DAEJEON, Nov. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — An expandable gas gun baton for self-defense has been nominated as the ‘Best Self-defense Invention’. According to a survey conducted by the Korea Intellectual Property Office on its Facebook page, with 401 citizens participating, the expandable gas gun baton for self-defense topped the list with 214 votes, or 17.82 [...]
DAEJEON, Aug. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — An eye massager has been chosen as the best invention among job seekers. According to the Korean Intellectual Property Office Thursday, a social media survey involving 556 ordinary citizens showed that an eye massager topped the list with 26.5 percent of the positive responses. In the comments, voters stressed [...]
DAEJEON, Nov. 10 (Korea Bizwire) – The grand prize (Presidential Award) at the 2016 University Competition for Original Inventions went to a team from Cheongju University for their “bi-directional wheelchair”. The idea is to remove the inconvenience of conventional wheelchairs that only allowed patients to sit in a single direction, which made it uncomfortable or [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 29 (Korea Bizwire) – A 24-year-old student at Konkuk University has become the first person to come up with the idea of a smartphone-charging cup holder after realizing the excessive number of disposable holders going to waste at cafes every day. Lee Bong-hak, a computer engineering major, has won two international awards for his [...]
KWANGJU, South Korea, Sept 05 (Korea Bizwire) – Are you interested in buying someone else’s brilliant idea and making business out of it? A Korean company is helping start-up planners find patented goods, designs, and ideas easy and fast online. Ok-yunsun Invention & Design Group is composed of professional inventors, designers, engineers, professors, consultants, patent agents, and [...]