Monthly Archives: December 2018

Israeli software for Time Magazine’s “Person of the Year”

Posted on December 23, 2018

Time Magazine has partnered with Israeli content creation startup Apester to conduct Time’s annual “Person of the Year” survey. It is the third consecutive year that Time has employed Apester for the survey. https://www.calcalistech.com/ctech/articles/0,7340,L-3751518,00.html

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Mind the data

Posted on December 23, 2018

Calcalist’s annual Mind the Data conference at the Tel Aviv Convention Center, brought together entrepreneurs and executives from Israeli companies and multinationals.  They discussed how big data and artificial intelligence can be used to tackle the challenges faced by industry … Continue reading →

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Surveying with multiple drones

Posted on December 23, 2018

Israel’s vHive uses Artificial Intelligence to control fleets of sensor-loaded autonomous drones. vHive provides industries such as civil engineering, construction, telecoms, rail and infrastructure to quickly inspect large sites and projects. http://www.vhive.ai/solution-overview/

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Out of sight

Posted on December 23, 2018

I reported previously (July 2017) on Israel’s Airobotics when Israel’s Civil Aviation Authority authorized it to fly the first fully-automated commercial drones in Israel. Now, it is the first to receive the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) certificate of waiver … Continue reading →

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An Israel-Africa Agriculture Innovation Center

Posted on December 23, 2018

A team of leading scientists from Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya and Ethiopia, as well as senior representatives of the Syngenta Foundation visited Israel to agree the goals for a new Israel-Africa Agriculture Innovation Center. https://www.forbes.com/sites/startupnationcentral/2018/12/17/africa-israel-exploring-joint-agriculture-innovation-center/#108d32104e9f

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Festive support for Israeli Christians

Posted on December 23, 2018

As every year, the Jerusalem municipality distributed free Christmas trees to Jerusalem’s Christian residents. Israel’s KKL-JNF distributed trees to residents in Northern Israel. Israel also authorized hundreds of Gaza’s Christians to visit Jerusalem, Bethlehem and Nazareth. http://www.imra.org.il/story.php3?id=73423 http://www.kkl-jnf.org/about-kkl-jnf/green-israel-news/december-2018/christmas-tree-distribution/ https://www.tv7israelnews.com/israel-issues-650-entry-permits-for-gazan-christians-ahead-of-christmas/

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Israeli anti-drone system helps re-open Gatwick

Posted on December 23, 2018

All flights at London’s Gatwick airport were suspended for 3 days at its busiest time due to unauthorized drones. The UK army eventually deployed the Drone Dome defense system that they bought from Israel’s Rafael Systems in August. (Not good … Continue reading →

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Arab and Muslim skies are opening to Israel

Posted on December 23, 2018

Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has announced that Oman’s leader Qaboos bin Said al Said has given El Al permission to fly over Oman’s airspace. He said Israel can also now overfly Egypt, Sudan and Chad and cut flight times … Continue reading →

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The 22nd person was alive

Posted on December 23, 2018

IsraAID co-CEO Yotam Polizer describes some of the amazing work of the Israeli NGO. In one example he personally helped rescue the last survivor of the Nepal earthquake. She had been buried for six days and was found only after … Continue reading →

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10 years of Innovation: Africa

Posted on December 23, 2018

An unmissable video. Over the last 10 years, the Israeli NGO Innovation: Africa has used Israeli technology to pump water and provide electricity to schools and medical centers in African villages. The NGO has saved thousands of lives and benefited … Continue reading →

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