POHANG, Oct. 3 (Korea Bizwire) – Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH) inaugurated its “2024 POSTECH AutumnFest” on October 1, marking a departure from traditional university festivals in South Korea. The two-day event showcased German culture, drawing inspiration from Munich’s famous Oktoberfest. This initiative marks the beginning of what POSTECH envisions as an annual festival, [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — As a growing number of South Korean companies attend the annual Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas each year, so has the number of young tech students who are eager to learn global tech trends firsthand. This year, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), one of South [...]
POHANG, June 14 (Korea Bizwire) – The Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH) has developed an innovative power generator that can produce electric energy from a small number of water drops such as raindrops and dewdrops by using the ultra-fine surface structure of a lotus leaf. The prominent science school said Monday it had [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Apple Inc. said Monday that it will open up the first Apple Developer Academy and an R&D Support Center at the Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH) in the southeastern city of Pohang next year. Apple Developer Academy is a nine-month training program for entrepreneurs, developers, and designers working in the [...]
SEOUL, April 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH) has introduced virtual reality (VR) classes for all of its freshmen starting from last week, part of a non-face-to-face educational experiment using VR devices. Although there are some cases in which other universities have used VR for classes, POSTECH became the first [...]
SEOUL, July 3 (Korea Bizwire) — KCC Corp., a major construction materials producer, announced on Thursday that in collaboration with Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), it had succeeded in turning waste factory heat into electric energy for the first time in South Korea. The two entities teamed up to carry out an empirical [...]
POHANG, Apr. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — It was announced on Monday that professors and research teams from Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH) had developed technology to print artificial organisms in three dimensions based on silk protein from the sea anemone. Although artificial biomechanical structures created using natural polymers are highly biocompatible, it has [...]
POHANG, May 25 (Korea Bizwire) — New technology could make it possible to elevate the performance of semiconductors, as development in the area has remained stagnant in recent years. Spintronics and valleytronics are the latest technologies that could play a significant role in developing next generation semiconductors. Spintronics is the study of an electron’s spin [...]
POHANG, Dec. 20 (Korea Bizwire) – An inter-university research team has successfully incorporated motion sensors with morse code to open up the possibility of two-way communication with victims of full-body paralysis. Researchers from Postech and Chungnam National University made the announcement on December 19, with the details of their research included in the scientific journal [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 20 (Korea Bizwire) – The world’s lightest GPS tracker for wildlife monitoring has been developed by South Korean researchers. Weighing only 17g, the new tracker is 8g lighter than what was formerly the lightest tracking gadget in the world, a device manufactured by Canadian firm Lotek. The Ministry of Environment announced on December [...]