Monthly Archives: March 2024

Fighting fires with drones

Posted on March 11, 2024

Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) has a two-drone solution for fighting wildfires, for presenting at the XPRIZE Wildfire Competition in the US. One UAV sees through the smoke to locate the source of the fire before it gets out of control. … Continue reading →

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The next Israeli university

Posted on March 11, 2024

Israel has announced the establishment of the University of the Galilee. It will transform Tel-Hai College into the University of the Galilee in the city of Kiryat Shmona, based on Tel-Hai College and the Migal – Galilee Research Institute. https://www.telhai.ac.il/en/news/3499

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Micro screens for AR/VR

Posted on March 11, 2024

Israel’s Tower Semiconductor has partnered with China’s Tianyi Micro to develop the next generation OLED micro displays for Augmented and Virtual Reality systems. https://towersemi.com/2024/02/26/02262024/ https://towersemi.com/technology/cmos_image_sensor/ https://towersemi.com/technology/cmos_image_sensor/3d-gesture-control-face-recognition/

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Plastic waste has been sent packing

Posted on March 11, 2024

Israel’s Oceansix (see here previously) has just patented its revolutionary packaging material made from recycled plastic waste that can be reused up to 100 times. https://cdn.getmood.io/warehouse/dynamic/457052.pdf https://www.oceansix.com/

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Climate-friendly construction material

Posted on March 11, 2024

A video about the 3D-printed cyanobacteria-derived building material developed by scientists at Israel’s Technion Institute (see here previously). Not only does it avoid the polluting manufacture process of concrete, but the new bio-based material removes carbon dioxide from the air. … Continue reading →

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Revealing the earliest galaxies

Posted on March 11, 2024

International scientists including those at Israel’s Ben Gurion University, have analyzed spectra from the James Webb Telescope that reveal very low-mass galaxies less than a billion years after the Big Bang. The discovery represents a breakthrough in human knowledge of … Continue reading →

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The first female Airforce base commander

Posted on March 11, 2024

Lieutenant Colonel “Gimmel” is to lead the Ovda Airbase – the first woman to command an Israeli Air Force base. She enlisted in the IAF pilot training course in 2003 and will now be promoted to the rank of Colonel. … Continue reading →

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Ukrainian healthcare workers train in Israel

Posted on March 11, 2024

Israeli NGO One Heart has facilitated the training of surgeons, physiotherapists, mental health professionals, and ocularists at leading Israeli medical centers. https://www.i24news.tv/en/news/international/ukraine-russia-war/1708353833-solidarity-in-the-face-of-adversity-ukrainian-doctors-train-in-israel-amidst-wars

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Aid orgs share $1 million

Posted on March 11, 2024

Israel’s answer to the Nobel Prize, the $1 million Genesis Prize, has been jointly awarded to five organizations helping the Hamas-held hostages in Gaza and their families. They are JAFI, Lev Echad, Natal, One Family, and the Hostages and Missing … Continue reading →

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Girls in hard hats

Posted on March 11, 2024

David Biggio and his daughters Shirel, Lael, Selah, and Sara, are construction workers from Shvut Rachel in Samaria. They specialize in plastering. Their religious employers were originally concerned about modesty, but now they are impressed with how hard the girls … Continue reading →

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