Incheon Free Economic Zone Authority (IFEZ, hereinafter referred to as Incheon Economic Authority) held the ‘Incheon Special Global Press Conference’ at Incheon Startup Park on the morning of the 12th and showcased the technologies and products of local startups participating in CES 2024.
The Incheon Special Global Press Conference held on this day was held to promote the technologies and products of domestic startups participating in the exhibition to the global media as a support program of Incheon Startup Park, with CES 2024, the world’s largest IT and home appliance exhibition, scheduled to be held in January next year. It was designed to be introduced first.
Incheon Startup Park is a support center for early-stage startups that was opened and jointly operated by the Incheon Free Economic Zone and Incheon Techno Park (Incheon TP) in February 2021. The Incheon Economic Office, which has allocated an additional budget starting this year, is planning to open Las Vegas, the main exhibition hall of CES 2024. Among domestic local governments, the ‘Incheon/IFEZ Promotion Hall’ will be operated exclusively in the AI and Robotics Zone of the Vegas Convention Center (LVCC) and will exhibit the technologies and products of 34 startups.
In addition, the Incheon Economic Office plans to hold an online briefing on the global media stage at the public relations center during the exhibition period to promote the performance of each company to online and offline visitors around the world and further publicize Incheon’s capabilities as a smart city.
The global media conference held as one of these active activities was attended by overseas media such as △French IT/AI related media ‘Le Café du Geek’ △American tech media ‘Ubergizmo’, and ▲Sheco Co., Ltd. Four companies, ▲Able Labs Co., Ltd. ▲Uni Uni Co., Ltd. ▲J Global Co., Ltd., introduced their products to these media.
Sheco (CEO Ki-seong Kwon) plans to exhibit the ‘Sheco Arc-M’ platform, which encompasses an underwater drone and unmanned mobile system that removes environmental pollutants from seas and waters, at CES 2024. These platforms, which boast immediate and efficient water purification effects through real-time contaminant separation technology, were selected for innovation awards in the Drones & Unmanned Systems and Human Security categories, respectively, achieving two wins.
Able Labs (CEO Shin Sang) plans to unveil its liquid handling robot ‘NOTABLE’ at CES 2024. NOTABLE can control even minute flow rates during suction and distribution movements based on high precision, and based on these characteristics, it is expected to have excellent usability, including improving reproducibility and efficiency in various biological experiments.
The product that UniUni (CEO Suyeon Han) will exhibit at CES 2024 is ‘Savvy Toilet,’ a safe bathroom solution. This is an AIoT smart integrated solution for ‘safe, safe, and satisfactory’ restrooms, and its main function is to monitor abnormal behavior (illegal filming, falls, etc.) of people living in the restroom 24 hours a day through AI. The abnormal behavior identification rate achieved by Sambi Toilet is 96.6%, and the time required for identification is only 4 seconds, enabling safety and security in the bathroom and quick action.
J.C. Global (CEO Joo-myeong Oh) plans to introduce ‘hybrid artificial turf’ at CES 2024, which combines eco-friendliness and various functionality with visible light catalyst material. It is evaluated as a building material that will contribute to improving the atmospheric environment due to its properties of removing fine dust-causing substances (NOx, VOCs, etc.) and suppressing their subsequent regeneration. In addition, the antibacterial treatment and heat shielding surface are given strong resistance to viruses and bacteria, and the risk of damage from ultraviolet rays is minimized.
Shim Soon-ok, Smart City Manager at the Incheon Economic Office, said, “In the future, the Incheon Economic Office plans to more actively promote the smart city-related capabilities of Incheon and the Incheon Free Economic Zone to the world.” “We will continue to provide generous support to startups who wish to participate in this event,” he said, expressing his thoughts regarding this event.
Meanwhile, ‘CES’, the world’s largest IT exhibition hosted by the Consumer Technology Association (CTA), is an exhibition where you can see the flow of innovative technologies around the world at a glance and is held every January in Las Vegas, USA. AVING News, which has covered CES for 18 consecutive years, has reported CES news around the world every year since 2006, and has been selected through ‘BEST OF CES’ and ‘BEST OF MADE IN KOREA’, which select the best innovative products, companies and technologies. has been in progress. In addition, CES on-site issues are vividly conveyed through ‘AVING LIVE’.
* Special reporters: Joseph Choe, Kidai Kim, Dongkwan Kim, Mokkyung Lee, Sangun Choi, Seung Hyun Nam, Sunghwan Kim, Taeuck Lim, Min Choi
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