Monthly Archives: August 2019

Unique drone technology

Posted on August 20, 2019

This video features six innovative Israeli drone technology startups.  I’ve featured five of them previously, except for Civdorne, which develops a device that turns drones into land surveying, measuring, and marking machines for construction sites. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-QEBkYIk1w https://www.civdrone.com/

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Eco-friendly vines

Posted on August 20, 2019

Israeli agronomist and viticulturalist, Michal Akerman, has worked with the Society for the Preservation of Nature in Israel to make the vines at her Tabor vinyards friendlier to biodiversity. Her efforts have encouraged storks, otters, lizards, rabbits, chameleons and wild … Continue reading →

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Best foot forward

Posted on August 20, 2019

When Israel played Kenya in the 2019 Women’s Lacrosse U19 World Championships, they saw that the Kenyans were wearing sneakers instead of lacrosse cleats (shoes with special studs).  The next day, the Israelis presented each Kenyan with her own pair … Continue reading →

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Israel leads international tsunami drill

Posted on August 20, 2019

Israel’s navy has been leading a major training exercise involving 11 countries in preparation for an expected earthquake and subsequent tsunami. Greece, France and the US were in the main participants based at Haifa port, supported by Germany, Italy, Canada, … Continue reading →

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Improving air safety in the US

Posted on August 20, 2019

Israel’s giant IT company NICE systems has just won a $137 million order from the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to help it improve the safety of air transportation in over 770 sites. NICE’s tools will enable faster incident response … Continue reading →

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Huge delegation of House Reps visits Israel

Posted on August 20, 2019

72 members of the US Congress (over 15% of the entire House of Representatives) came to Israel on concurrent Republican and Democrat trips to get a firsthand view of the challenges Israel faces and to express unconditional, bipartisan support for … Continue reading →

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Marine science exchange program

Posted on August 20, 2019

Israel is to host 27 graduate students from 24 US institutions as part of the Limnology and Oceanography Research Exchange (LOREX) program. Students will study at the University of Haifa’s marine sciences school and the Interuniversity Institute for Marine Sciences … Continue reading →

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UK ambassador’s strong links to Israel

Posted on August 20, 2019

Britain’s new ambassador to Israel, Neil Wigan, presented his credentials to President Reuven Rivlin. He revealed that he first met his wife Yael in Israel on a previous posting in 2002. Also, his grandfather was the commander of British forces … Continue reading →

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Hi-tech co-existence

Posted on August 20, 2019

Nazareth- based NGT (Next Generation Technology) serves as an incubator for 19 innovative life science and medical technology companies. It also has a social agenda – to bring Arab and Jewish entrepreneurs together to work in the same environment and … Continue reading →

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A nano-vaccine for melanoma

Posted on August 20, 2019

Scientists at Tel Aviv University have developed a novel nano-vaccine for melanoma (skin cancer) that has proved effective in laboratory tests. Tiny particles made of bio-degradable polymer were packed with two “safe” cancer-expressed peptides for the body to develop immunity … Continue reading →

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