When a Tel Aviv garage collapsed, rescue workers used Res-Q-Cell from Israel Aerospace Industries to detect trapped victims by locating their cellphones.  The system sends out signals that activate and detect cellular devices, even when cellular networks collapse. http://www.timesofisrael.com/israel-using-new-tech-in-efforts-to-rescue-trapped-workers/

I’ve previously reported articles about Israelis producing hydrogen fuel.  Now Tel Aviv University’s Dr. Iftach Yacoby has genetically altered single-celled algae, which naturally emit hydrogen throughout the day, allowing the organism to increase its efficiency to five times its natural … Continue reading →

Israel’s Lisa Dolev of Qylur Intelligent Systems, is the inventor of the Qylatron – a security scanner with multiple sensors that was used at the Rio Olympics. Visitors scan their ticket and put their bag into one of five cubbyholes. … Continue reading →

Meanwhile, (TY Dan) the EasyCheck system from Israel’s Camero-Tech will detect any illegal objects concealed on a person.  No need to remove coats, shoes etc. http://www.israeldefense.co.il/en/content/camero-presents-new-body-scanning-system https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8_scKbV9hI

The San Fernando Water District in the Philippines supplies clean and safe water after it adopted Israeli ultraviolet water technology worth $4 million. The UV systems from Israel’s Atlantium (see here) purify water far better than chlorine at lower cost … Continue reading →

The Algo Dispatching System from Dragontail Systems is a “super manager” used by Pizza Hut and Israel’s Burgeranch chains. It determines when orders should be made and delivered, rather than purely on a first come first served basis.  Dragontail intends … Continue reading →

Drones are increasingly being used for aerial photography and Israel’s Datumate has developed the tablet app Datufly to save up to 80% of field surveying time and eliminate follow-up site visits. http://www.datumate.com/datufly/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVXuwCBaWIg

I reported on Israel’s GlassesOff several times previously. (see here) The number of users of the GlassesOff’s app has just reached 1 million users globally. The app reduces “vision-age” on average by 8.6 years. http://www.timesofisrael.com/app-trains-your-brain-to-dispense-with-reading-glasses/

I included previously (see here) articles about IBM’s Alpha Zone accelerator. Its fifth class offers a 20-week program to help Israeli startups build solutions for the enterprise market. It will focus on cloud, big data & analytics, mobile, Internet of … Continue reading →