Monthly Archives: April 2017

Tel Aviv – the World’s 7th greenest city

Tel Aviv, Israel, is among the greenest cities in the world, ranking No. 7 on a prestigious list compiled recently by MIT researchers in collaboration with the World Economic Forum.  260,000 trees cover Tel Aviv’s 52 square km, excluding those … Continue reading

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Israel is Apple’s 2nd largest R&D center

Apple CEO Tim Cook said that Apple’s offices in Herzliya is the company’s second-largest research and development office in the world. http://www.timesofisrael.com/engineers-in-israel-said-developing-augmented-reality-for-apple/

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Tel Aviv loves dogs

The Tel Aviv-Yafo Municipality, home to 25,000 registered dogs, is launching a suite of digital functions and information called “Digi-Dog”, for dog owners keen to know where the nearest vet is, or where they can find the best dog-walking beach … Continue reading

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Inno-Negev demos 9 startup ideas

Nine members of the Inno-Negev startup accelerator of Ben Gurion University demonstrated the results of four months of mentoring and support. https://aabgu.org/inno-negev-latest-tech/ https://www.youtube.com/embed/xcYaDwNwV-A?rel=0

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Mellanox helps Jungle Book win an Oscar

I wrote previously (Mar 5) that Israel’s Mellanox was providing the power and bandwidth needed by ten Oscar-nominated animations.  One of those – Jungle Book – won the Oscar for Best Visual Effects. http://www.timesofisrael.com/israeli-tech-brings-la-la-land-rogue-one-moana-to-the-world/

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Public water stations

Here is a new video to accompany my previous reports (see here) about Woosh – the Israeli company supplying clean, low-cost, fresh drinking water vending machines in major cities. https://www.youtube.com/embed/XhrJCNYiPZk?rel=0

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Surveying by drone

The DatuSurvey drone and camera system from Israel’s Datumate (see Oct 10) has been chosen to survey new water ponds being built by Colorado’s Dept of Transport.  The system also is being used on the UK’s re-development of London’s A14 … Continue reading

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65 new Israeli cyber startups in 2016

Israel’s proven agility to come up with solutions quickly is one the key factors that puts the nation in a leading position in the battle against cyberattacks. At the end of 2016 there were 365 cybersecurity companies active in Israel, … Continue reading

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Vital computer protection

Israel’s Javelin Networks markets the only product that protects a company’s most important computer asset – its Active Directory, containing all information about its users, servers, endpoints and applications. Javelin has just raised $5 million to fuel development and growth. … Continue reading

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Avoid hitting that motorcycle

I reported previously (here) on Israel’s Autotalks that warns vehicle owners of impending collision with hazards (other vehicles, people or objects).  Autotalks has just received $30 million of funding to help it equip more new vehicles with its life-saving chipsets … Continue reading

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