LAS VEGAS -- Satiating the demands of all things golf for lovers of the game at a Topgolf chain in Las Vegas is a unique display solution designed by South Korea’s LG Electronics. At the sports entertainment venue, where people play golf, have drinks and food and watch sports games, some 120 55-inch LCD commercial displays made by LG are vertically mounted at the three-floor golf zone of the venue, playing three different video contents on a single screen.At Topgolf, a player scores points

LAS VEGAS -- Roy Jakobs, head of the personal health business of Royal Philips, believes today’s innovation is not just about individual products. Innovation involves building a new ecosystem and gaining the trust of consumers, and he believes South Korea is on the same page as the Amsterdam-based electronics maker. “In terms of high standards required for innovation, Philips has the same DNA as Korea,” Jakobs said in an interview with The Korea Herald during the Consumer

LAS VEGAS -- Samsung Electronics and LG Electronics boasted their technological prowess with up-to-date developments of connected car platforms exhibited at the world’s biggest technology show that kicked off Tuesday.LG Electronics showcased a connected car model for the first time this year at the Consumer Electronics Show 2020 in Las Vegas. The company exhibited the connected car model, co-designed with automotive seating supplier Adient, next to the AI ThinQ zone at its booth, offering

LAS VEGAS -- Samsung Electronics’ humanoid artificial intelligence chatbot Neon and its current platform Bixby will complement each other, said Chung Eui-suk, head of the mobile division’s software R&D on Tuesday in Las Vegas. Chung told The Korea Herald that unlike Bixby which is embedded as a software in devices, Neon makes virtual humans that act like real people.“The Neon platform will be complementary with Bixby, but goes beyond what Bixby does,” said the ex

LAS VEGAS -- The memory chip market is starting to show signs of improving, leaving Samsung Electronics to deliberate carefully on the timing of the launch of its second memory chip plant in Pyeongtaek, Gyeonggi Province, according to Kim Ki-nam, vice chairman of the tech giant’s semiconductor business on Tuesday. “There are signs that make us believe the market is recovering,” the vice chairman told The Korea Herald in Las Vegas at Consumer Electronics Show 2020. “Howeve

LAS VEGAS -- A small spherical yellow robot, called Ballie, stole the show during a keynote speech by Samsung Electronics’ CEO in Las Vegas on Monday. The South Korean tech giant unveiled its brand new personal care robot, declaring artificial intelligence to be the future of personalized care. Kim Hyun-suk, chief executive officer of Samsung’s consumer electronics division, shared the stage with the ball-shaped bot that rolled around the stage during his keynote speech at the Consum

LAS VEGAS -- Jeong Ho-young, chief executive officer of LG Display -- the world’s largest organic light-emitting diode panel maker -- vowed Monday to put the money-losing company back on track by expanding supplies of OLED panels to growing markets such as transportation and interior. During a press conference held ahead of the opening of the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Jeong revealed his target figures for improving the company’s financial status and plans to expand sale

LAS VEGAS – It’s a small butler, hard as a tin but intelligent as a human.“Good morning, did you sleep well?” says a robot as it suggests breakfast menus, recommending a light green salad to help reduce stress before your big presentation at work.The AI robot knows your schedule, can even assume the state of your feeling and offer due action plan.This is what a Level 3 AI will be able to do for humans, according to the AI framework envisioned by LG Electronics and Element

LAS VEGAS -- A small yellow ball-shape robot, called Ballie, stole the show during a keynote speech by Samsung Electronics’ CEO in Las Vegas on Monday. The South Korean tech giant unwrapped its brand new personal care robot, defining that artificial intelligence is the future of personalized care. Kim Hyun-suk, chief executive officer of Samsung’s consumer electronics division, shared the stage with a yellow ball-shape robot that literally “rolled” during his keynote spee

LAS VEGAS -- LG Electronics announced Monday the company would unveil a reinforced lineup of organic light-emitting diode TVs for 2020, including further-enhanced picture quality and art-inspired design breakthroughs, with the goal of bringing cinema, sports and gaming to life at home, at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. The world’s biggest provider of OLED TVs enhanced picture quality of its OLED models with the latest third-generation artificial intelligence Alpha 9 processor,

