Monthly Archives: October 2019

Growing diamonds from methane

Posted on October 16, 2019

Israeli Benny Landa is the founder of Landa Digital Printing (see here).  His latest venture is Lusix, which makes quality diamonds of up to 3 carats from methane gas. His machines bond carbon atoms to a diamond seed at 5000 … Continue reading →

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Detecting allergens

Posted on October 16, 2019

Israeli startup Allerguard is developing a handheld device that scans and analyzes vapors from prepared food to determine the presence of allergens (e.g. peanuts). Electrochemical sensors detect non-safe molecular levels of allergens using three technologies. Allerguard has just raised $1.5 … Continue reading →

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Replacing sugar with protein

Posted on October 16, 2019

High sugar intake is a huge health issue. At FoodTechIL Israeli scientist Ilan Samish of startup Amai Proteins (see here) demonstrated his hyper-sweet synthesized thaumatin protein. He has now adapted the protein for sweetening food and drinks in the high … Continue reading →

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Saving male chicks from slaughter

Posted on October 16, 2019

Previous newsletters (see here) reported on Israel’s EggDetect and TeraEgg which developed technology to prevent the hatching of 8 billion unwanted male chicks. Now there’s another – eggXYt which uses ultrasound to detect a potential chick male immediately after the … Continue reading →

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Global firms get a taste of Israeli food tech

Posted on October 16, 2019

Delegates from multinationals such as PepsiCo, Danone and Mondelez (Cadbury Oreo, Toblerone etc.) attended Israel’s annual FoodTechIL in Tel Aviv. 50 Israeli startups exhibited latest technologies in the food sector (including protein alternatives) to some 1500 participants. http://nocamels.com/2019/09/global-firms-taste-of-israeli-food-tech-innovations/ https://www.timesofisrael.com/fruit-fly-fillet-startups-strut-their-alternative-proteins-at-food-tech-fair/

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How Israel can save our planet

Posted on October 16, 2019

AgriVest 2019 on 24th Sep in Tel Aviv hosted more than 750 participants, speakers, panelists, presenting companies, and sponsors. Israeli startups demonstrated how to grow more crops and more food with less land, less water, and less energy. https://www.agrivestisrael.com/agenda-2019 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5PnLTT-WPY

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Israel’s tech miracle

Posted on October 16, 2019

On the Armstrong Williams show, Jon Medved of OurCrowd mentions several Israeli innovations and gives reasons for Israel’s technical and economic success. They include turning curses into blessings, education, skills learned in the army, diverse immigrants and chutzpah. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ilAueBVdXF4

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Paramedic chief saves life of Arab woman

Posted on October 16, 2019

Eli Beer, President of United Hatzalah, was at Ben Gurion Airport on route to a fundraising event in London. Suddenly an 80-year-old Arab woman collapsed. Eli began CPR and called in other paramedics. The woman was taken to hospital and … Continue reading →

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Doctors fly to Cyprus to save woman in labor

Posted on October 16, 2019

Doctors from Israel’s Sheba hospital saved a woman from Nicosia who suffered a major heart problem during childbirth. Within 7 hours, four heart specialists brought specialist equipment to Cyprus, stabilized the patient and flew her back to Israel where she … Continue reading →

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Medic saves a life while 9-months pregnant

Posted on October 16, 2019

Oshrat Mualem is vice president of marketing at Radio Kol Baramaha and a volunteer paramedic with Israel’s United Hatzalah. She is also 9 months pregnant, expecting her sixth child. But she never hesitated when she had to save a young … Continue reading →

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