SEOUL, Aug. 26 (Korea Bizwire) – The cultural academy of the Korea Creative Content Agency (KOCCA) on Friday opened a conference to provide insight into global trends and the future of virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR). The one-day conference in Seoul titled “The VR, AR Insight” brought together local and international experts on [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 17 (Korea Bizwire) – The final stages of the 2016 K-Startup Grand Challenge took place Wednesday at the Pangyo Startup Campus in Seongnam, with international experts and businessmen and women from various fields ranging from artificial intelligence and virtual reality technology to UAVs and videogames in attendance. A total of 2,439 teams from [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 5 (Korea Bizwire) – A science festival showcasing the latest technology and the leading edge in science kicked off at Seoul’s COEX (Convention and Exhibition Center) on Thursday. Hosted by the Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning, the Korea Science Festival marked its 20th anniversary. Almost 300 booths have been set up [...]
SEOUL, July 11 (Korea Bizwire) – A global partnership for cybersecurity — initiated and led by South Korea with 32 other countries as member nations — was officially launched on Monday, the Seoul government said. The Cybersecurity Alliance for Mutual Progress (CAMP) held its first general meeting at a Seoul hotel with the participation of [...]
SEOUL, July 7 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea announced a package of measures Thursday to foster its virtual reality (VR) industry, which includes direct financial support and tax incentives. The government will create 40 billion won (US$34.5 million) of special funds, 20 billion won this year and the rest in 2017, for small and medium-sized [...]
SEOUL, July 1 (Korea Bizwire) – Industry 4.0, or the fourth industrial revolution, is just around the corner. In truth, we’re already a part of it. The Korean government revealed Thursday that it would increase its research & development investment by 50 percent in high-tech fields like artificial intelligence and robotics that will be of [...]
SEOUL, June 7 (Korea Bizwire) – A team of South Korean scientists have developed an electronic device that can stick to clothing, paving the way for wearable displays and monitoring censors, the science ministry said Tuesday. An electronic device attached to fabric via artificial cilia on its edges is called an electronic textile, said Ko [...]
SEOUL, June 3 (Korea Bizwire) – The South Korean government said Thursday it will open a virtual reality (VR) experience center this week in Pangyo, the nation’s mecca for the high-tech industry. The move is part of efforts to create a boom for indoor digital theme parks, according to the Ministry of Science, ICT and Future [...]
SEOUL, May 30 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea announced an ambitious brain-mapping project Monday, saying it would catch up with the U.S., Japan and other advanced nations in the brain science field within the next decade. The government will create a “specialized atlas” of the brain focusing on the structure and function of the parietal [...]
SEOUL, May 27 (Korea Bizwire) – Robot-assisted surgery has been attracting much attention, particularly for its strikingly high cost. Catherine Mohr, the vice president of medical research at Intuitive Surgical, defended robot-assisted surgery in a lecture titled ‘Surgery’s Past, Present, and Robotic Future’ at the Westin Chosun Hotel in Seoul, in which she explained, “Any new state-of-the-art [...]