Monthly Archives: January 2014

Preventing identity theft

Israeli start-up MyEasyDocs is a system for checking that important documents (such as a college diploma) are genuine. Schools and universities in the U.S., Europe, and Asia, law firms and organizations such as the United Nations, accept verified digital documents … Continue reading

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Stay connected to your dog

A team of Canadians and Israelis has invented the Pawly – an electronic robot that allows dog owners to see, hear, speak to and play with their pet, even when far away. The team won the $20,000 grand prize in … Continue reading

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Israel’s rivers are flowing again

Ha’aretz reports that the water flowing through Israel’s nature sites has increased tenfold over the past decade, and it’s expected to continue increasing due to new arrangements for supplying water to agriculture and the growing use of desalinated water. http://www.sizedoesntmatter.com/technology/let-it-flow-water-in-israeli-nature-reserves-increased-tenfold-over-past-decade/

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Israel hosts supercomputing conference

Tel Aviv is the venue for the PRACE (Partnership for Advanced Computing in Europe) Feb 2014 Winter School. The event begins with a workshop on Israeli innovation in High Performance Computing. Delegates include from Turkey, Jordan and the Palestinian Authority. … Continue reading

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Just point, to switch on your oven

PointSwitch, from Israel’s PointGrab is designed to control home appliances via pointing and gestures. The PointSwitch chip can detect gestures up to 15 feet away and under all lighting conditions. PointGrab is working with manufacturers to embed its chips in … Continue reading

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You know the score

Israel’s Tonara iPad application displays electronic sheet music for each performer. The new version can follow any number of notes played simultaneously on any number of different instruments, track the user’s current position in the score and turn the page … Continue reading

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