Global Media held the K-STARTUP Global Media Awards for domestic innovative companies participating in CES1 held in Las Vegas, USA for a total of 5 days from January 8th (Thursday) to 4th (Sunday, local time).
This award was awarded to Uber Gizmo (USA, GEEKAZINE), Tech News Zone (USA, TECHNEWSZONE), GadgetTouch (Japan), Le Café de Geek (France, Le Café du Geek), and Europe. Startupworld, AVING NEWS (Korea), etc. made the decision in advance by evaluating marketability, possibility of entering the global market, investment value, and competitiveness.
The K-STARTUP Global Media Award is selected by media participating in CES through screening of domestic innovative companies. Additionally, an awards ceremony will be held at the K-STARTUP joint hall during CES 2023, and the results will be reported through each media channel.
BEST OF K-STARTUP, CES selected △Nubi Lab, △Dongnam Realize, and △Hunit, and the BEST OF K-STARTUP selected by each media included Pulse Nine (GEEKAZINE, USA), Hunit (Aving News, Korea), and Seven Point. One (Gadget Touch, Japan), Dongnam Realize (Le Café de Geek, France), Seven Point One (Uber Gizmo, USA), Nubi Lab (Startup World, Europe), Prinew (Tech News Zone, USA), etc. Each of these was selected.
CES 2023 has more than 173 companies from 2,800 countries around the world participating, and the exhibition size is about 50% larger than last year. This year, it will be held under five themes, including △Automotive △Digital Healthcare △Web 3.0 △Metaverse △Sustainability and Human Security for All. Keynote speakers included global leaders such as AMD CEO Lisa Su, BMW Group Chairman Oliver Zipse, and Deere Chairman John May, the ‘Tesla of agricultural machinery.’
Nubi Lab presents a vision for the future of eating habits and healthcare at CES 2023!
Nubi Lab, which has participated in CES since 2020, will set up an exclusive booth for the first time this year and present core solutions under the themes of digital healthcare, food tech, and sustainability.
Nubi Lab sees this CES stage as an opportunity to accelerate its entry into the global market. At the booth, digital healthcare concepts such as △infant growth management solution △eating habits management solution for chronic disease patients △mobile food diary △food scan API will be displayed for the first time, focusing on Nubilab’s core solution, ‘AI Food Scanner’.
“We are confident that our food tech technology will lead innovation not only in the ESG industry but also in the healthcare industry,” said Kim Dae-hoon, CEO of Nubi Lab. “This CES 2023 is an opportunity to promote Nubi Lab’s technology more and collaborate with world-class companies.” “It will be,” he expressed his ambition.
Dongnam Realize unveils CXP flame retardant grade products at CES 2023
Dongnam Realize is a company that produces CXP wood, a wood material capable of thermoplastic molding processing such as injection and extrusion. With CXP wood, we want to create a culture of using trees where both producers and consumers can easily participate in making the forest beneficial.
CXP wood is a material that can be used in existing plastic factories, and most plastic products found in daily life can be replaced with wood products. By-products naturally generated during forestry and agricultural processes are processed and distributed in a form that can be melted in factories. Dongnam Realize explained that this reduces waste generated in the forestry industry and can store carbon through commercialization, greatly helping to reduce the absolute amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.
The CXP flame retardant wooden multi-tap introduced at this exhibition has a flame retardant function even though it is made of wood. It is a user-friendly product that is non-toxic not only for general high-temperature flame retardancy tests, but also for low-temperature fires equivalent to domestic fires.
An official from Dongnam Realize said, “We wanted to change the prejudice that people have about wood materials that they are weak to fire and difficult to use. Since launching CXP materials for the first time in August 2021, we have achieved sales of 8 billion won in 100 in just one year, including entering more than 1 zero waste shops (eco-friendly stores),” he said. “We are researching companies and applications, and for some companies, the application and use period have been decided, so we expect to see the application of CXP materials in many large companies within 2022 to 10 years.”
Artificial intelligence modular robot arm ‘HUENIT’ participates in CES 2023
The artificial intelligence modular robot arm ‘HUENIT (hereinafter referred to as HUENIT)’ was honored with the CES 2023 Innovation Award. We are researching and developing STEAM educational content using HUENIT, and aim to provide fun educational content that combines AI, robotics, and software. Furthermore, the company is developing a hand drip system and ice cream robot system using HUENIT, and the company explains that HUENIT will be used in daily life within one to two years.
HUENIT, introduced at this exhibition, is a multi-functional, high-precision AI modular robot arm for makers and automation systems. It supports AI vision, laser engraving, 3D printing, robot gripper, writing and drawing functions, and also has customization modules. It supports a variety of development environments, including visual programming (block coding), Python, and Arduino (C++) programming.
In addition, you can learn and experience the entire process of artificial intelligence training using Tensorflow (AI accelerator (NPU) built into the HUENIT camera module). All functions can be easily learned and utilized by even beginners through the HUENIT SW platform.
Pulse Nine unveils its proprietary virtual human production technology ‘Deep Real AI’ at CES 2023!
Pulse Nine is a company that was established in 2017 and has been developing various contents. We have created a ‘virtual human’ based on our accumulated research and development experience in the field of 3D graphics technology, and based on this, we are seeking to diversify content and applying it to our business. As a representative example, last year, the first virtual K-pop group ‘ETERNITY’, with outstanding looks and a unique worldview, was unveiled and a virtual idol entertainment business was launched.
