Technology
New Project Combats Israel Hate On Social Media, Post By Post
A new Israeli initiative is helping social media users to identify and report posts that are harmful or contain false information as well as share content in support of the country as it enters its third week of war against Hamas in Gaza. Millions of inflammatory and anti-Semitic posts have been circulating on social media […]
October 23, 2023
Firm Fast-Tracks Drone Simulator To Train Israeli Soldiers, Civilians
An Israeli company that was working on an AI system to teach people how to operate drones has accelerated the development of its platform and is now using it to help train Israeli soldiers – and civilians – in the use of the unmanned aerial vehicles in wartime. FlyZone is a subsidiary of Tech 19, […]
October 22, 2023
Israel’s Top Hospital Innovates To Treat War-Related Head Trauma
Faced with a growing number of head trauma cases due to the ongoing violence triggered by Hamas terrorism, medical professionals in Israel’s largest hospital are innovating – including with the use of artificial intelligence – to help treat its victims. Thousands of people were wounded when Hamas terrorists from Gaza infiltrated into Israel’s border communities […]
October 19, 2023
Israeli Tech ‘War Room’ Scours Social Media For Signs Of Captives
When the terror attacks on October 7 unfolded in southern Israel and it became clear that dozens of Israeli civilians – among them women, children, the elderly and the infirm – had been dragged into Gaza by Hamas, a group of high-tech experts offered their know-how to help identify them. Working out who is captive […]
October 18, 2023
Startup Repurposes Sports Tech For Israeli Soldiers In Battle
An electrically-powered sleeve that’s designed to enhance performance and accelerate recovery among athletes is now being repurposed for the Israeli soldiers readying to battle the Palestinian terror group Hamas that rules the Gaza Strip. Startup Healables embeds electrodes into an elasticated sleeve controlled by a smartphone app, which generate microcurrents of electricity to stimulate affected […]
October 17, 2023
Hamas Planned Social Media War Alongside Terror, Startup Finds
An Israeli startup has identified tens of thousands of fake social media accounts that are supportive of Hamas, most of which were created more than a year ago and were largely inactive until the massive terror attacks in Israel on October 7. At least 1,300 people were murdered when Hamas terrorists from Gaza struck Israeli […]
October 16, 2023
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
Bee Happy: New Device Protects Hives From Colony-Killing Mites
For almost two decades, agriculturalists around the world have been sounding the alarm about the global disappearance of entire bee colonies, a vital link in the food chain whose absence is threatening the world’s food supply. Scientists have determined that one of the primary causes of colony collapse disorder (CCD) is the Varroa mite, a […]
October 12, 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
How Human Intelligence Is Helping To Drive AI Cars
Driverless cars are the future. But for the ordinary motorist, that future is still a way off. The AI that drives autonomous vehicles is clever, but not clever enough. Yet. It struggles with what engineers call “corner cases” – the unexpected and unpredictable set of circumstances that currently call for human, rather than artificial intelligence. […]
October 10, 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
A Cybersecurity Approach To Cutting Food Waste
How do you maximize food production and prevent waste in your supply chain at a time when climate change and a growing global population are placing an increasing strain on resources? According to Israeli startup Blue Circle, you do it in the same way you protect your technology from hackers: with artificial intelligence, machine learning […]
September 28, 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