Global lighting company Signify has unveiled its research that validates its UV-C light sources ability to inactivate COVID-19, on Tuesday.The company and the National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories (NEIDL) at Boston University in the US have been conducting research to develop tools in t

Samsung Electronic vice chairman Lee Jae-yong has visited the company’s home appliance business at Suwon, south of the capital Seoul, to discuss future strategies, the company said on Tuesday.It is third such visit in June alone for the de facto leader of Samsung Group. Lee met with senior executive

Merck and Guardian Glass has formed a strategic partnership to commission sales of evrise dynamic liquid crystal window, the companies said.Eyrise provides shading comfort by cutting solar glare without compromising on natural day light.There is also a privacy window variant that offers instant swit

LG Chem and Korea University will form a joint research center for next-generation batter materials at the university, the companies aid on Tuesday.The center will focus on developing new materials for cathode and anode as well as technology that can extend battery life, they said.The center will al

SK Innovation has launched a car management app, the company said on Monday.Called Muffin, the app, launched by SK Energy, the company’s subsidiary, allows users to register their refueling pattern, automobile plate numbers and payment method on it so that they can pay instantly at fueling stations.

Posco Chemical and Zhejiang Huayou Cobalt will form a joint social fund to assist those living near their plants, the companies said.The two companies will each contribute US$20,000 annually. The funds will be used at each other’s countries every other year, they said.The first funding will go into

LG Electronics has launched a new LED signage that it says is convenient to install, on Monday.LG LED Signage (model name: LSAA) comes with 600mm x 337.5mm x 44.9mm cabinet modules that can be connected block by block.Clients can use the modules to make a signage in the size they want. Cable only ne

The leaders of Hyundai Motor Group and LG Group has met for the first time to discuss collaboration in batteries for electric vehicles (EV) on Monday.Chung Eui-son, executive vice chairman of Hyundai Motor, and LG Group chairman Koo Kwang-mo, met at LG Chem’s Ochang battery plant, accompanied by the

UBI Research will hold a day-long seminar in organic light emitting diode (OLED) and quantum dot nanorod LED (QNED) next month, the research firm said on Friday.It will be held at COEX, Seoul on July 16. It will be available online as well, UBI Research said.Analysts at UBI Research will present the

Samsung Electronics vice chairman Lee Jae-yong has visited the conglomerate’s key semiconductor site and stressed the risk ahead for the business, Samsung said on Friday.Lee visited the semiconductor research lab at its Hwaseong plant and met with senior executives there.The vice chairman and the ex

Intel has launched an upgraded version of its RealSense camera, the company said on Thursday.Intel RealSense Depth Camera D455 achieves twice the range of previous generation model, the US chip giant said.The camera has an optimal range of 6 meters. It integrates an IMU to allow for refinement of it

Samsung Electronics will be supplying its 5G network equipment to Canadia telco Telus, the South Korean tech giant said on Friday.It is its fourth order outside of South Korea for the electronics giant __ it won one in Canada before back in December, at another in the US in February as well as one i

Samsung Electronics has rolled out its health monitoring app that can measure users’ blood pressures in South Korea on Thursday.Galaxy Watch Active2 users can download Samsung Health Monitor via Galaxy Store, calibrate it with a traditional cuff, and begin monitoring their blood pressures, the South

LG Electronics has introduced its new LED and OLED signage at InfoComm 2020 Connected, the company said on Thursday.The South Korean hardware maker showed off its LG LED Cinema Display, which uses high-brightness LED modules for movie screens at theaters, as well as its transparent OLED touch displa

Qualcomm is launching its new fifth-generation robotics platform with 5G connectivity, the US chip giant announced Thursday.The RB5 platform is optimized for robotics and can be applied to drones. It comes with a wide-range of hardware, software and developer kit.It will allow developers and manufac

Samsung Electronics has launched a cloud-based design platform for use by its fabless customers, the company said on Thursday.Samsung Advanced Foundry Ecosystem (SAFE) Cloud Design Platform (CDP), developed in collaboration with Rescale, will provide a virtual environment to design chips in the clou

OLED equipment maker Shindo ENG Lab has vowed to expand in the Chinese OLED market as it gears up for its initial public offering (IPO) on KOSDAQ next month.CEO Woung-ki Park said the company had unrivaled technologies in banding equipment and dispensers for OLED production, at a press conference in

LG Chem and Hyundai Motor Group will kick-off a start-up competition for promising start-ups in electric vehicles (EV) and batteries, the companies said Thursday.The EV and Battery Challenge will last from June 22 to August 28, they said.They will be looking for start-ups with next-generation batter

Seoul Viosys will supply its proprietary Violeds technology to Chinese air conditioner giant Gree, the company said on Wednesday.Violeds technology uses ultraviolet light to kill germs or viruses and can be attached on air purifying systems.It will power Gree’s new Fresh Air air conditioner. It will

KT will invest 50 billion won into Hyundai Robotics for a 10% stake, the telco said Tuesday.The two companies will collaborate in developing intelligent service robots. KT and Hyundai Robotics will also partake in joint researches in autonomous driving and smart factory technology, they said.Hyundai