Monthly Archives: September 2015

Mellanox wins Israel-America Chamber of Commerce award

Israel’s Mellanox Technologies has won the 2015 Israel – America Chamber of Commerce award in recognition of the company for “innovation and technology excellence, and developing human capital.” http://ir.mellanox.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=930933

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Training Europe’s cyber defenders

CyberGym is the Israel Electric Company’s cyber security training center and equips employees to thwart attacks on Israel’s electricity infrastructure. The IEC is now to export CyberGym to the Czech Republic where it will be the center for cyber-security training … Continue reading

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Oil discovered in Golan Heights

Israeli energy company Afek has confirmed it has discovered an oil reservoir in the Golan Heights. It has now requested permission from the Israeli Government to drill more exploratory wells in the area. http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4699008,00.html

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Record gas flows

Output from Israel’s Tamar natural gas field has reached 1 billion Cubic Feet (1BCF) per day. http://www.globes.co.il/en/article-noble-tamar-reaches-record-1-bcf-per-day-1001068567

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Israel can help resolve Brazil’s water crisis

Beni Lew, from Israel’s Volcani Center, has been advising hundreds of Brazil’s water experts on how to deal with their water shortage. Speaking fluent Portuguese, Lew has encouraged delegations to attend Tel Aviv’s WATEC 2015 in October. http://israelnewtech.com/2015/09/israeli-water-expert-tours-brazil-towards-watec/

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The build-up to WATEC

More details here about this major international event in Tel Aviv in October. http://www.israelhayom.com/site/newsletter_article.php?id=28081

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Creative Israeli toys

Keeping it simple, Israeli inventors look at the world from a child’s point of view and create new, fun toys that are produced and sold all over the world. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6bAOXmAL74

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Your front door has just got smarter

The ENTR system from Yavne-based (Swedish-owned) Mul-T-Lock raises the simple door-lock to a hi-tech Bluetooth-enabled device. Using algorithms from US-owned Freescale Israel, the “combination” of global marketing and Israeli-ingenuity “opens up” huge possibilities. http://www.timesofisrael.com/smart-locks-next-big-iot-thing-for-israeli-firm/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1psGEwJToE

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Smarter irrigation

This article features Israeli agro-tech features Galacon – manufacturer of smart monitoring and control irrigation solutions, based on Kibbutz Kfar Blum. It previously won the European Irrigation Association’s “Product of the Year”. http://www.myfarmlife.com/special-report-water/start-up-nation-silicon-wadi/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q47hpf5_f-Y

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An app for contacting your Senator

Israeli NGO Shurat Hadin has commissioned the development of a app that allows Android smartphone users to contact their US Senator about the Iran nuclear deal. http://israellawcenter.org/in-the-media-items/want-to-tell-your-senator-to-oppose-funding-iranian-terror-theres-an-app-for-that/ https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=tevel.info.congressiran

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