Monthly Archives: August 2016

Games to help learn Math

Posted on August 30, 2016

Israeli startup Matific develops educational math and science games for children in kindergarten and elementary school.  It enables students in 20 countries to access superior math tools in 20 languages at an affordable cost.  Matific has just raised $45 million … Continue reading →

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Here’s looking at you

Posted on August 30, 2016

I reported previously (in June 2015) on Israeli startup FST Biometrics and its ability to recognize individuals from facial images, voice analytics and behavior.  Recent attacks in Europe have prompted a huge rise in demand for FST’s identification technology. http://www.timesofisrael.com/biometric-startup-sees-surge-in-demand-as-security-woes-weigh/

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Israeli smart glass for Mercedes cars

Posted on August 30, 2016

I reported previously (Sep 2013) about Israeli startup Gauzy and its innovative glass that goes from transparent to opaque and back again.  Now Gauzy has been selected to take part in Mercedes-Benz’s accelerator program.  Gauzy already has offices in Israel, … Continue reading →

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Gene sequencing ancient barley

Posted on August 30, 2016

Scientists from Israel, Germany, the USA and UK have genetically sequenced 6000-year-old barley seeds discovered in the Yoram cave in Israel’s Judean Desert. The DNA-analysis will provide essential information as to the origin, domestication and spread of crop plants. http://www.timesofisrael.com/6-millennia-old-but-almost-fresh-masada-seeds-unravel-barleys-origins/

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The first to give aid to Italy

Posted on August 30, 2016

A team of 20 Israeli volunteers from IsraAID is the first foreign NGO to arrive in quake-struck Italy. IsraAID is building temporary shelters for homeless families, distributing food and other items, and providing grief counseling. Israel has also offered to … Continue reading →

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Sodastream hires hundreds of Arabs

Posted on August 30, 2016

Israel’s Sodastream was subjected to major boycott campaign when it employed hundreds of Palestinian Arab workers at its Maale Adumim site.  Since that factory closed, it has moved to the Negev where it now employs hundreds of Bedouin Arabs. http://www.timesofisrael.com/sodastream-hires-hundreds-of-new-employees-in-southern-israel

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Friendship with Kurdistan

Posted on August 30, 2016

For centuries, Kurdistan was once home to thousands of Kurdish Jews.  Nowadays, the Kurds tend to see Israel as a role model for an independent Kurdistan; a small nation surrounded by enemies and bolstered by a strategic partnership with the … Continue reading →

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The 6th best international airport hub

Posted on August 30, 2016

Everyone knows that Ben-Gurion International Airport is one of the most secure airports in the world (see here) and the best in the Middle East .  Now a recent poll of Travel+Leisure readers’ has ranked it as the world’s sixth … Continue reading →

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The best university in the Middle East

Posted on August 30, 2016

The Center for World University Rankings, based in Saudi Arabia, has ranked The Hebrew University of Jerusalem at number 26 of the 25,000+ degree-granting institutions in the world. The annual rankings also place the Hebrew University at number 1 in … Continue reading →

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No hardship here

Posted on August 30, 2016

Dulan abu-Saleh, the mayor of Majdal Shams, the largest Druze town in the Golan, told Makor Rishon that the UN Economic and Social Council’s recent statement on the area was “a total joke.” UNESCO had accused Israel of imposing economic … Continue reading →

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