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Pineapple delight

Posted on June 9, 2024

Israel has cancelled customs duties on pineapple imports from Costa Rica, leading to plummeting prices.  Israelis have taken full advantage, almost doubling their normal consumption. The fruit already had increased its popularity, rising from 1.1 million sold in 2021 to … Continue reading →

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Turn your Apple watch into a wrist camera

Posted on February 11, 2024

It took over seven years (see here previously) but Israeli-developed wristcam is a smart wristband that uniquely turns an Apple Watch into a camera capable of taking photos and recording video and audio, without relying on an accompanying phone. https://nocamels.com/2024/01/smart-strap-turns-your-apple-watch-into-a-camera/

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AR glasses compete with Apple

Posted on June 18, 2023

A review of the Spacetop laptop with Augmented Reality glasses and no screen from Israel’s Sightful (see here previously). While Apple’s Vision Pro costs $3,500 for bulky AR glasses, Sightful’s laptop is just $2,000, more versatile, easy to use, and … Continue reading →

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Apple’s 3rd Israeli R&D center

Posted on July 31, 2022

Apple is expanding its Israel operations, with a new development center in Jerusalem. The U.S. technology giant already has 2,000 employees in Herzliya and Haifa. Its new site will reportedly focus on hardware and Mac chip development. Apple’s M1 chip … Continue reading →

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Apple for Israelis & PA Arabs

Posted on July 4, 2022

Apple’s R&D centers in Herzliya and Haifa currently employ 2,000 Israeli engineers working on Apple M1 chips and depth sensing camera. Apple also has 60 Palestinian Arab engineers at its Apple hub in the new PA city of Rawabi, run … Continue reading →

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Intelligent Apple scholars

Posted on April 3, 2022

Two Israelis (out of 15 worldwide) have been selected as Apple Scholars in AI / Machine Learning for 2022. Moshe Shenfeld is studying privacy-preserving machine learning at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. Also, Noam Razin of Tel Aviv University for … Continue reading →

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Israelis help build new Apple chip

Posted on November 15, 2020

Development of Apple’s M1 microprocessor for desktops and laptops was led by Israeli Johny Srouji with part of his team based in Israel. The M1 is Apple’s first in-house built laptop chip in its 36-year history. It powers Apple’s new … Continue reading →

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Apple Design Awards winner

Posted on July 27, 2020

One of the winners of this year’s Apple Design Awards was the animation app LOOOM, co-founded by Eran Hilleli, graduate of Israel’s Bezalel Academy of Art and Design. A LOOOM user as young as four can “weave” colorful animations on … Continue reading →

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Apple buys Tehran

Posted on June 21, 2020

The new drama series “Tehran,” by Israel’s public broadcaster Kan has been sold to Apple in what the corporation calls “one of the largest deals in the Israeli industry”. The show is one of the first foreign productions purchased for … Continue reading →

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Picking out the bad apples

Posted on February 10, 2019

I reported previously (Jul 2017) on Israel’s AclarTech and its AclaroMeter app to determine the ripeness and quality of fruit and veg. The company has changed its name to Clarifruit, launched a new website and video to explain its goal … Continue reading →

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