Interesting article from a Chinese media source that describes how Israel grows abundant crops in the harshest environment. It features the Vidor Center, drip irrigation, and soil sensors for smart irrigation. https://english.news.cn/20230108/b358688e68404bbbbf9d0940cd0810a0/c.html

Several Israeli companies monitor the condition of trees and crops (see here). Another is Treetoscope – its Sap Flow sensors are inserted into the tree trunk to continuously measure water flow in almond, avocado, citrus, apple trees and vines. It … Continue reading →

Israeli startup Kinoko (see here previously) is cultivating a high-protein food from mycelium – the thin underground fungal threads that mushrooms grow on. Kinoko uses lentils and other legumes as a nutrition source. In four days, it grows a ready-to-cook … Continue reading →

Israel’s Aiola has developed state-of-the-art voice and image recognition combined with advanced AI models to digitize, automate, and streamline inspection processes. It also offers its technology to companies to capture, curate and share customer data from customer communications and business … Continue reading →

Israel’s Wordtune (see here previously) has launched “Wordtune Spices”. The new AI Natural Language Processing (NLP) feature acts like a co-writer, to improve and enhance any text with a choice of 12 helping cues. These include statistics to bolster an … Continue reading →

Israel’s Verobotics (see here previously) has just won a $5.4 million contract for its AI-powered vertical robots to clean and inspect the exterior of high-rise buildings in Hong Kong. https://www.timesofisrael.com/meet-the-israeli-robot-spiderman-that-will-clean-skyscraper-facades-in-hong-kong/ https://verobotics.io/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfsXCSbms2Q

Israel’s Inuitive (see here previously) has partnered Finland’s Visidon to co-develop and launch a high performing, accurate, and real-time low light enhancement to Inuitive’s NU4100 vision-on-chip processor. It will reduce the cost of systems (e.g., night drones) that relied on … Continue reading →

More details on the pilot projects for autonomous buses reported previously here. The first will be a driverless shuttle service managed by Israel’s Nateev Express at the Sheba Medical Center. Israel’s Imagry (see here previously) is to deploy its map-less … Continue reading →

Israel’s Arbe Robotics (see here previously) has launched its latest feature – imaging to give a 360° radar-based perception, the first AI based integrated analysis of a complete vehicle surroundings. Arbe won a 2023 CES Innovation Award – for the … Continue reading →

Israel Electric Corporation (IEC) has signed an agreement with Israel’s Prisma Photonics (see here previously). The PrismaFlow system will use optical fibers to monitor 1,000 km of the national transmission grid – some 20% of the total grid. It already … Continue reading →