There are already several machines that show people how they move around in bed, but there was one noticeable product displayed at this year’s CES in Las Vegas that promised more than others to help users get a good night’s sleep, according to the BBC. (123rf)The $8,000 “superbed” -- launched at the show -- is loaded with monitoring technology that connects to an app where all the information can be tracked and reviewed, the report said.Sleep Number’s superbed is composed of two mattresses to he

March 3, 2014

According to new research published in JAMA Psychiatry, older fathers or younger mothers carry an increased risk of having children with mental illness, reported Quartz. (123rf)The researchers found that children born to parents younger than 25 or older than 29 were more likely to be diagnosed and treated for some mental illness or developmental challenge.Having a teenage father increased the risk of mental disorder by 28 percent, but teen mothers posed nearly double that risk at 51 percent.“For

March 3, 2014

LG Chem CEO Park Jin-soo said the world’s leading chemical company will reinforce research and development at its core businesses to bolster growth. “By constantly increasing investment in R&D, LG Chem will seek to maintain its leadership in the world’s materials markets,” the chief executive said at a press meeting in Seoul last Friday.He pledged to invest 590 billion won ($553 million) in R&D this year to achieve a sales target of more than 30 trillion won by 2017, up by 31 percent from 450 bi

March 2, 2014

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration warned on its website of potential long-lasting and sometimes painful erections caused by drugs used to treat attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, HealthDay News reported. (123rf)Ritalin and some other drugs used to treat ADHD may induce priapism and if not treated immediately, it can cause permanent damage to the penis, the FDA said.ADHD is a neurological behavior disorder that is usually diagnosed in childhood. It often lasts into adulthood and those

March 2, 2014

Samsung Electronics’ new smart wristband Gear Fit won the award for best mobile device at the Mobile World Congress 2014 in Barcelona, Spain, on Thursday. GSMA, the organizer of the MWC trade show, chooses the most innovative device displayed at the event and announces the winner for the award on the last day of the show. Sporting the world’s first 1.84-inch curved display, Samsung Gear Fit received a lot of attention from the media and consumers. The wristband is also equipped with a heart-beat

Feb. 28, 2014

The World Economic Forum announced Wednesday a list of 10 new technologies that could reshape society. The list identified by the World Economic Forum’s Global Agenda Council on Emerging Technologies includes superlight vehicles, brain-computer interfaces and new cancer treatments using microbes.“These breakthroughs show the boundless potential for technology to have a positive impact on society, from finding cleaner energy to new cures for disease,” said Noubar Afeyan, chair of the Global Agend

Feb. 27, 2014

Feb. 27, 2014

The chief of SK Planet, a local mobile platform provider, on Thursday spoke of how big data can be utilized for maximum results. “Now, the key questions that we have to ask are not “What is big data?” but rather “How can we utilize big data in the real business world?” and “What kind of values should we create for our customers through big data?” said So Jin-woo, CEO of SK Planet in a keynote speech at the Mobile World Congress being held in Spain this week. “I believe we can find the answers in

Feb. 27, 2014

KT, the nation’s second-largest telecom operator, ranked No.1 in the Long Term Evolution speed race in Korea, data showed on Thursday. With a download speed of 21.3 megabits per second, KT was in sixth place among 40 telecom operators worldwide and first among Korean mobile carriers, according to a report released by the British wireless network research company OpenSignal. OpenSignal surveyed 6 million users of 40 telecom operators in 16 countries to publish the global 2014 LTE quality report.

Feb. 27, 2014

The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety stepped up its efforts to end the controversy over the safety of monosodium glutamate, known as MSG, by distributing a leaflet aimed at promoting awareness on the proper use of food additives.To dispel the widespread perception among Koreans that MSG is poisonous, the government said, “MSG, allowed in Korea, is not harmful to the human body as its safety had been already verified based on scientific studies.”In recent years, concerns have mounted in Korea ove

Feb. 27, 2014

Sedentary behavior or sitting too much has been linked to an increased risk for health problems such as heart failure and earlier death, HealthDay News reported. (flickr)A new study published by Dorothy Dunlop, a professor of medicine at the Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine, showed that older adults who sit too much are more likely to be disabled or contract illnesses regardless of their exercise habits.Dunlop evaluated the exercise habits of more than 2,000 men and women, a

Feb. 27, 2014

Although not without challenges, Samsung Electronics appeared to be set to take on new competition with its flagship Galaxy S5 smartphone and wearable devices that it unveiled at the Mobile World Congress 2014 in Barcelona this week.Starting with the S5, the most impressive features were the fully water-resistant body, coupled with up-to-date technologies such as a fingerprint scanner and a heart-rate monitoring sensor.The so-called “download booster,” which allows users to utilize both the Wi-F

Feb. 26, 2014

Local mobile carrier LG Uplus demonstrated its FemtoCell system, which both supports Long Term Evolution and Gigabit Wi-Fi technology, at the Mobile World Congress running this week in Barcelona.Developed jointly by LG Uplus and Samji Electronics, FemtoCell is a small base station designed to enable fast and stable telecommunications service in crowded areas such as coffee shops, Internet cafes or small stores where data traffic is concentrated. This technology provides high-speed Internet servi

Feb. 26, 2014

Feb. 26, 2014