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‘Flexible OLED displays coming soon’

Dec 18, 2013

Professor Kim says OLED technology will dominate global display market
5G to launch by 2020

Dec 18, 2013

The government plans to launch a 5G mobile network service, with speeds reportedly 1,000 times faster than the current Long Term Evolution service, by 2020.The Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning said Tuesday it would launch the service by 2020 following pre-technology demonstrations in 2015 and the trial service in 2018.With local companies producing 5G communications and base station equipment and providing the service, the government expected the market to generate 570 trillion won (
SK Hynix considers new factory lines

Dec 18, 2013

SK Hynix, the world’s fourth-largest chipmaker, said Wednesday that it may build new assembly lines for DRAM chips in Icheon, Gyeonggi Province.“The firm is currently considering adding the new assembly lines to the ‘M10’ factory, which have been dilapidated,” a company official said in a statement.The announcement came after news reports that the country’s second-largest chipmaker plans to invest 15 trillion won ($14 billion) over the next eight years to build new factories in the region.The of
Samsung aims to retain global market lead

Dec 17, 2013

Despite expected steep competition next year, tech giant expects record-high revenue
China to launch moon rock-collecting probe in 2017

Dec 17, 2013

BEIJING (AP) ― China said it was on track to launch a fifth lunar probe with the aim of bringing back lunar soil and rock samples following the successful moon landing of a space probe.The new mission planned for 2017 would mark the third and final phase of China’s robotic lunar exploration program and pave the way for possibly landing an astronaut on the moon after 2020.On Saturday, Chang’e 3 set down on the moon, marking the first soft landing of a space probe on the lunar surface in 37 years.
[Photo News] Love for bite of Apple

Dec 16, 2013
S. Korea develops world's fist cancer-treating nanorobot

Dec 16, 2013

A group of South Korean scientists has developed the world's first nanorobot that can detect and help treat cancer, the science ministry said Monday.The team from the Chonnam National University used genetically modified bacteria to detect unique substances or proteins, such as the vascular endothelial growth factor, that are produced in excessive amounts when cancer cells are present, according to the Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning, which partly funded the research.The bacteria, t
[Graphic News] Prices of smartphones in global markets

Dec 15, 2013

The results are based on the surveys conducted at mobile shops in 15 countries from June 20-30, and from Oct. 1-10.
Samsung to fine-tune business strategy

Dec 15, 2013

Tech firm to put more focus on creating shared value and achieving
Agriculture the most promising market for drones

Dec 15, 2013

PORTLAND, Oregon (AP) ― Idaho farmer Robert Blair isn’t waiting around for federal aviation officials to work out rules for drones. He and a friend built their own, outfitting it with cameras and using it to monitor his 1,500 acres.The aircraft is the size of a turkey and Blair uses it to get a bird’s-eye view of his cows and fields of wheat, peas, barley and alfalfa.“It’s a great tool to collect information to make better decisions, and we’re just scratching the surface of what it can do for fa
Park pledges efforts for creative economy

Dec 12, 2013

President Park Geun-hye vowed Thursday that her government would establish centers across the nation to foster creative ideas of the public and further promote the creative economy initiative. “The government will set up the actual creative economy towns along with one online, where people can share and cooperate to work on creative ideas,” President Park said at the opening ceremony of Creative Korea 2013, jointly hosted by the Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning and Korea’s major busi
Robotic arm can make one stronger

Dec 12, 2013

PHILADELPHIA (AP) ― Need a hand lifting something? A robotic device invented by University of Pennsylvania engineering students can help its wearer carry an additional 18 kg.Titan Arm looks and sounds like part of a superhero’s costume. But its creators say it’s designed for ordinary people ― those who need either physical rehabilitation or a little extra muscle for their job.In technical terms, the apparatus is an untethered, upper-body exoskeleton; to the layman, it’s essentially a battery-pow
NASA: Cooling pump on station shuts down

Dec 12, 2013

WASHINGTON (AP) ― NASA said Wednesday it was looking into a problem with a malfunctioning cooling pump on the International Space Station, but there was no immediate danger to the six crewmen on board.A valve on a pump on one of the station’s two external cooling loops shut down because it was too cool Wednesday afternoon, NASA spokesman Bob Jacobs said. He said that at no time was the crew at risk. But some non-critical equipment of the massive orbital outpost were powered down.“It could be a s
Yahoo apologizes for prolonged outage of revamped e-mail

Dec 12, 2013

Yahoo! Inc., the Web portal that revamped its e-mail service in October, apologized for a problem that has knocked out access to the service for some users since Dec. 9.The company had “dozens of people working around the clock to bring it to a resolution,” Jeffrey Bonforte, a senior vice president at Yahoo, said on the company’s website. “The issue has been harder to fix than we originally expected.”Earlier today, Yahoo said it expected access to be restored by 3 p.m. San Francisco time. As of
Samsung Electronics scores in Germany, loses in Korea

Dec 12, 2013

Samsung Electronics, the world’s largest smartphone maker, on Thursday defended itself in a German court against U.S.-based Apple but was not as successful on its home turf. The Mannheim district court of Germany on Wednesday (local time) invalidated a lawsuit filed by Apple against Samsung for infringement on a patent involving language-specific keypads.The language-specific technology originally belonged to Mitsubishi before Apple acquired it in 2011. It basically stores a multilingual charac