What gets measured
gets managed
: true for water too.
Accurate measurement of water quality is the first step towards improvement. The.Wave.Talk surpasses the limitations of existing technologies and introduces new possibilities in areas where water quality monitoring was not feasible due to the cost, size, and management of technology.
It perfectly meets the unmet needs of the market, changing the landscape of the water quality-related business and water treatment sector.
Achivement
2026
04' Grand Prize, K-eco Award 2026
04' Obtained ISO 14001 Certification
05' Awarded NEP(New Excellent Product) Certification
2025
01' CES 2025 Innovation Award
05' Acquired K-EPA Type Approval (In-line Turbidimeter)
07' Patent License – Turbidity Sensor (KRW 20B)
10' Portable Turbidimeter "Watalk"
– Selected as Excellent Product by the Public Procurement Service (Korea)
11' Selected as an Outstanding Company in LG Display’s Open Innovation Program
11' Obtained Q-Mark Certification – Continuous Turbidimeter
12' Two Minister’s Award
(Korea Invention Patent Exhibition, Industrial Technology Promotion Award)
2024
02' iF Design Award 2024 for the Public Water Quality Monitoring App
04' DIPS 1000+ (Deep Tech Incubator Project for Startups)
06' SIWW2024 TechXchange Winner
12' Awarded NET (New Excellent Technology) Certification
2023
01' CES 2023 Innovation Award
2021
10' 2021 Korea AI Startup 100
2020
01' CES 2020 Innovation Award
11' Seoul Award Best Product
11' Encouragement Award in Startup Water 2020
12' Commendation Awarded by the President of TIPA
2019
03' Water Industry Innovation Startup Award by Korea Minister of Environment Award
06' Future Food Asia Finalist (Top 10)
09' Grand Award in Cohort 1 Seoul Water Industry Startup Challenge
09' Top 10 Product at Startup Design Audition by INNO DESIGN
11' Selected as Top 3 Attractive Startup at High-tech Bio Startup Net-Workshop Korea
2018
01' Selected as a Cohort 1 startup for fostering K-water
06' Awarded 2nd place at Redefining Early Stage Investment (RESI)
Conference Innovation Challenge
09' Selected as Imagine H2O Asia Finalist
12' Honored with Startup Excellent Award by KAIST ITVC
2017
02' Established a company R&D institute registered on KOITA (No. 2017110582)
03' Certified as a research institute company by the Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning (No. 378)
07' Awarded 2nd place for Hello Tomorrow Korea Challenge′s Top 3 Startup
10' Selected as one of the Final 7 Startups among 3,000 global startups at Hello Tomorrow Global Summit, as the only Korean startup to be invited
11' Honored with the Grand Award at the 3rd Beyond TIPS
2016
07' Established THE WAVE TALK Co Ltd.
Patents
No.
Registration
Date / No. / Country
Title of invention
1
2016.12.18.
No. 10-1686766
Republic of Korea
Apparatus and Method for Bacteria and Microorganism Detection Using Laser Speckles
2
2018.06.19.
US 10,001,467 B2
U.S.
Apparatus And Method for Detecting Microbes Or Bacteria
3
2018.11.15.
No. 10-1920852
Republic of Korea
Containers for Microorganism Detection, System including the Containers for Microorganism Detection,
and Method for Detecting the Microorganisms within the Containers Using the System
4
2019.01.11.
No. 10-1939779
Republic of Korea
System for Microorganism Detection in Fluids Using Chaotic Wave Sensor
5
2019.03.11.
No. 10-1959023
Republic of Korea
Apparatus and Method for Entity Identification Using Chaotic Wave Sensor
6
2019.04.16.
No. 10-1971272
Republic of Korea
Apparatus and Method for Pattern Structure Check
7
2019.08.05.
No. 10-2009370
Republic of Korea
Apparatus and Method for Speckle Assessment and Amplification
8
2019.08.30.
No. 10-2018895
Republic of Korea
Apparatus and Method for Virus Detection Using Chaotic Wave Sensor
9
2019.12.06.
No. 10-2055310
Republic of Korea
Apparatus for Testing the Appropriateness of Antibiotics Using Chaotic Wave Sensor
10
2020.02.04.
US 10,551,293 B2
U.S.
Apparatus for Detecting Sample Properties Using Chaotic Wave Sensor
Total applications: 119 (Korea: 61 / Europe, U.S., etc.: 58)
Total registrations: 74 (Korea: 39 / Europe, U.S., etc.: 35)
OUR TEAM
We Protect
Human & Environment
with Innovative Sensor Technology
THE WAVE TALK’s technology is a child of the convergence/innovation of hardware and software developed by experts in business and innovative tech.
THE WAVE TALK provide customized services for safe, clean water using innovative AI pollution measuring solutions and big data platform that test everyday water quality in a smart, simple way.