This year, as Israel emerges from the coronavirus crisis, we’d like to look forward and explore the ways in which we can help our planet reach a better, brighter and greener future. Here are the top Israeli technologies doing just that by addressing acute issues from the world’s declining bee population to dirty diapers and everything in between. Happy Earth Day! PIKA easily cleans cloth diapers As any parent knows, bringing offspring into the world is not the most environmentally friendly thing you can do. We’re not talking about the future jet setters’ carbon footprint (although … [Read more...] about New Technologies That Will Help Our Planet
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Fund to invest $6.4 million in joint clean-energy projects
Seven joint US-Israeli clean energy projects — including an energy-storing system for electric cars and a hydrogen-powered drone that takes off vertically — have received $6.4 million in funding from the US-Israel binational research and development program for energy. The US Department of Energy and Israel’s Energy Ministry, along with the Israel Innovation Authority, chose the seven clean energy projects as part of the Binational Industrial Research and Development (BIRD) Energy program. The total value of the projects is $15.4 million, which includes $9 million of cost-share funding from … [Read more...] about Fund to invest $6.4 million in joint clean-energy projects
Israel Helps Stop Terror Attacks
Israel has used cyber-intelligence to help foil “major” terror attacks planned by the Islamic State terror group and others in “dozens” of countries, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said at a cybersecurity conference on Wednesday in Tel Aviv. Netanyahu said at the conference that Israel had, for example, helped foil an IS attack on an Etihad Airways flight from Sydney to Abu Dhabi, and alerted Australian officials, helping thwart an explosion in the air. Etihad is the national airline of the United Arab Emirates. “That plane from Sydney to Abu Dhabi was going to be exploded in midair,” … [Read more...] about Israel Helps Stop Terror Attacks
Top 12 Ways Israel Is Helping To Feed The World
Food security is a critical concern as the global population expands and natural resources dwindle. Smart solutions for more efficient farming, hardier crops, alternative sources of nutrition, and safer food packaging and storage are essential. No other single country – certainly not one as young and as tiny as Israel – has contributed more breakthroughs to this area than Israel. Here are 12 major ways Israel helps feed the world. Drip irrigationWhile the concept of drip irrigation existed well before Israeli statehood, it was revolutionized by Israeli water engineer Simcha Blass in … [Read more...] about Top 12 Ways Israel Is Helping To Feed The World
State of AI In Israel Is Exploding
Israeli companies specializing in artificial intelligence raised nearly 40 percent of the total venture capital funds raised by the Israeli tech ecosystem for 2018, despite accounting for just 17 percent of the total number of innovative technology companies in the country, according to a report this month by Start-Up Nation Central (SNC). Israel is home to over 1,000 companies, academic research centers, and multinational R&D centers specializing in AI, including those that develop core AI technologies, as well as those that utilize AI technologies for their vertical-related products … [Read more...] about State of AI In Israel Is Exploding
European Firms Head To Tel Aviv With Over $300M To Invest In Israeli Startups
Israel’s “special relationship” with the United States, the world’s most powerful economy and Israel’s largest trading partner, has made it a top destination for Israeli startups and companies seeking to take their tech global. According to Start-Up Nation Central’s Finder database which tracks Israel’s tech ecosystem, there are over 1,850 Israeli companies with at least one US address, out of a total of more than 6,200 startups and firms. And there are significant – and growing – Israeli high-tech communities in Silicon Valley and New York primarily.American firms and multinationals also … [Read more...] about European Firms Head To Tel Aviv With Over $300M To Invest In Israeli Startups
Israeli Chatbot App Joins European Hospitality Accelerator
An Israeli startup has been selected to participate in a prestigious European tourism accelerator. Tel Aviv-based EasyWay (www.easyway.ai) will spend three months in Berlin’s METRO accelerator (https://metroaccelerator.com/) for hospitality and retail, operated by Boulder, Colorado-based Techstars. EasyWay competed against over 400 other startups from around the world to claim its space, which includes a potential investment of up to €120,000 and mentorship from a pool of 300 experts in the METRO and Techstars network. EasyWay’s virtual assistant, “Eve,” is an artificially intelligent … [Read more...] about Israeli Chatbot App Joins European Hospitality Accelerator
Israeli Firm Launches World’s First Blockchain Smartphone
Finney, billed as the first open-source, ultra-secure blockchain smartphone, has been launched by Sirin Labs of Ramat Gan, Israel. Barcelona soccer star Leo Messi and middleweight boxing champion Gennady “Triple G” Golovkin are brand ambassadors. The phone is priced at $999 and is available for pre-sale to SRN token holders on the company website. Later on, the Sirin Labs website will offer additional channels of payments, including credit card. Finney will also be available to purchase on Amazon Launchpad starting in January. Sirin Labs is opening two flagship concept stores, first in … [Read more...] about Israeli Firm Launches World’s First Blockchain Smartphone
Novel Gel Propulsion Affects Communication Satellites
Watching a live event happening half a world away, or chatting with someone in another country, would not be possible without the hundreds of communications satellites orbiting Earth to relay telecommunications signals electromagnetically. Propelling the largest of those satellites requires costly and highly toxic jet fuel, while launching smaller satellites requires other liquid fuels that could benefit from improvement. Israeli startup NewRocket is developing gel propulsion – a cheaper, more environmentally friendly rocket-engine technology offering the same level of performance and … [Read more...] about Novel Gel Propulsion Affects Communication Satellites
Israeli Tech Company Makes Self Driving Cars Safer
Self-driving cars will soon become a daily part of our lives It is almost surreal to imagine hopping on to a car that drives itself to your work, while you are playing your favourite game or reading your daily quota of morning news. This scenario may not be too far from becoming reality if the buzz around self-driving is true. The idea of breezy commutes where autonomous vehicles will make road accidents a thing of the past is garnering a lot of public interest. The promise of no crash, lowered emission, and reduced traffic congestion is too tempting to ignore. Undoubtedly, self-driving … [Read more...] about Israeli Tech Company Makes Self Driving Cars Safer