Monthly Archives: April 2017

Exposing land mines using glowing bacteria

Posted on April 30, 2017

Hebrew University of Jerusalem scientists have discovered that buried explosives leak vapors that cause engineered e-coli bacteria to emit fluorescent molecules.  Remote laser scanners detect the glowing molecules, giving explosives experts the exact locations of the deadly devices. http://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/how-glowing-soil-can-help-find-land-mines-180962918/ https://www.nature.com/nbt/journal/v35/n4/full/nbt.3791.html

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Pulling water out of the air at AIPAC

Posted on April 30, 2017

Israel’s Water-Gen has been in the limelight recently. Professor Alan Dershowitz presented the company’s GENius device on stage at the AIPAC conference. Water-Gen has just signed agreements with Vietnam and India. http://www.timesofisrael.com/at-aipac-dershowitz-pulls-water-out-of-thin-air/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=6397&v=pC42iPppD0I http://www.jpost.com/Business-and-Innovation/Environment/Israeli-start-up-extracting-water-from-air-around-the-world-486500  http://www.timesofisrael.com/extracting-water-from-air-israeli-firm-looks-to-quench-global-thirst

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Flex launches new Israeli design center

Posted on April 30, 2017

Multi-national electronics manufacturer Flex has inaugurated its new Israeli design center in Haifa.  Customers can now take products through from design to mass-production. Israel accounts for 50% of Flex’s global innovation, with seven Israeli sites, employing 4000 Israelis. http://www.timesofisrael.com/flex-expands-israel-activity-with-new-design-center/ http://www.timesofisrael.com/flex-sees-israel-startups-key-to-new-tech-strategy/

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Imaging in the 4th dimension

Posted on April 30, 2017

I reported previously (July 2016) about Israel’s Arbe Robotics and its radar-based traffic control system for drones. Arbe is now developing 4D imaging technology for autonomous vehicles, based on radar instead of cameras and sensors. Arbe has just raised $2.5 … Continue reading →

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Helping fish farming in Indonesia

Posted on April 30, 2017

Israel’s BioFishency (see May 2014 article) recently installed its aquaculture water-treatment systems in an Indonesian plant that raises Whiteleg (Pacific white) shrimp. The system removes toxic ammonia, cuts water consumption by up to 85 percent while increasing yield 2.5 times. … Continue reading →

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Israel appoints a female judge to Sharia Court

Posted on April 30, 2017

Israel’s Sharia Courts handle personal status law issues like marriage and divorce for Muslim-Israelis.  The judges’ selection committee, headed by Israel’s Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked, appointed Ana Hatib as their first-ever female judge. http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Politics-And-Diplomacy/Israeli-Sharia-Courts-to-appoint-first-ever-female-judge-488892

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16,000 agricultural ambassadors

Posted on April 30, 2017

Israel’s JNF-supported Arava International Center for Agriculture Training (AICAT) has trained more than 16,000 students from Africa and Asia since it was established in 1994. Seeing the Israeli desert bloom inspires them when they return to their home countries. http://www.jpost.com/Not-Just-News/The-best-ambassadors-of-Israel-youll-ever-find-488551

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Israeli home-learning system goes East

Posted on April 30, 2017

Researchers at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem developed the Home Instruction for Parents and Preschool Youngsters (HIPPY) in 1969.  It is used by 20,000 families in 9 countries including Canada, Germany, Israel and the US and is now being extended … Continue reading →

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Israeli wins international honey competition

Posted on April 30, 2017

Israeli Yael Farbstein, owner of Kedumim Honey in Samaria, won the International Multi-Floral Sourced Honeys of the Black Jar Honey Tasting Contest in North Carolina. Yael said of the wildflowers of Samaria, “There is something special in the nature here.” … Continue reading →

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Giving Ear – violins, not violence

Posted on April 30, 2017

Recent article about Polyphony, co-founded in Nazareth by Abboud-Ashkar in 2012. Polyphony’s aim is to bring together Arab and Jewish youth in Israel by offering them equal opportunities in music. http://www.jpost.com/Magazine/Giving-ear-484339 http://haifadiarist.blogspot.co.il/2017/04/giving-ear-co-existence-project.html

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