Monthly Archives: September 2022

Making smart machines even smarter

Israel’s Elmo Motion Control has been making advanced servo drives and motion controllers for decades. Now German giant Bosch has recognized Elmo’s value and has moved it into the Bosch empire in a super-fast $700 million acquisition. See what this … Continue reading

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Monitoring vehicle passengers

Israel’s Caaresys is developing a passenger-monitoring system based on RF (radiofrequency), camera-free technology to make cars safer. It utilizes vital signs to detect the location, health condition, and state of each occupant. Caaresys has just been acquired by Harman, a … Continue reading

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Health messages from your car

Israel’s Uveye (see here previously) has partnered with multinational Tekion Corp to improve vehicle servicing. When customers drive through UVeye scanning units at dealerships, they, and service engineers, will instantaneously receive comprehensive vehicle-condition reports. https://nocamels.com/2022/08/uveye-messages-drivers-with-instant-vehicle-reports/

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Back to school vouchers

Thanks to 600,000 The International Fellowship of Christians and Jews (IFCJ) is spearheading a program to distribute 11,500 vouchers worth NIS 300 each, to impoverished Israeli families. They can be used to purchase supplies for schoolchildren in Kravitz office and … Continue reading

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Heart surgery for children from Chad

Following the first Israeli delegation to Chad in 50 years, Israeli NGOs Menomadin Foundation, and Israeli Flying Aid, together with Israel’s MASHAV program, brought back 3 Chad children to receive heart surgery from Israel’s Save a Child’s Heart. https://www.ynetnews.com/health_science/article/syizts1rq

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Israel since 1967

Excellent video from Ambassador Yoram Ettinger highlighting the transformation of Israel from a burden to the US, to a major benefit and ally.  And hear what Israel has provided to the US since. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJ9nS6GBsEU https://theettingerreport.com/the-post-1967-turning-point-of-us-israel-cooperation-a-new-7-minute-video/

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Israel to build embassy in Morocco

Israel has signed a contract to build a $4 million embassy in Morocco. It will be on the same site as the previous Israeli embassy which was closed and abandoned in 2000. when diplomatic relations were severed. https://www.jns.org/israel-signs-contract-to-build-embassy-in-morocco/

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Spotting shady maritime vessels

The New York Times recently published a lengthy article featuring Israel’s Windward (see here previously). Windward identifies vessels on the high seas, transmitting fake location coordinates to circumvent international laws and sanctions. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/03/world/americas/ships-gps-international-law.html?

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Israeli appointed to cabinet of new UN President

Israel’s Sarah Weiss Ma’udi, has been appointed to the Cabinet of Ambassador Csaba Kőrösi of Hungary, who becomes President of the UN General Assembly on Sep 13. Sarah becomes Senior Adviser and Deputy Team Leader for the Legal, Budget and … Continue reading

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Lifesaving is on the crest of a wave

Surf lifesaving was included in this summer’s Maccabiah Games for the first time – there were even Israeli Arab contestants. It led to the International Life-Saving Federation welcoming Israel as a member and the Royal Moroccan Life-Saving Federation coming to … Continue reading

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