Seoul, Korea - Mid-sized home appliance makers are increasing their distribution channels ahead of the wedding season, and the competition for vacuum robots in mid-price range is heating up. The price competition is bi-polarizing the market, drawing a clear line between the premium and low-price models. The mid-sized makers, such as Yujin Robot, Mamirobot and Moneual are competing to increase thei

SEOUL, KOREA – Following the picture quality of LG Electronics’ UHD TV being certified by UL (Underwriters Laboratories), it has also won an ECV (Environmental Claim Validation) from UL Environment (ULE), a subsidiary of UL.UL's Environmental Claims Validation (ECV) program is designed to verify the eco-friendless of a product in the aspects of energy consumption and recyclability.UL said that the

SEOUL, KOREA – In the global mobile industry, wearable smart watches are emerging as a promising item that can pick up the baton from smart phones.The commercial success of smart watches hinges on differentiated services creating new values, battery lifespan and improvements in UI (user interspace), as well as addressing heat problems.Second-generation smart watches were developed, but smart watch

Seoul, Korea - The transparent property of dye-sensitized solar cell (DSSC), the next generation solar cell, allows it to be attached onto the glass walls and generate electricity. A team of Korean researchers was able to increase the efficiency of DSSC close to 10%. The technique developed by the research team involves a relatively simple process of adding an inexpensive material, acetylene black

SEOUL, KOREA – Turkey is likely to adopt Korea’s e-government system. On Tuesday, a Turkish delegation led by Murteza Balci, assistant secretary at the Prime Minister's Office, paid a visit to Government Complex Seoul to have talks with Chan-woo Park, Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Public Administration and Security of Korea.Turkey is currently comparing decentralized e-government models with

SEOUL, KOREA – The Korean government will introduce a software process (SP) certification system in a bid to upgrade the quality of domestically developed defense software. The government will also financially assist defense software developers in obtaining SP certification and those who have earned SP certification will be given extra points when they bid for defense contracts.On Tuesday, Defense

SEOUL, KOREA – KT’s decision to change from Android to HTML5 for its smart IPTV OS seems to stem from its concerns over its dependence on Google’s platform. In addition, KT is believed to have reached the conclusion that web-based technology HTML5 is the optimum choice for realizing IPTV’s strength in interactivity through smart services. Besides, KT’s such move is in line with ongoing global tren

SEOUL, KOREA – The market for G1, G2 touch screen panels (TSP) is heating up. As Samsung and LG Electronics have increasingly opted for G1, G2 touch screen panels for their smartphones since the second half of last year, demand for G1, G2 TSPs has picked up. Electronics makers’ growing switches from GFF (glass-film-film) TSPs to G1, G2 TSPs are also expected to expedite the domestic development of

SEOUL, KOREA – According to Financial Times, after Apple and Samsung Electronics, Google and LG Electronics are now working on a smart watch of their own.Financial Times reported that Google’s android team, which takes charge of the development of  smart phones and smart pads, might be in charge of the development of a smart watch. Google seems to work on an Android-based smart watch that will ser

Seoul, Korea - A weather forecasting service that provides the weather information in much narrower geographical focus is soon to be provided. SK Planet announced on the 24th that it will start to provide weather information on more narrowly divided areas through its Weather Platform service. The new weather service was conceived as one of the company’s in-house venture programs, and its pilot ser

Seoul, Korea - The LED that radiates ultra-violet ray is gaining popularity in sterilization, hardening and medical device markets, for the advancement of technology enabled the UV LED to radiate various wavelengths and reduced production costs. The UV LED has become another promising application for LED, after the Back Light Unit and lighting devices. According to the industry, the fast growth of

Seoul, Korea - A team of Korean researchers developed an ultra-thin circuit board that can easily be attached to and detached from any surface like a sticker. The new board can be attached onto paper, skin or even curvy surfaces, suggesting a variety of application usage, including attach/detachable display, solar battery and medical or environmental monitoring sensors. The team of researchers at

SEOUL, KOREA – Alphascan Display has launched the “Alphascan 2963 IPS Cinema Screen, a 29-inch super wide monitor with a 21:9 aspect ratio.Compared to existing 16: 9 or 16:10 monitors, the “Alphascan 2963 IPS Cinema Screen comes with a 21:9 aspect ratio, almost similar to movie theater screens. The “Alphascan 2963 IPS Cinema Screen features PIP (Picture In Picture) and PBP (Picture By Picture) fun

SEOUL, KOREA – Samjin LND has been recognized as one of the winners in the 2013 Next Generation Luminaires (NGL) Solid-State Lighting (SSL) Design Competition.At LEDucation 7 in New York, the US Department of Energy (DOE), the Illuminating Engineering Society of North America (IESNA), and the International Association of Lighting Designers (IALD) have jointly announced the results of the 2013 Next

Seoul, Korea - Samsung Medison announced on Thursday that it is participating in Korea International Medical and Hospital Equipment Show 2013 (KIMES 2013) together with NeuroLogica, its newly acquired subsidiary. KIMES is Korea’s largest medical healthcare exhibition with 1,000 exhibitors from 30 countries and 60,000 visitors. Samsung brought all of its medical device line-up to the show, includin

Seoul, Korea - SK Telecom announced that it will introduce an unprecedented rate plan that offers features unprecedented in Korea, such as unlimited free voice time between its subscribers, full use of mobile VoIP and free SMS. Also, the service that allows LTE data packets to be shared by multiple devices is to be offered, free of charge. On the 21st, SK Telecom held a press conference at its hea

SEOUL, KOREA – LS Cable & System, a leading Korean wire and cable maker, said Wednesday it will embark on targeting domestic and overseas markets following the successful development of the world's thinnest 10Gbps LAN cable.Measuring 7.0 mm in outer diameter, the thinnest in the world compared to other products (7.2 - 8mm) developed by foreign companies, this product is lightweight, easy to instal

SEOUL, KOREA – Yuyang DNU, a Korea-based manufacturer of LED lights, said Wednesday it won a LED light replacement project from Langley, located in the eastern part of Metro Vancouver.Under the deal, Yuyang DNU will replace 1,100-watt sodium lamps installed in a ballpark in Langley with 600-watt LED lamps. Yuyang DNU, which has already shipped the initial batch of 26 units of 600-watt LED lights w

SEOUL, KOREA – A Korean-made SDN (software defined networking) solution, developed jointly by SDN venture firm Kulcloud and ADC maker Piolink, will be premiered at Open Networking Summit (ONS) 2013, scheduled to be held next month in the US. The SDN solution, designed for Internet data centers (ICD), comes in the form of a controller combined with a switch. Piolink’s OpenFlow-based switch with an

SEOUL, KOREA – NHN Corporation has replaced about half of its database management systems (DBMS) with domestically-developed open source DBMS “CUBRID.” Since 2008 when NHN acquired Cubrid, a DMBS company, NHN has continued to take advantage of open source DBMS “CUBRID.”As NHN has replaced over 45% of its DBMSs (including Naver server monitoring systems, mail, calendar, mailing list services, N Dri