Monthly Archives: February 2025

Print your spectacles coating

Israel’s flō Opics has developed a solution for coating optical lenses using digital printing technology. It revolutionizes hard-coatings, tinted, and photochromic lenses, which can be applied on a pixel basis rather than just one option for the whole lens. https://www.calcalistech.com/ctechnews/article/h13w12eyjx … Continue reading

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Trustworthy online voting

Israel’s Sequent is the world’s first end-to-end verifiable and transparent online voting platform. It has successfully conducted more than 200 elections in 10 countries for local municipalities, government bodies, and the private sector. It will be used for 1.7 million … Continue reading

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Two more BIG winners

In addition to the award to Israel’s OncoHost (see here previously), two other Israeli startups won 2025 BIG Innovation awards from the Business Intelligence Group. ICL Group won in the agriculture category and Trax Retail of Singapore and Tel Aviv … Continue reading

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An accelerator for outer space

Israel-based global innovation hub Creation-Space is launching Space Venture – an accelerator program to create space-tech startups. Each will receive up to $250,000, plus tech support, access to research facilities, test sites, and workshops by top experts from NASA and … Continue reading

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Field test for anti-drone systems

Nine defense companies and startups conducted a second test to the Defense Ministry of some 20 drone interception solutions at a simulated testing field in the Negev (see here previously). They were from IAI, Aerobotics, Rafael, Elbit, Robotican, Xtend, General … Continue reading

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Generating a world with AI

Israel’s Decart (see here previously) has developed the app Oasis that attempts to replicate the game Minecraft, but using generative artificial intelligence. The AI-driven simulation uses “next-frame prediction” to anticipate player actions to generate scenery and construction sites. https://www.ynetnews.com/business/article/h1tn3clikx https://oasis.decart.ai/introduction

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Teaching robotics in kindergartens

It’s never too early to prepare children for the world of tomorrow. In a pilot of the first initiative of its kind, Israel’s Education Ministry is integrating robotics into 500 kindergartens across Israel. Pupils will make tracks for robots, solve … Continue reading

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Israeli agritech in Los Angeles

Please register for this event on Feb 10 featuring eight Israeli agritech startups Hoffman & Hoffman, AgriNoze, Edete, NETA (transforming agricultural waste), Acclym, SolarWine, Tevel Aerobotics, and CarobWay. https://lu.ma/v8p4urmk https://www.hw-well.com/ https://www.acclym.com/ https://www.solarwine.ai/

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Wiz exposes DeepSeek

Israeli security giant Wiz uncovered a major security flaw in China’s new AI chatbot DeepSeek. In a routine scan, Wiz found DeepSeek had left a publicly accessible database unprotected, exposing digital software keys, backend operational details, and chat logs containing … Continue reading

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Preventing food wastage

Israel’s StePacPPC (see here previously) and its partner Windham Packaging have developed a range of its bulk modified-atmosphere packaging to extend the shelf life of fresh produce headed to foodservice outlets – predominantly restaurants, hotels, and canteens. It is already … Continue reading

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