Monthly Archives: February 2022

New Mediterranean nature reserve

Israel has established the Evtach Marine Reserve, a protected offshore nature reserve, between Ashdod and Ashkelon. The site is 10km wide and extends 7km out to sea. Its purpose is to protect 700 species, including dolphins, rays, and flying fish. … Continue reading

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Solar power for Spain

Israel’s Solaer Renewable Energies has connected its Alizursun solar power bank, in the Aragon region of central Spain, to the Spanish national electricity grid. Alizursun is the inaugural project of Solaer’s 1,362 MW project pipeline. Solaer expects to generate a … Continue reading

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Self-driving EV shuttles for the US

Israel-based Mobileye has announced plans to deploy its systems on self-driving electric vehicles in the US during 2024. Mobileye and its partners Germany’s Benteler EV Systems and Florida’s Beep will launch driverless on-demand 12-14 seater shuttles, with no steering wheel … Continue reading

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More reliable vehicles

Israel’s Aurora Labs (see here previously) use machine learning, artificial intelligence, and cybersecurity to improve car software quality, safety, and security. Its products Auto Detect, Auto Validate, and Auto Update are able to reduce the numbers of vehicle recalls and … Continue reading

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A secure bubble around your network

Israel’s Zero Networks has developed a scalable method to prevent unauthorized access to computer assets.  Each piece of equipment is protected with Multi-Factor Authentication that makes them impervious to ransomware attacks. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZdbuD1XV2Q4 https://www.calcalistech.com/ctechnews/article/hyd9bwmgq https://zeronetworks.com/

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The fastest possible recovery

Israel’s Salvador Technologies markets a product that provides a 30-second recovery from cyber-attacks (e.g., ransomware) or IT failures. The innovative patented technology, designed for critical systems, is based on sophisticated data corruption detection and “air-gapped” protected storage. https://www.calcalistech.com/ctech/articles/0,7340,L-3929918,00.html https://www.salvador-tech.com/  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I67THkRPvqw

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Good news for Chilean cherries

The automated modified atmosphere packaging solutions from Israel’s StePac (see here previously) are bringing major benefits to farmers in Chile. They require less manual labor, use less plastic, reduce food waste, lower shipping costs, and increase the shelf-life of the … Continue reading

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Long-life, vertical Basil for Europe

Israeli-Dutch startup Future Crops (see here previously) is commercially producing high-yielding, long-lasting basil crop at its vertical farm in Westland, Netherlands. The proprietary seeds were developed at Israel’s Volcani Agricultural Research Organization near Tel Aviv. https://www.prnewswire.com/il/news-releases/future-crops-sowing-proprietary-basil-seeds-of-growth-882799077.html

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Israel’s foresters of the future

Israeli charity KKL-JNF has launched a program “Forester of the Future” that is training young adults (mostly women) in ecosystem management and then putting them in the field. They learn the use of modern tools to prevent, detect fires, and … Continue reading

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Keeping an eye on wildlife

The ATLAS wildlife reverse GPS telemetry system tracks animals as small as 15g to help reduce conflicts with humans and protect endangered species. ATLAS was jointly developed by Hebrew University of Jerusalem’s Professor Ran Nathan and Tel Aviv University’s Professor … Continue reading

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