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New App Helps Displaced Israelis Find Safe Haven In Wartime
With the war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza now in its second week and a ceasefire apparently not on the horizon, tens of thousands of Israeli families in the south of the country are looking for safe haven from rocket fire from Hamas in the Gaza Strip. Joining the war effort, an Israeli tech […]
October 15, 2023
Catching Rays: Floating Solar Panels Tilt To Face The Sun
How do you make solar energy even more efficient and cost effective? According to Israeli startup XFloat you do it by putting large numbers of photovoltaic panels on water and making them turn to track the sun. Photovoltaic technology converts light from the sun into electricity using solar cells. These cells or panels can be […]
October 11, 2023
Creating Rainbow Of Natural Food Colors Is Easy As Baking Bread
A visit to the bakery usually involves temptation by cupcakes or pastries in enticing hues of orange, pink and purple. What if we could create those vibrant shades of sweet treats without artificial additives and as naturally as bread rises? Israeli startup Phytolon (a combination of phyto, the Greek word for plant, and lon, Arabic […]
October 05, 2023
Social Media For Cancer Patients Offers Support And Advice
For people diagnosed with serious illnesses such as cancer, the treatment period can mean a maze of emotions, appointments and medical jargon that can often prove overwhelming. Israeli startup Belong.Life, created by the son of a cancer patient, has built an entire social media platform around the specific needs of people undergoing treatment – and […]
October 04, 2023
Augmented Reality App Makes Empty House Into Potential Home
Renting or buying a new property is widely regarded as one of the most stressful things you can do, and is only exacerbated when confronted by a vast empty space without the furniture or trappings that make a house a home. An Israeli startup has created an augmented reality (AR) app that allows prospective tenants […]
October 02, 2023
All-In-One Kit Turns Urban Roofs Into Energy-Producing Gardens
A bird’s eye view of the skies above Basel, Copenhagen and Paris will reveal – aside from the spectacular views – rooftops that lately have been blooming with abundance of greenery. These rooftops adorned with vegetables and other vegetation are known as green roofs and have become mandatory for new and freshly renovated spaces in […]
October 01, 2023
Thwarting Deadly Lung Disease By Electrifying Water Reserves
In 1976, a Philadelphia hotel hosted an annual convention to celebrate American war vets – but just days after its close, 25 attendees had died of what was believed to be a spate of sudden heart attacks. The US Centers for Disease Control (CDC) later found that a specific bacterium – bred in the cooling […]
September 27, 2023
AI Money Laundering Watchdog That ‘Senses’ A Financial Crime
As the digital world expands to every area of our lives, we have become used to automated banking – with our transactions carried out instantly and with just one click. But behind the ease with which we move our money about is still a meticulous process of verification, known as compliance, ensuring that our transactions […]
September 24, 2023
Tech Innovators Come Together To Help Israel’s Wounded Warriors
Israeli giants of industry such as 3D printer Stratasys and defense technology company Elbit have spent the last eight months developing innovative solutions – not to benefit their businesses, but to ease ongoing issues faced by wounded veterans. Restart, a nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the lives of Israel’s wounded veterans, recruited these companies to […]
September 18, 2023
A Rosh Hashanah Toast To Israel’s Wine Innovators
Israel has long been known for its innovation, earning its moniker of startup nation for its technological advances in medicine, climate change, agriculture and more. And that innovation has reached the country’s wine market, with sellers and growers alike turning to unique methods of growing, development and even hiring workers. And as Jews all over […]
September 14, 2023
Scientists Grow Model Embryo In Lab, Without Egg Or Sperm
A model embryo grown in the lab and not the womb, using stem cells and not egg and sperm, could be the future of research into pregnancy and drug testing and even provide bespoke organ transplants, its creator says. What Prof. Jacob (Yaqub) Hanna of the Weizmann Institute of Science and his team have created […]
September 13, 2023
Insulin-Based Drug Gives Preemies A Fighting Chance
An Israeli company has produced an insulin-based therapy that strengthens the digestive system of babies born prematurely, helping to stop them from developing life-threatening complications. And for these babies, every day of proper development is crucial. Elgan Pharma says that the preemies who were given its unique therapy reached the ability to absorb all the […]
September 12, 2023
Indoor Drones Are On Patrol, Flying In A Building Near You
Indoor drones developed by an Israeli startup are on security patrol. They’re flying along the corridors of office buildings and they’re keeping an eye on warehouses, factories, data centers and other premises. The AI-powered drones drop from their ceiling-mounted docking stations autonomously, fly their pre-planned route and raise an alert if they spot intruders, doors […]
September 11, 2023
AI Startup Gives You A New Face To Protect Your Medical Privacy
An Israeli startup is using artificial intelligence to make a person’s face unrecognizable, in order to safeguard their privacy in medical imagery. RealizeMD subtly alters facial features through an AI process of manipulation, turning the patient into someone else entirely and preserving only original properties of the specific area that underwent reconstructive or cosmetic treatment. […]
September 07, 2023
Jellyfish Protein Lets Stressed Plants Light A Fluorescent Alarm
An Israeli startup is helping plants signal potentially fatal stresses by giving them jellyfish protein that lets them light up when their picture is taken. This, Plantell says, not only shows when plants are in trouble but can also help to develop agricultural products that are less harmful to crops. Crops make up 85 percent […]
September 06, 2023