Businesses can now speak even more clearly to foreign customers. Israel’s Lexifone has launched version 2 of its phone conversation translation system. It translates in real time French, German, Hebrew, Italian, Mandarin, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish and of course English. http://www.globes.co.il/serveen/globes/docview.asp?did=1000902971&fid=1725

(Thanks to NoCamels) Israeli students Alina Boukovsky and Yirat Lorenz, from Rishon LeZion’s College of Management Academic Studies, won first prize in the 2013 WING Global Student Design Competition. “The Blob” is the title of their innovative computer workstation. http://nocamels.com/2013/12/project-blob-the-winning-israeli-desk-design-that-uses-space-brilliantly/

(Thanks to Israel21c) The City Transformer is an Israeli concept car designed for the urban environment. To cater for limited parking places, the car’s width can be reduced from 1.6 meters to a mere one meter. Weighing only 400 kg, … Continue reading →

Israel’s Zula has developed a new way to manage team communications using mobile devices. Zula brings the best of video conferencing, file sharing, facebook, LinkedIn, Google+ and email to revolutionize teamwork. Zula has just received a seed investment from Microsoft … Continue reading →

Intel-Israel is a major contributor to Intel’s Baytrail processor, which powers the new range of “two-in-one” computers from Dell, ASUS, Toshiba, Acer, HP, Sharp and Lenovo (so far). All the devices have detachable keyboards and run either Windows 8.1 (as … Continue reading →

Israel’s Technion ran a 5-day competition for Dutch and Israeli graduate students as part of the Dutch Prime Minister’s visit to Israel. The students had to solve water issues, with the winning team developing a plan to encourage Arab farmers … Continue reading →

Israel’s AcousticEye impressed investors at Tel Aviv’s WATEC water technology conference with its unique system to detect defects, blockages, cracks and holes in industrial pipes. http://israelnewtech.com/2013/12/acousticeye-closes-7m-funding-round-following-cleanvest/ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8f0LaHc3_k

Israel’s Technion and Sydney University have launched a project to use cutting-edge nano-photonics to increase the bandwidth of computer communications. The project has the backing of the New South Wales Government and the Australian Research Council. http://www.jwire.com.au/news/technion-and-the-university-of-sydney-at-the-cutting-edge/39059

e. This annual event in Tel Aviv is a great platform for Israeli start-ups to announce their new products. One of this year’s stars is called “Learni” – an on-line e-book reading education system that is already in use at … Continue reading →

Tamir Niv has designed a low-cost tool for digging survivors out from under the rubble of an earthquake or other disaster. His 5-in-1 MultiTool features a shovel, hammer, crowbar, lifting hook and wire cutters. Weighing 7kg it could be come … Continue reading →