| Dreamsys 97 Multimedia PC |
TriGem Computer has produced a new concept multimedia PC,This product can connect to the internet just by touching the easy button--not like regular PCs where one must run an operating program, key in a password, etc. And changing over to TV and CD player is just as easy with the button. TriGem has designed the PC to run as easily as any other household electronic appliance.
In terms of multimedia performance, TriGem has equipped Dreamsys 97 with a 3D graphic accelerating chip and 3D SRS sound card, and they have incorporated the T870, a main item in Dreamsys 97, providing a TV picture function which allows for the transfer of the PC's graphic signal to a normal TV.
They also reduced operation noise and heat a great deal by using the ATX board and its power supply. The USB port makes connecting wires simple and trim and the PC performs perfect plug and play functions.
The T870 is equipped with a 200 MHz CPU, 32 MB memory, 3.2 GB hard disk, 33.6 Kbps DSVD modem, and 12Xspeed CD ROM.
| TEL : 82-2-3774-3000 | FAX : 82-2-3774-3333 |
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| Wonder Phone |
Kukje Corporation, which is a leading athletic shoe manufacturing company in Korea, has developed a speaker
phone dubbed "Wonder Phone" which doesn't require a handset.The feature making the wonder phone unique is the ability to answer a call by clapping your hands or making a metallic sound within a radius of 10 meters. So it is possible to communicate as one person at home as well as with several people in a conference room or in a small workplace regardless of the phone's location.
This phone has adopted digital signal processing technology, so it maintains an even sound without static or echo if a user moves or changes position. And it is free from electromagnetic waves through a remote control method. This is a new concept phone incorporating a wireless communication device's merit of being electromagnetic wave free and a wired device's merit of stability.
People can communicate privately by converting the phone to operate through a headset. And it works like any other telephone through ordinary lines.
The suggested retail price for this phone will be around $200, which makes it cheaper than other speaker phones, which may sell for $700 to $1,200.
| TEL: 82-2-799-7114 | FAX: 82-2-799-5444 |
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| "Green Sound" PC Speaker |
This external speaker, developed by Dongbang Precision Co., is designed for use with a multi-media PC.The speaker features strong output for its size. It generates 120W output compared with similar sized external speakers with outputs of 80-100W. And this speaker is equipped with equalizers like an audio set, so it is possible to easily adjust sound from high frequency to low. It also sounds clean and clear. This speaker has an internal adapter unlike other similar products which have to adjust voltage through an external one. So its wiring is simplified and it is easy to hook up.
A jack is installed on the speaker for a microphone connection, and the speaker's stand is designed to revolve, making it possible to change the direction of the sound.
| TEL: 82-2-205-7251/2 | FAX: 82-2-205-3970 |
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| SOL-5 Infrared Ray Oil Heater |
This product, developed by Korea Industrial, performs the functions of heating and dehydration at once, either indoors or out.Since SOL-5 is a portable heater, it can be used anywhere. In consideration of safety, the product is equipped with sensors to detect overturn and overload either while being moved or when it's in use. The heater fires within 7 seconds of being started, and there is as little smoke and odor discharge when it's on as if it were turned off.
It is efficient enough to warm an area of a factory or an outside workplace and is especially useful for guards or doormen who have to work in freezing cold conditions such as at an outside gate or a hotel. And it is also quite efficient in dehydrating concrete or an important product which is colored, because the infrared ray doesn't cause any cracks and the material dehydrates quickly.
This product uses kerosene as fuel and can run for ten hours at high temperature and for 13 hours at low temperature.
| TEL: 82-2-266-0647 | FAX: 82-2-278-2758 |
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| Jefe Silicon Rubber Tooth Cleaning Tool |
Are you still cleaning your
teeth with a brush?The company likes to compare teeth to a car. If you clean your car with a brush, chances are it will damage the surface but not necessarily clean it. Better would be a rubber wiper blade. Along the same lines, a traditional toothbrush is not sufficient for cleaning, and in addition can damaged teeth and gums. So, the Jefe was developed to provide for durable, hygienic, gentle cleaning in the form of a silicon rubber tool. It is not a brush, but a "tooth wiper."
Jefe is non-toxic and uses silicon rubber "bristles" designed with optimal adjustment to the teeth and oral cavity. It is easy to clean and simple to sterilize (suggested once a week) by dropping it in boiling water.
| TEL: 82-32-673-4063 | FAX: 82-32-682-6930 |
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| Two-Way Pager "TAG" |
TAG is a paging device developed by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. which makes it possible to communicate with
a counterpart. For this purpose, it is equipped with a receiving network in addition to the existing paging service network.It is impossible to know whether a message that has been sent has been received with a traditional pager. But this product runs various function as well as checking on whether messages were received. This pager also stores 128 sentences, consisting of 16 basic sentences and 8 optional sentences for each of the basic 16. So a person can respond to another's two-way pager with up to16 sentences.
Motorola's two-way pager, "Tango", which is suitable for mobile computing and capable of transferring a great amount of data, is equal in size to TAG, but costs twice as much. TAG can transfer data to a PC, but it is more suitable for sending a small amount of data. It is useful with remote-control machinery, to locate someone, etc.
It can be applied to security systems for properties and equipment in workplaces, and to automatically check abnormalities in places difficult to access with a compound sensor. Carried by a child, or attached to a vehicle, it is also possible to detect their position manually or automatically. And a user can make a rescue or emergency call.
