rate (SAR) of [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 22 (Korea Bizwire) – A Korean research team succeeded in developing stretchable and transparent electrodes using hybrid structures of graphene–metal nanotrough networks which show high performances and ultimate uniformity even when it is folded in half or is pulled. The research team comprised of Park Jang-ung, professor at Ulsan National Institute of Science [...]