Monthly Archives: July 2012

The world’s first “augmented reality” mobile app

Posted on July 8, 2012

IBM Haifa’s application will make it possible for consumers to pan store shelves with their cameras on their mobile devices and receive personalized product information, recommendations and coupons while they browse the aisles. http://www.jpost.com/RealEstate/Article.aspx?id=275942

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Israel hosts the top computer engineers

Posted on July 8, 2012

The International Technion Computer Engineering (TCE) conference attracted speakers from Alcatel-Lucent, Cisco, IBM, Mellanox, Microsoft and RAD. And from Cambridge, Princeton, UC Berkeley, UCLA and UPenn universities http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL290778372A24464D&feature=plcp

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New school for advanced science

Posted on July 8, 2012

World ORT KadimaMada has launched the Advanced Center for Science and Technology at the Sha’ar HaNegev Experimental School. The centre will enable students to study and conduct experiments at the cutting edge of science and technology. http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/157220

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Israel’s water treatment plant is UN role model

Posted on July 8, 2012

The United Nations has selected the Dan Region Wastewater Treatment Plant, known as Shafdan, as a global role model for how local authorities can deal with environmental problems. Shafdan utilizes nearby sands as natural filters for part of the purification … Continue reading →

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Engage tractor beams, Scotty

Posted on July 8, 2012

The fantasies of Star Trek may not be that far in the future. Israelis have already invented the Universal Translator and remote medical diagnostics. Now Mordechai Segev, from Israel’s Technion proposes negative radiation pressure to create a tractor beam and … Continue reading →

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Israel app “finds who your friends are”

Posted on July 8, 2012

A team from Ben Gurion University has developed Social Privacy Protector (SPP). It performs a deep IT analysis of a facebook “friend” to analyze if it is safe to give them access to your personal social data. http://www.timesofisrael.com/ben-gurion-team-develops-facebook-phony-friend-detector/

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Israel’s next generation satellite

Posted on July 8, 2012

Israel’s Spacecom is to build the Amos 6 communications satellite for launching in 2015. Israel Aerospace Industries’ CEO said that Amos 6 will incorporate new technologies that represent a significant leap forward in the capabilities of IAI and the State … Continue reading →

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Israel in Space

Posted on July 8, 2012

This new video shows Israel’s satellite development. Israel is working with NASA, Italy (the Shalom project) and France (Venus satellite to study environment and vegetation). It features Israel Aerospace Industries, Elbit, Rafael & Space-IL (Israel’s moon mission). In memory of … Continue reading →

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Facebook to buy Israel’s Face!

Posted on July 1, 2012

The social media giant and Israel’s eleven-person face recognition company Face.com have come “face to face” in $80 – $100 million deal. Face.com provides facial-recognition technology used by the world’s largest social network to help users identify and tag photos. … Continue reading →

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Russell Simmons arrives in Israel

Posted on July 1, 2012

Hip-hop pioneer, Russell Simmons, has arrived in Israel for his first visit, in an effort to promote Muslim and Jewish reconciliation. Simmons, is one of USA Today’s most 25 influential people of the past 25 years, and chairman of The … Continue reading →

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