Monthly Archives: October 2012

DLD Tel Aviv Festival

Posted on October 21, 2012

DLD (Digital – Life – Design) is a global conference network on innovation, digital, science and culture that connects business, creative and social leaders, opinion-formers and investors. October’s five-day festival includes the DLD conference in Old Jaffa and has an … Continue reading →

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Video of the month – Made in Israel

Posted on October 21, 2012

If you just watch one youtube this week, please make it this one. It is the latest video clip from the organisation IATI – Israel Advanced Technology Industries. It summarises Israel’s hi-tech successes in two minutes – so don’t blink! … Continue reading →

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UK can learn from Israel’s hi-tech

Posted on October 21, 2012

(Thanks to IATI) While it may be desirable to try to replicate Israel’s success, collaboration is better, says Haim Shani, chairman of UK-Israel’s Technologies Hub, a UK Trade and Investment programme. Christer Holloman, Technology Writer for Sky News gives some … Continue reading →

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Argentina hosts Israeli technology seminar

Posted on October 21, 2012

The Argentinean government hosted a seminar in Buenos Aires about innovative technology in Israel. Israel was described as a role model for South American nation. Saul Singer, co-author of the best-selling book “Start-Up Nation” was featured at the event. http://www.timesofisrael.com/argentine-government-hosts-seminar-highlighting-israeli-technological-achievements/

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Silicom in major design win with computer giant

Posted on October 21, 2012

Israel’s Silicom said that design win for the SETAC-derivative 1-Gbps and 10-Gbps fiber bypass modules was from the security division of one of the world’s largest server manufacturers. The company’s SETAC products make servers more modular. http://www.globes.co.il/serveen/globes/docview.asp?did=1000790500&fid=1725

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An air gun to extract oil cleanly

Posted on October 21, 2012

(Thanks to Israel21c) Israel’s Flow Industries makes an ‘air gun’ for clearing industrial blockages, and it may also provide a better way to extract shale oil. Instead of the potentially polluting water or acid used in “fracking”, Flow Industries can … Continue reading →

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The cleanest technology in the world (almost)

Posted on October 21, 2012

The Cleantech Group has ranked Israel as second in its 2012 Global Cleantech Innovation Index. With six companies in the Global Cleantech 100 list, it even beats the “top” country Denmark, which has only two companies in the top 100. … Continue reading →

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Hadassah – a century of achievement

Posted on October 14, 2012

Hadassah, the voluntary Women’s Zionist Organization of America, has been working for the land and people of Israel for 100 years. The celebrations culminate in October at the Hadassah Medical Organization in Jerusalem – where medical care and research benefits … Continue reading →

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Yarkon fish returns after 50 years

Posted on October 14, 2012

The freshwater Yarkon Bleak fish (known in Hebrew as the Lebanon fish) hasn’t been seen in the mid-stretches of the Yarkon River for several decades. But thanks to a substantial improvement in water quality, Acanthobrama telavivensis have returned to inhabit … Continue reading →

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Rare tapir born at Ramat Gan Safari

Posted on October 14, 2012

The baby is the first male tapir to be born at the Israeli zoo and was born just 15 months after his sister. His mother was also born at the zoo – very rare events for the endangered South American … Continue reading →

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