Israeli app Moovit will guide 2 million locals and visitors to the fastest and safest routes to and between competition venues at the Rio Olympic and Paralympic Games.  Moovit will provide real-time information in 35 languages on buses, trains, subway, … Continue reading →

Leading satellite operator Eutelsat has chosen Israel’s Gilat Satellite Networks to power a new range of broadband services in Western Russia from the Arctic coastline to the Caspian Sea.  In addition, Myanmar’s TV station Sky Net selected Gilat’s network for … Continue reading →

Israel’s CellMining won the Mobile Infrastructure Innovation category at the GTB Telecoms Innovation Awards 2016 in London.  It recognizes CellMining’s achievement of its customer-experience driven Self-Organizing Networks solution for Israel’s largest mobile operator Cellcom. http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20160531006160/en/CellMining-Wins-GTB-Telecoms-Innovation-Award

Israeli-owned solar company Energiya has inaugurated the first-ever commercial solar field in the US State of Georgia (see previous newsletter).  The 24-hectare (59-acre) solar power field in Glynn County will produce 22.5 megawatts of electricity. http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Israel-to-light-up-Georgia-with-states-first-solar-field-455804

Researchers from Ben Gurion University have developed a more efficient ultra-spectral imaging system.  The Miniature Ultra-Spectral Imaging system (MUSI) can enhance remote sensing, environmental research, bio-medicine, medical diagnosis, and industrial fabrication. http://in.bgu.ac.il/en/Pages/news/ultra_spectral.aspx http://www.nature.com/articles/srep23524

The Israeli city of Netanya has dedicated a $3 million science and space center. The 1,000-square-meter Madarame Planetarium and Meditation Center was largely funded by Japanese businessman and philanthropist Rikoho Madarame. http://www.israelhayom.com/site/newsletter_article.php?id=34181

Israel’s Technion Institute has opened the Center for Quantum Science, Matter and Engineering.  It will focus on merging fundamental concepts of quantum science with engineering principles in order to pave the way towards new devices and systems for communications, computing, … Continue reading →

The Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the Smithsonian Institution are marking the 100th anniversary of Albert Einstein’s theory of relativity by launching “The Einstein Project” – an initiative to make science more accessible to young people.  Einstein was a founder … Continue reading →