Monthly Archives: January 2021

Technology Emmy

Posted on January 31, 2021

Israel’s Beamr Imaging has won the Technology & Engineering Emmy Award from the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. Beamr has developed a technology which compresses video broadcasts on networks. https://www.calcalistech.com/ctech/articles/0,7340,L-3889736,00.html ttps://beamr.com/

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Emergency WiFi

Posted on January 31, 2021

Israel’s SOS WiFi beams a signal that allows cellphones to freely connect to the Internet even in some of the most remote parts of Israel. It can send warnings of danger to hikers or give them a lifeline to the … Continue reading →

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Young scientist awards

Posted on January 31, 2021

Tel Aviv Uni’s Professor Yossi Yovel, Technion Professor Ido Kaminer and Weizmann Professor Rafal Klajn have won international Blavatnik Young Scientist awards and $100,000 each for their breakthrough research in neuro-ecology, quantum physics and nanomaterials respectively. https://nocamels.com/2021/01/three-israeli-researchers-science-award-blavatnik/

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Independence for the disabled

Posted on January 31, 2021

Israel’s VoiceITT (reported here previously) has enhanced its mobile speech recognition app to allow people with speech impairments to access and interact with Amazon’s Alexa.  Now the disabled can control lights, aircon, TV, computers etc. without having to call for … Continue reading →

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Israel opens embassy in UAE

Posted on January 31, 2021

Israel has opened an embassy in the United Arab Emirate of Abu Dhabi. The new Ambassador, Eitan Naeh, and his staff will “expand ties with the Emirati government, financial bodies, and the private sector, universities, the media and more.” The … Continue reading →

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Planning for after Covid

Posted on January 31, 2021

In a video conference, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu urged the heads of Austria, Australia, Norway, Denmark, Greece and the Czech Republic to work together to promote scientific research into vaccines. It would provide future pandemic protection for governments against … Continue reading →

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One of the world’s oldest mosques

Posted on January 31, 2021

Israeli archeologists had a surprise when they were unearthing an 8th century CE mosque in Tiberias. They discovered the foundations of a 7th century CE mosque underneath it!  They also found coins and pottery which helped to date the older … Continue reading →

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Helping Israel-Arabs MoveUp

Posted on January 31, 2021

Israeli non-profit PresenTense (reported here previously) has partnered with the British Embassy in Israel and others to launch MoveUp – an accelerator for Arab-Israeli tech entrepreneurs. 10 or 12 entrepreneurs will take part in a two-month virtual program led by … Continue reading →

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Arab hi-tech integration

Posted on January 31, 2021

The number of Israeli-Arabs studying Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at Tel Aviv University’s School of Electrical Engineering has nearly doubled from 237 in 2016 to 459 in 2020. They include 150 Arab women – almost three times higher than … Continue reading →

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Reducing the stigma of mental illness

Posted on January 31, 2021

The Jerusalem College of Technology (JCT) has partnered the McLean Hospital, the largest psychiatric affiliate of Harvard Medical School. 30 Haredi 4th year JCT nursing students will be the “agents of change” to deconstruct the stigma of mental illness in … Continue reading →

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