A brand new recycling plant has begun collecting the garbage of some 1 million residents of the Jerusalem region. The NIS 100 million plant uses state-of-the-art technology to transform waste into energy without human intervention. http://www.jpost.com/Breaking-News/New-recycling-plant-inaugurated-in-Jerusalem-406262

The European Union is to fund a project combining ClearVision from Israel’s Elbit with the ash detection system of Norway’s Nicarnica. The Airborne Volcanic Object Imaging Detector (AVOID) system will enable commercial airline pilots to evade volcanic ash clouds. http://www.timesofisrael.com/joint-israel-norway-project-gets-large-grant-from-eu/

Leading international cyber experts, policymakers, researchers, security officials, and diplomats attended the Fifth Annual International Cybersecurity Conference. http://www.israel21c.org/news/cyber-week-2015-underway/

Israeli nonprofit Red Button has produced the world’s first app that lets anyone, especially kids, easily report negative web behavior. Click the red button to send web and IP address, site ownership and more to volunteers at the Interdisciplinary Center … Continue reading →

Two good articles on Israel’s wastewater recycling and desalination. http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Middle-East/2015/0621/How-Israel-defies-drought http://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2015/06/21/415795367/israel-bets-on-recycled-water-to-meet-its-growing-thirst

A new Israeli search engine called EyeIn will retrieve relevant visual Internet content from global events in real time. It uses social media and sophisticated algorithms to view an event from different locations in the audience or elsewhere. EyeIn was … Continue reading →

Virtual shopping has arrived, thanks to Israel’s Tridshops. The advanced platform allows retailers to quickly set up an on-line store where shoppers “move” on a virtual walkway past 3D images of products which they can pick up, examine and manipulate … Continue reading →

Israel’s Opgal has just upgraded its Therm-App product that turns your smartphone into a professional thermal imaging system. It now includes full radiometric capability, multiple color palettes, video and sound recording. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65tcMzYLbGg http://www.opgal.com/NewsEventsDetail/tabid/69/ArticleId/73/Opgal-Expands-Therm-App-Product-Family.aspx

Fiat Chrysler (FCA) has announced the first-ever natural gas vehicle for the Israeli market. The Iveco Stralis 4×2 heavy truck is a huge tractor-trailer-sized truck, powered by an Iveco Cursor 8 Compressed Natural Gas engine. A natural gas powered bus … Continue reading →