SEOUL, Aug. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. on Wednesday unveiled new smartwatches powered by a new operating system and upgraded wireless earbuds as the South Korean tech giant eyes to expand its presence in the wearable device market. At the Galaxy Unpacked online event, Samsung introduced the Galaxy Watch4 series that runs on [...]
SEOUL, March 16 (Korea Bizwire) – Samsung Electronics Co. was the third-largest vendor of wearable devices in the fourth quarter of 2020, a market report showed Tuesday, amid soaring global demand for wearbles despite the pandemic. The South Korean tech giant shipped 13 million units of wearable devices in the October-December period, up 20.5 percent [...]
SEOUL, June 22 (Korea Bizwire) – As violent crimes and threats against women are on the rise, Korean law enforcement agencies have adapted smartwatches as a means of protecting potential victims. A special smartwatch was first introduced last year under a pilot project, and became an officially sanctioned device this year, according to the police. The [...]
NEW YORK, June 3 (Korea Bizwire) – Samsung Electronics unveiled two new fitness wearables – the Gear Fit2 and Gear IconX – at Samsung Marketing Center in New York City on June 2. The Gear Fit2 is a follow-up to the Gear Fit smartwatch released back in 2014. The new device is equipped with a [...]
SEOUL, May 26 (Korea Bizwire) – KAIST (the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology) is measuring its students’ biosignals in an effort to prevent suicide. According to the university’s KI Health Science Research Institute, wearable devices that can measure biosignals were distributed to 350 students, starting in April. The institute is operating a pilot project that [...]
The core of the technology is turning aluminum into a form of nano-particle ink and coating fabrics with it. Using the technology, conductive fabrics that are used in wearable devices such as smart watches can be produced. (Image : Shutterstock) SEOUL, March 31 (Korea Bizwire) – The Korea Institute of Materials Science (KIMS), a [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 20 (Korea Bizwire) – Samsung SDI Co. and LG Chem Co., South Korea’s two major battery makers, are expanding their product portfolios into flexible cells for wearable devices, a move seen to meet increasing global demand for bendable gadgets such as smartwatches. The two battery-making units of Samsung Group and LG Group said [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 26 (Korea Bizwire) – The industry ministry of Korea announced that it would reinforce its support for software-convergence components by selecting 20 core parts to be embedded in wearable devices or next generation displays. On August 25, the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy selected the 20 core parts essential for the advancement of [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 29 (Korea Bizwire) – Samsung Electronics announced the names of lecturers who will give insights on emerging IT trends at Samsung Developer Conference scheduled to be held at San Francisco on November 11 to 13. During the conference, approximately 100 experts will give their speeches on 14 topics including smart health, smart home, wearable [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 22 (Korea Bizwire) – A technology to weave photovoltaic cells like the fabric has been developed by a research team in Korea. The Korea Electrotechnology Research Institute under the Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning said on August 21 that its research team led by Cha Seung-il and Lee Dong-yoon at the Nano Fusion Technology Research [...]