Monthly Archives: June 2013

Sunbeat 2013

Posted on June 2, 2013

The Summer Global Beats Festival returns to the Mayan Harod Park in the Jezreel Valley on 21 – 22 June. http://igoogledisrael.com/2013/05/summer-global-beats-festival-2013-a-weekend-of-awesome-music/

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One small step

Posted on June 2, 2013

Israel’s Re-Step has developed a “magic” shoe called “step of mind” that allows people with brain damage to re-learn how to walk. The first treatment cycle using the computerized shoe at Israel’s Reuth Medical Rehabilitation Center has improved the walking … Continue reading →

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Israeli nanobots will change medicine

Posted on June 2, 2013

Founder of several biotech companies, Dr Ido Bachelet is also assistant professor in the faculty of Life Sciences and the Nano-Center at Bar Ilan University. He explains what computers the size of molecules can do inside the body. These tiny … Continue reading →

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A valve to fix faulty heart valves

Posted on June 2, 2013

(Thanks to NoCamels) 7-8 million people a year suffer blood leakage from their heart’s mitral valve. Now Israel’s MitrAssist is developing a valve implant that will to work in unison with the body’s own valve to prevent leakage and restore … Continue reading →

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Swedish prize for Israeli water company

Posted on June 2, 2013

Israel’s Netafim, the pioneer of drip irrigation and the world’s largest irrigation company, has been named the 2013 Stockholm Industry Water Award laureate. The award committee said, “Netafim’s remarkable achievements, helping farmers across the world to ‘grow more with less’, … Continue reading →

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A bumper crop of Israeli olives – in India

Posted on June 2, 2013

The Israeli firm Indolive is helping farmers to grow olives in the Rajasthan – a desert state with complex soil conditions in the west of India. http://www.timesofisrael.com/the-indian-israeli-olive-agribusiness-experiment/

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Sorek desalination plant comes on stream

Posted on June 2, 2013

Starting this month, the new Sorek desalination plant will provide up to 26,000 cubic meters – or nearly 7 million gallons – of drinking water every hour. When it is at full capacity, it will be the largest desalination plant … Continue reading →

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Israel’s scientists of tomorrow

Posted on June 2, 2013

Once a week, 76 excelling and gifted students from Haifa’s Hebrew Reali School visit Haifa’s Science Museum (MadaTech) to crack codes, discover the secrets of chemistry, engage in mathematical thinking, construct robots and explore the world of space. They conduct … Continue reading →

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Science on the streets

Posted on June 2, 2013

Visit Rehovot on June19th to hear top Weizmann lecturers at the 4th annual “Beer, Science and Good Spirits” event. In local bars and cafes you can learn about secrets of the universe, curing cancer, growing body parts, quantum computing, the … Continue reading →

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Piecing together the fragments

Posted on June 2, 2013

In the basement of Tel Aviv University, a network of 100 computers is running a sophisticated artificial intelligence program to re-assemble the 157,514 fragments from the Cairo genizah. The pieces from documents dating from the 9th to 19th centuries should … Continue reading →

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