Monthly Archives: September 2015

Direct flights to China start in April

Posted on September 28, 2015

I reported in a previous newsletter (Feb 1 2015) that China’s largest private airline Hainan was to commence direct flights between Tel Aviv and Beijing. A 3-flights-a-week service commences on 28th April. By Aug, 2015 tourist numbers exceeded the 33,000 … Continue reading →

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Delta adds 4 weekly Tel Aviv flights

Posted on September 28, 2015

Delta Air Lines is picking up traffic American Airlines will lose when it halts its Philadelphia-Tel Aviv route in January. In May, Delta is adding four flights a week to its JFK-Tel Aviv route in addition to the current daily … Continue reading →

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$50 million to invest in TV shows

Posted on September 28, 2015

Tel Aviv-based TV Format Fund has about $50 million to invest in companies developing new TV shows over the next five to seven years. It has spent $3 million so far and will eventually sell shares in the fund. http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-09-17/netflix-lite-dream-merchant-wants-to-make-you-a-tv-millionaire

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Inno-Negev accelerator launched

Posted on September 28, 2015

Israel’s Ben-Gurion University has officially opened Inno-Negev – the first technology accelerator in the Negev region. Inno-Negev provides a free program for early-stage startups matching one of its 6-month cycles (Cyber, Homeland Security, ICT, Medical Devices, and more). http://innonegev.com/ http://news.nocamels.com/2015/09/24/bgu-opens-new-startup-accelerator/

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Funding university innovation

Posted on September 28, 2015

The President of Tel Aviv University writes about how TAU raises funds to commercialize innovations that arise from the 3,500 projects that students are working on. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/joseph-klafter/closing-the-funding-gap-p_b_8159926.html

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Virtual Reality on a chip

Posted on September 28, 2015

Israel’s GemSense has developed an instant Virtual Reality / Augmented Reality (VR/AR) environment on a microchip. GemSense is working with Samsung and Google to turn ordinary items into a 3D experience. GemSense’s Cave Driver 3D game was a huge hit … Continue reading →

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Israeli robots to protect USAF troops

Posted on September 28, 2015

Israel’s Roboteam is to supply the US Air Force with 250 anti-IED Micro Tactical Ground Robots (MTGRs). Each robot weighs less than 20 pounds, has 5 cameras, a microphone, infrared laser pointers, travels at 2 mph, climbs stairs, and has … Continue reading →

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Teen invents GPS ID tag to prevent kidnapping

Posted on September 28, 2015

16-year-old Israeli Amit Saban, a member of the gifted students’ program at Tel Aviv University, has launched a startup that makes “smart” ID tags with built-in GPS technology that can help soldiers and civilians in distress, and even prevent abductions. … Continue reading →

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The secret of fast battery charging

Posted on September 28, 2015

Dr Doron Myersdorf, CEO of Israel’s StoreDot, reveals that the low resistance of his company’s organic “nanodots” allow 100 times more current than can be provided to traditional batteries. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0NUTnYjH6Cs http://www.boomlive.in/storedot-making-60-second-mobile-phone-charging-a-reality/

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Reversing combustion

Posted on September 28, 2015

More about Israel’s NewCO2Fuels which can produce fuel from carbon dioxide gas. Weizmann Institute Earth Sciences Professor Jacob Karni’s research has resulted in a profitable process that can reduce the CO2 content of the atmosphere. It extracts oxygen, leaving carbon … Continue reading →

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