LAS VEGAS -- Living together with multiple robots that assist humans in everyday life at home is no longer a distant future. At the Consumer Electronics Show kicking off Tuesday in Las Vegas, South Korean tech leaders will demonstrate how their robots can live together with humans and what roles they will play, blending artificial intelligence into people’s everyday life at their exhibition booths in the Las Vegas Convention Center. Samsung Electronics will take the largest area of 3,368 s

LG Electronics said Sunday it will cooperate with Canada-based artificial intelligence startup Element AI for software development to be used in its electronic products and services. The two firms signed a memorandum of understanding during a ceremony held in Las Vegas, US, which was attended by LG’s Chief Technology Officer Park Il-pyung and Element AI CEO Jean-Francois Gagne. Element AI was co-founded by CEO Gagne and professor Yoshua Bengio of the University of Montreal in 2016. Be

Las Vegas -- Expectations were high on Sunday about what will be unveiled by tech giants from South Korea -- one of the most advanced IT powerhouses in the world -- with one day left for the kickoff of the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, US. Given that the number of Korean tech firms and research institutes attending the show this year marks the largest of around 400 amongst 4,500 global participants, Korea is anticipated to boast a greater presence in the world’s biggest IT show w

LG Electronics said Friday it will bring two more 8K TV models to the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas next week. The 2020 lineup of LG’s 8K TVs will include a 77-inch organic light-emitting diode TV model, in addition to the current 88-inch OLED model, and a 65-inch NanoCell model, along with the current 75-inch model.LG’s 8K TV models have around 90 percent contrast modulation levels, certified by the Consumer Technology Association, the organizer of CES.  All four model

Samsung Electronics said Friday it will introduce new concepts of home electronics at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas next week, ranging from a beer fridge to a footwear management system. The South Korean tech giant will unveil three cube-type refrigerators -- Wine Cube, Beer Cube and Beauty Cube, whose names indicate their purpose.  It will also introduce a footwear management system featuring the technology of the company’s clothes care system, Air Dresser.  Under t

Samsung Electronics’ de facto leader Lee Jae-yong on Thursday discussed the tech giant’s strategy to utilize the world’s first 3-nanometer process technology for manufacturing chips. Lee visited the company’s semiconductor research and development center in Hwaseong, Gyeonggi Province, as his first official gesture of on-site management in 2020. The Samsung heir discussed the company’s plans to commercialize cutting-edge chips ordered from global customers on the la

Samsung Electronics is expected to unveil another artificial intelligence platform, named “Neon,” at the Consumer Electronics Show next month, according to reports on Monday. It was developed by Samsung Technology and Advanced Research Lab, based in the United States, under the leadership of the unit’s President Pranav Mistry, the youngest executive at Samsung. Neon is likely to be introduced as a new AI platform of Samsung. A recent tweet on the unit’s official Twitter a

South Korea’s large businesses increased investment in research and development by around 11 percent throughout the year despite declines in sales, according to data from a local market tracker released Wednesday. The aggregate investments of 211 major companies stood at 39.2 trillion won ($33.7 billion) as of the third quarter, up 11.3 percent from the 35.2 percent recorded during the same period last year, showed a report from corporate researcher CEO Score. The 211 firms are among the c

LG Electronics said Wednesday it will debut its connected car platform -- built in collaboration with multiple global tech companies -- for the first time at the Consumer Electronics Show 2020 that kicks off in Las Vegas on Jan.7. The South Korean tech giant is going to demonstrate the latest version of Linux-based car infotainment platform webOS Auto that it has been working on with Qualcomm, Microsoft, Qt and Luxoft. The company will exhibit a connected car model co-designed by automotive seat

LG Chem is mulling a slew of measures to bolster its electric vehicle battery business, including a plan to spin off the battery unit next year, according to a news report Tuesday. The report said an internal task force at LG Chem is currently operating with a schedule to spin off the battery business division as a subsidiary of the LG affiliate by July. In response, LG Chem said, “The company is considering various measures in order to enhance competitiveness and value of the battery busi