Samsung has adopted Spread Spectrum Frequency Hopping Technology, which was developed by the Israeli company "Nexus," and is marketing the product worldwide with their cooperation. Recently, they have contracted to deliver TAG to the US company "API".
| TEL: 82-2-259-2447 | FAX: 82-2-259-2523 |
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| Kurzweil K2500 Series Synthesizers |
The K-2500 series is a family of synthesizersThe Kurzweil K2500 Series is equipped with 48 true-voice polyphony (up to 192 oscillators) and a 64 X 240 fluorescent backlit LCD display. Since it uses flash ROM, it is easy to upgrade the operating system with SCSI and FDD. It is also possible to use sample RAM up to 128 MB with the 8 incorporated SIMM slots. The output is performed through eight analog outputs and stereo mix out. A 32-track sequencer makes it possible to edit in real time through a keyboard.
In addition to these functions, the product incorporates many other useful features.
The Kurzweil K2500 Series won the '97 TEC (Technical Excellence & Creativity) prize and has been chosen as the 1997 Editor's Choice Award for best synthesizer from MIX, a US magazine devoted to electronic music. The TEC prize was awarded at the world famous AES (Engineering Society) Show which is held November. Young Chang Company, Ltd. has been nominated five times consecutively since 1992, and has won three times--in 1993 with the K-2000, in 1995 with PC-88, and again last year.
| TEL: 82-2-3451-3562/4 | FAX: 82-2-3451-3599 |
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| TVAS Golf Shoe "Air Flow" |
When worn, the TVAS (Turn Ventilation Air Shoe), called the wind shoe, ventilates the air inside the shoe with minute
pressure (3g-5g). So over 80 percent of the air is exchanged after taking just 30 steps.Therefore moisture is prevented from forming inside the shoe when it's being worn, so feet will stay warmer in cold weather, risk of athlete's foot is minimized, and offensive odors won't materialize. So those who wear this shoe will feel warm in the winter and cool in the summer.
This product has secured patents and registered trademarks in 14 countries including the U.S.A., Japan, and EU. TVAS has been exported to 16 countries and it is being supplied as the official shoe to the NYPD, boots for Swissair flight attendants, and safety shoes at Ford, among others.
TVAS Footwear International Corporation has also produced the "Air Flow" golf shoe, adopting this system to a sport shoe, and is marketing it both at home and abroad.
| TEL: 82-51-635-7911/2 | FAX: 82-51-646-7702 |
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| Automatic Cutting Machine |
Soosan Precision Co., Ltd. has developed an automatic cutting machine "Auto Cutter (SCA-50)," which
will enhance working efficiency and productivity. This product is equipped with an N.C. controller (SENTROL) which is operated by the company's in-house developed N.C. program. So it is possible to add several other functions.
This machine can cut patterns in textiles at a rate of 10-12 meters per minute. With the efficiency of the CAD and N.C. system, this cutter runs without errors or fault and can cope with frequent pattern changes.
As this machine supports several languages such as English, Chinese, Japanese, French, and Spanish, it can be used all over the world.
Soosan will market this product at a price level of about 60 percent that of competing products.
| TEL : 82-2-518-8866 | FAX : 82-2-514-8568 |
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| The Spirit of Ancient Korea on a Ceramic Tile |
Around the 1st century A.D., three kingdoms emerged on the Korean Peninsula led first by Koguryo, then shortly thereafter
followed Paekche and Shilla. By the late 5th century Koguryo had reached its golden age and became a powerful nation
with territory including the Manchurian area of modern China in the north to an area south of the Han River, where
present-day Seoul is situated. Even though the three kingdoms were eventually unified by the Shilla king in 676, Koguryo
had to bear the brunt of aggression from northern neighbors while wielding the Koreans' valiant spirit.Because of its geopolitically strategic point, Koguryo had to face innumerable military conflicts. These trials, however, made the spirit of its people even more tough and tenacious. Meanwhile, in a cultural aspect, Koguryo was able to establish a peculiar mix of local and international flavor through direct or indirect cultural exchanges with Middle-Asian and East-Asian countries. The real character of Koguryo can be found in the Koguryo mural tomb paintings which have been well preserved through the centuries.
As of today, more than fifty mural tomb paintings have been excavated, mainly around Pyongyang, the capital of the ancient kingdom. Though they are lacking perspective, the most notable characteristic of the paintings is their mobility and life. Those characteristics are the outcome of the aesthetic sense of the Koguryo people who tried to embody liveliness in all things. Judging from the casting of energy even to inanimate matters, the animistic concepts which existed in the main social stratum of the Koguryo people in those days is said to be reflected in the paintings. Some say this is animistic symbolism. In any case, Koguryo mural tomb painting is considered to be one of the most excellent cultural achievements produced in the whole of East Asia at the time.
One and half centuries later, the paintings on the walls of the ancient tombs are gaining new life in a small underground
space in Seoul's Banpo-dong. Kwon Young-Dal, the president of Koguryo Art, is putting the spirit of the Koguryo people
onto small ceramic tiles. He says, "I think Koguryo mural paintings are the most valuable cultural inheritance from which
we can breathe the spirit of old Korea." For inspiration, he has visited China to look at the original paintings himself. "The
ceramic tiles are very popular among Korean professors and Japanese travelers. And demand will surely increase from
overseas countries because these paintings portray the history, culture, and art of Korea all at the same time," he added.
"I don't look at it as manufacturing simple ceramics. I'm trying to put the spirit of ancient Korea onto each ceramic tile. And then, I can expect that each tile on any wall of any living room in any country in the world will not lose its liveliness," he says. Is it an exaggeration to say that these new paintings incarnate the breath of the Koguryo painter who sketched the ancient masterpiece 1,500 years ago?
| by Soo-Young Jang |
| Koguryo Art |
| 75-1 Banpo-dong, Seocho-gu, Seoul, Korea |
| Tel/Fax : 82-2-591-4955 |