Pulse Nine’s Eternity is a virtual human group created with their proprietary ‘Deep Real AI’. Deep Real AI is a realistic virtual character AI service developed to reflect the needs for real-time broadcasting of virtual influencers in the live commerce market, and is characterized by the application of Pulse Nine’s proprietary image data pre-processing process.
Based on this, when learning a virtual character creation model, high-quality modeling is possible in a relatively short period of time, and the result has the distinction of being able to implement not only basic speech and activities, but even ‘mukbang’, which requires high technical skills.
Pulse Nine plans to target the global market through Eternity, a virtual K-pop girl group created by concentrating its technology. Starting with the first song, ‘I’m real’, they have released various singles and music videos, and as a result, a fandom called ‘Eternal’ was spontaneously created in 49 countries, including Indonesia, Vietnam, Thailand, and South America. The company explains that based on this popularity, it will develop a full-scale ‘culture technology show business’ business.
A Pulse Nine official said, “We expect to be able to increase the influence of our content and technology at this CES. Afterwards, we plan to expand our market dominance through vertical integration not only in sales but also in technology, content, and distribution structure,” he said. “Based on future performance, we will continue to reinvest in the development of our own characters and technologies, and use this as a driving force to target the global B2C market.” “The goal is to build a virtuous cycle structure.”
Seven Point One unveils AI-based non-face-to-face testing solution ‘Alzwin’ at CES 2023
Seven Point One is a digital healthcare startup that analyzes conversation content to identify high-risk dementia patients at an early stage and develops solutions to improve cognitive abilities and depression through VR (virtual reality) content. To date, we have completed 10 patent registrations in related fields, and have attracted investment from Naver D2SF in recognition of the business feasibility of our technology.
Based on this, we are continuing to grow by expanding our business, focusing on Naver Cloud and local governments. In addition, the company explains that it is continuing to successfully collaborate with various public institutions, insurance companies, pharmaceutical companies, and medical institutions at home and abroad.
At this exhibition, Seven Point One introduced ‘AlzWIN’, an AI-based non-face-to-face testing solution. This is a simple interactive test that can be completed within 1 to 2 minutes, and the main purpose of the solution is to determine the risk of cognitive decline in elderly test subjects.
It boasts high usability as it can be applied to all devices capable of voice recognition, and its feature is that it provides immediate results after analyzing the cognitive ability of the test subject through AI technology. Based on these advantages, test subjects can regularly check their cognitive health status and track and manage it over a long period of time, as if using a personal vital measuring device.
A Seven Point One official said, “The prevailing view is that the aging phenomenon will continue throughout the world for the next 30 years. “With this rapid aging trend, the number of dementia patients and elderly depression patients is also rapidly increasing,” he said. “In particular, according to research results published by the University of Michigan, the rate of undiagnosed dementia among potential dementia patients in the United States reaches 91.4%. “To solve this problem, a solution that can diagnose and prevent dementia at an early stage was absolutely essential, and we wanted to find a solution in artificial intelligence,” he said, explaining the development background.
Prinew unveils new drone ‘Rupel’ at CES 2023!
Prinew is a domestic company specializing in drone manufacturing and related services. Since its establishment in 2017, it has developed and provided drone solutions for surveillance and reconnaissance, surveying, structure inspection, and delivery. Starting with the distribution of educational drones, the company is currently expanding its business area to industrial airframe manufacturing and drone operation services, and is also investing its capabilities in developing artificial intelligence smart drones that combine the Internet of Things (IoT).
At this exhibition, Prinew introduced its drone model, ‘Rupel’. It is characterized by excellent portability and long flight time. As a helicopter-type drone, a prefabricated design was applied to the 7ft long helicopter. This allows it to be conveniently stored in a portable case and has the advantage of being able to be operated whenever and wherever needed.
While commercial drones offering similar standards and specifications generally support a flight time of about 60 minutes, Prinew’s Lupel can fly for up to 90 minutes. In addition, it can be operated in all weather regardless of adverse weather conditions, and boasts optimized performance for reconnaissance in the mountains or at sea.
A Prinew official said, “We are a fast-growing drone startup that aims to enter the global market,” adding, “To this end, we are making efforts in various ways and effectively promoting new technologies applied to various industries to global customers. “We want to look for potential customers at CES where we can,” he said, explaining the reason for participating in this exhibition.
Meanwhile, ‘CES’, the world’s largest technology fair, is an exhibition where you can see the trends of the global home appliance industry at a glance. Hosted by the Consumer Technology Association (CTA), it is held every January in Las Vegas, USA. AVING News, which has covered CES for 1 consecutive years, has reported CES news around the world every year since 17, and has been selected as the ‘BEST OF CES’, which selects the best innovative products and technologies, and the ‘BEST OF’, which selects domestic innovative companies. ‘MADE IN KOREA’ was held. In addition, CES on-site issues were vividly conveyed through ‘AVING LIVE’.
The K-STARTUP Integrated Pavilion is jointly participated by the Korea Start-up Agency, Seoul Business Agency, and Seoul Digital Foundation, and 51 domestic innovative companies participate to enter the U.S. market and discover global partners. In addition, CES 2023 college student supporters selected from each university (Kyunghee University, Kookmin University, Sogang University, and Chung-Ang University) are matched considering majors and industrial fields of participating companies.
* Special reporters: Joseph Choe, Kidai Kim, Dongkwan Kim, Mokkyung Lee, Sangun Choi, Joon Suh Lee, Yeawon Choi, Jinnsun Park, Seung Hyun Nam, Min Seok Cha