The Hebrew University of Jerusalem is launching an international MSc program in viticulture and enology. The first of its kind in Israel, the program aims to provide professional training in the growth, production, analysis and management of wine. http://www.jpost.com/Business-and-Innovation/Health-and-Science/Hebrew-U-to-offer-Israels-first-masters-in-wine-cultivation-464501

I featured the BaPeep car alarm previously (July 2014) that reminds you to take your baby out of the car.  Israel’s 2Find, however, is a small chip you can put on the baby. Too much distance between the baby and … Continue reading →

Israel’s Capriza puts your company’s core applications onto your smartphone, making it easy to do business inside and outside your organization. Capriza has just raised $23 million in new funding to support its growing momentum and rapid customer adoption. https://www.capriza.com/press/capriza-raises-23m-to-enable-the-mobile-enterprise/ … Continue reading →

Israeli cybersecurity company GuardiCore helps shut security breaches in data centers. It also eliminates “false-positives”, vastly speeding up problem analysis.  Guardicore has just raised $50 million to help R&D and expand its commercial reach. https://www.guardicore.com/2016/07/guardicore-raises-20-million-series-b-funding-deliver-protection-enterprise-data-center/  

Here is the latest news about Israel’s SkyTran – the magnetic levitation monorail that will whisk commuters to work at speeds of up to 250km per hour high above congested roads.  I’m looking forward to its installation in Netanya in … Continue reading →

The Israeli Economy Ministry’s NewTech program brought 24 Israeli companies to the Israel-California Water Conference in San Diego to offer water storage, management, treatment, recycling and leak detection solutions. http://www.jpost.com/Business-and-Innovation/Environment/Israel-leading-a-water-revolution-in-arid-California-457930

Israel Railways has completed the Jezreel Valley railway between Haifa and Beit Shean. The railway revives the line first built by the Ottoman Turks in the late 19th century and closed by the British in 1946.  It will ease the … Continue reading →

I featured Israeli cybersecurity company BioCatch several times previously (see here).  Now BioCatch has launched “Criminal Behavior” that can distinguish between the actions of a genuine user and a hacker by (for example) how quickly they respond to a security … Continue reading →

The new heads-up display from Israel’s Elbit has been featured on Israeli Channel 2 TV.  The system uses special cameras to analyze wavelengths of light and project clear images onto a pilot’s goggles despite inclement weather. http://www.timesofisrael.com/israeli-tech-enables-pilots-to-see-through-fog/