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ETRI in South Korea Develops Indoor Navigation

ETRI in South Korea Develops Indoor Navigation

SEOUL, Oct. 17 (Korea Bizwire) – The Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute announced on October 15 that it has developed an indoor positioning system working in indoor environments such as shopping malls. The indoor navigation utilizes applications in smartphones to gather maps inside a building and process the information automatically to keep track of the user’s location. [...]

Fingernail-sized Chip Created to Prevent Chain Reaction Car Crash

Fingernail-sized Chip Created to Prevent Chain Reaction Car Crash

SEOUL, Aug. 28 (Korea Bizwire) – A technology to prevent chain reaction crashes has been developed. The technology gives a vehicle behind a warning alert when a car ahead stops suddenly. The Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute announced on August 26 that the state-run institute and Ranix, a semiconductor chip developer, have successfully developed a core [...]

New Tech Threatening to Replace English-speaking Teachers in Korea

New Tech Threatening to Replace English-speaking Teachers in Korea

SEOUL, July 21 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea is famous for its obsession with English education. So passionate about improving English skills that there is a rising number of ‘English-only villages’ across the nation, including the Paju English Camp in Gyeonggi Province. The volume of the nation’s private English education market is estimated at roughly 6 [...]