Israel’s EVR Motors has unveiled its new small, lightweight electric motor. The TSRF (Trapezoidal Stator Radial Flux) will feature at the Ecomotion Week virtual event May 18 – 20 2021. The new TSRF produces higher power for less cost and … Continue reading →

Israel’s SavorEat (see here previously) has joined the list of Israeli startups producing egg alternatives (see here for others). Its new subsidiary company Egg’n’up says its proprietary plant-based ingredients retain the egg’s taste, texture, nutrition, appearance and culinary properties. https://jewishbusinessnews.com/2021/05/06/savoreat-establishes-eggnup-for-plant-based-egg-alternatives/

Israel’s Amai Proteins (see here previously) is close to launching its hyper-sweet sugar substitute. It has signed a deal with OceanSpray to produce sugar-reduced cranberry juice. It now has 5 PhD employees and 20 “super tasters” and is moving out … Continue reading →

Israel’s Anima takes designs and automatically converts them into code – saving time and money for organizations. It also produces the end results that the designers intended. https://www.calcalistech.com/ctech/articles/0,7340,L-3904231,00.html https://www.animaapp.com/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3snXtTr7GfY

US computer and software services company PTC is funding a NIS 15 million R&D center at Israel’s Technion Institute to study advanced manufacturing technologies. It includes industrial IoT (Internet of Things), augmented reality, simulation, and generative design software. https://www.timesofisrael.com/us-firm-ptc-earmarks-5-million-for-rd-center-at-the-technion/ https://www.technion.ac.il/en/2021/05/ptc-research-development-center-technion-israel/

Israeli VC fund Disruptive AI set up its AI-SQUARE Forum in Jan 2021, to connect the Artificial Intelligence (AI) innovation ecosystems of Arab countries and Israel. The platform is now being expanded to Turkey, bringing it AI solutions for Banking/Insurance, … Continue reading →

This article describes 3 Israeli startups developing software for speech therapy. Amplio was reported here recently and NovoTalk (see here in 2016) is working with Hadassah in Jerusalem and Mount Sinai in New York. Meanwhile, TikTalk has eight video games … Continue reading →

Two Israelis won medals at the 2021 European Girls Mathematical Olympiad (EGMO). Competing against 213 participants from 54 countries, Rehovot’s Noga Friedman won a gold medal and Herzliya’s Ya’ara Shulman a silver. The Israeli team finished ninth overall. https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/israeli-ninth-grader-wins-gold-at-european-girls-mathematical-olympiad-665403

NASA’s TESS satellite is looking for planets around stars by analyzing the light that the stars emit. The European Space Agency’s Gaia satellite is mapping our galaxy, also using light. Tel Aviv University scientists have built a system to cross-check … Continue reading →