Author Archives: MichaelOrdman

Innovating on the border

Several Israeli and US organizations have opened Israel’s Climate Tech Innovation Center just 17 miles from the Lebanese border. They decided to keep the tech community together, where possible, both virtually and physically. 15,000 people have returned to the area … Continue reading

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Vegan milk proteins from yeast

Israel’s DairyX is developing animal-free casein milk proteins in the lab, using precision fermentation based on yeast. It sells the proteins to food manufacturers who use them to make dairy-free products e.g., vegan cheese and yoghurts. DairyX was Mass Challenge … Continue reading

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Engineering innovations

The eighth annual Afekathon at Israel’s Afeka (Academic College of Engineering in Tel Aviv) was won by  a solar charging system for parasols in the campus yard. Another event titled MDAthon produced a smart bandage that detects infection from changes … Continue reading

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Helping to implement AI

Israel’s Jeen.ai helps companies to set-up Artificially Intelligent chatbots to handle customer service enquiries and analyse the results of those conversations. It already serves dozens of major Israeli companies, including, Isracard, Cellcom, Amdocs, Perrigo, and Delek, plus Reichman University. https://www.israel21c.org/startup-helps-large-organizations-implement-genai/ … Continue reading

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Vaccination syringes for animals

Israel’s ThaMa-Vet has just launched its latest state-of-the-art automatic syringe systems for fish.  For more than 60 years ThaMa-Vet has been servicing global veterinary and healthcare industries, plus producers of poultry, swine, cattle, fish and small animals. https://www.thama-vet.com/en/

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Accurate results for crop tests

Israel’s Agmatix has launched RegenIQ – an AI- powered platform to accurately measure the results of agricultural activities to regenerate the soil. It helps plan effective trials, manage field staff, validate records, simplify data collection, and analyze results for maximum … Continue reading

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Muslim professor’s Israeli University lab

Prof. Muhammad Y. Bashouti graduated from the Hebrew Uni, earned his PhD at the Technion, researched at the Max Planck Institute and returned to set up his lab at Ben Gurion University. With nanotechnology of materials he can develop sensors … Continue reading

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Aid to hurricane-hit US states

Israel’s SmartAID has deployed solar power units and communication systems to communities hit by Hurricane Helene and Hurricane Milton. It brought food, solar-powered water pumps and smart mobile trailers to Asheville, North Carolina and to Taylor County in Florida. More … Continue reading

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Christian conference of Presidents

100 presidents of top Christian organizations and Christian influencers attended the inaugural meeting of the Conference of Presidents of Christian Organizations in Support of Israel. https://www.jns.org/new-christian-conference-of-presidents-aims-to-support-israel/

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Cybersecurity geniuses are made in Israel

The Israel Cyber Campus prepares students for careers in cyber, either to defend against attacks or to develop safe systems. On-line courses are run by graduates of the IDF’s elite 8200 cyber unit. One course is for high school students … Continue reading

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