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Monthly Archives: December 2017
Kids use tech to solve real-life problems
“PICO kids” is a program for two thousand children at 31 Jerusalem schools. Mentored by 80-plus university students and local entrepreneurs, they build useful devices, do lab experiments, program computers and use 3D printing and robotics to help (e.g.) the … Continue reading
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A bottle designed for baby milk
The award-winning, Israeli designed and manufactured Nanobébé bottle is said to be the first baby bottle designed to preserve essential nutrients. The bottle works directly with an expressing pump, allows for quick and even cooling and warming, and provides easy … Continue reading
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Ultra-secure mobile takes on Messi
Israeli startup Sirin Labs is developing an ultra-secure mobile phone using blockchain technology. It has also hired Argentine soccer star Lionel Messi as its brand ambassador. https://www.timesofisrael.com/soccer-star-messi-suits-up-as-ambassador-for-israeli-startup/
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Turn your headphones into a biometric sensor
Israel-based startup Bugatone develops software that enables ordinary headphones to act as sensors. They can recognize you by your ears, take your temperature, start and stop playing music when you put them on or remove them, and more. Bugatone just … Continue reading
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Bringing hi-tech to the building industry
The Israeli Government and the Israel Builders Association have teamed up with SOSA, a company that connects startups with investors, to set up the Construction Innovation Zone. Its aim is to bring new technologies to cranes, planning and building procedures, … Continue reading
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No mountain too tall
30 Israeli adults in wheelchairs had the unforgettable Hanukkah experience of reaching the top of Masada, thanks to the Yad Sarah and Mangishei Derech organizations. One by one they were taken by cable car to the top of the national … Continue reading
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Israeli NGO saves Ugandan villagers
Villagers in Akuyam, Uganda, hadn’t eaten in three days when Sivan Ya’ari and her Innovation: Africa staff visited them in February. They organized an emergency food relief mission and implemented a water-pumping project to raise the long-term standard of living … Continue reading
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Technion Institute opens campus in China
I reported previously (Jan 2016) that Israel’s Technion had laid the cornerstone for its new research center in the southern Chinese city of Shantou. The Guangdong Technion Israel Institute of Technology (GTIIT) is now open and ready to educate some … Continue reading
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Disaster training for the Philippines
A Magen David Adom (MDA) delegation recently went to the Philippines to train instructors for emergency medicine teams on dealing with mass casualty incidents. The Philippines has suffered natural and man-made disasters, requiring highly skilled medical and rescue forces. https://www.israel21c.org/israelis-train-philippine-ems-teachers-for-mass-disasters/
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Zambia to host first Africa-Israel Summit
Zambia is to host the first ever Africa-Israel Summit in 2018, according to Zambia’s President Edgar Chagwa Lungu. President Lungu flew to Israel to meet Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and accepted his request for Zambia to host the summit. https://www.lusakatimes.com/2017/12/01/zambia-set-host-first-ever-africa-israel-summit-slated-2018/
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