Israeli start-up Cortica has image recognition software that can analyse a photo or video then match it up with a relevant advertisement. It has huge marketing potential. Neuroscientists Josh Zeevi and Karina Odinaev first developed the technology when they were … Continue reading →

(Thanks to NoCamels) In the “always-on” world of mobile phones, this handy Israeli application will inform your friends, family, customers etc. why you cannot answer their call. If your smartphone seems to be almost surgically attached to your body, BeeZee … Continue reading →

Two Israeli hi-tech companies are well placed for the imminent release of Windows 8, which supports gesture recognition. eyeSight and PointGrab have 95% of the market in gesture technology and will be raising their hands in anticipation of their products … Continue reading →

(Thanks to NoCamels) This Israeli smartphone application allows you to connect with a group of your friends within a 1000-meter radius. For music events, parties, conferences or waiting for buses, trains or planes. Free for users, but businesses are charged … Continue reading →

(Thanks to NoCamels) Currently, DNA found at a crime scene has to find a match in the police databases, to play a part in catching the criminal. But now researchers at Israel’s Tel-Hai Academic College are developing a chip that … Continue reading →

Japanese visitors to CleanTech 2012 in Tel Aviv included Dr Daisuke Mishima who wanted Israeli companies to help reconstruct area of the country destroyed by last year’s earthquake and tsunami. http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/157524 http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=E4w5sUJoOUc

(Israel21c & phys.org) Fresh looks at the ecosystem built by Ben-Gurion University and the Central and Northern Arava Research and Development Center. It produces a variety of freshwater and salt-hardy crops that feed on saline wastewater from the solar-powered desalination … Continue reading →

Israeli company BioHug Technologies demonstrated their BioHug Vest – for calming people with autism or those just with high stress levels. The vest was invented by an Israeli whose autistic child could not bear human hugs. http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/158627 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYpDvOjlVBY&feature=player_embedded

(Thanks to NoCamels) Weizmann Institute scientists have discovered how sulphur regulates oxygen in our atmosphere. Specifically, when the iron-sulphur mineral known as pyrite (or fool’s gold) dissolves in seawater, microbes use it to digest organic matter. This releases oxygen in … Continue reading →