Israel’s PlantArcBio (see here previously) has announced positive results of its trials in India to grow drought resistant traits and increase yields of corn. Even in drought conditions PlantArcBio’s Dead Sea derived varieties, produced increased yields up to 250%. https://finance.yahoo.com/news/plantarcbio-rallis-tata-enterprise-announce-150600752.html … Continue reading →

Gary (see here previously) – the robot developed by Israel’s Unlimited Robotics – is now working at Beilinson Hospital, in Petach Tikva, guiding visitors around the hospital and helping with inventory management. See him in action in both Youtube videos … Continue reading →

You may wish to register to watch these interesting webinars from Ben Gurion University. Jan 19 – Transforming Eilat Through Sea Tech and More.  Feb 9 – How Israel is Leading the Way in Water Renewal. https://americansforbgu.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_yXuyeMtES2y8NPUhIGN8eQ https://americansforbgu.org/events/water-renewal-fl/

Israel’s Seraphic Security has been named a Gold Winner in the 2022 ‘ASTORS’ Homeland Security Awards from American Security Today for its innovation in Cyber Security Risk Management. Seraphic protects any web browser from attacks that other security software cannot. … Continue reading →

The European Research Council has awarded 10 million Euros for the National Library of Israel to develop AI-based computational analyses for 95,000 old manuscripts and fragments. It will fund a consortium including Israel’s Tel Aviv, Bar-Ilan, and Haifa universities. https://www.israel21c.org/handwritten-medieval-hebrew-manuscripts-will-be-searchable/

Israeli genealogy company MyHeritage.com has released AI functionality that (for a fee) simulates how you would look if you lived during the past or at some future time. It offers to show you in a variety of roles, such as … Continue reading →

Israeli startup Sim.space has developed a hybrid laboratory that will allow Israel’s IsraelIL to simulate the 2025 Beresheet 2 mission to land on the Moon (see here previously). The advanced infrastructure will allow the team to practice operational commands and … Continue reading →

Scientists including from Israel’s Technion Institute have developed a structure for computers based on that of the human brain – combining storage and processing on a single chip. They built a neural network into the hardware of a chip and, … Continue reading →

Ronny Reinberg, CEO and Co-founder of Alfred’s FoodTech, (see here previously) joins host Natasha Kirtchuk in the I24 studio to discuss his plant-based meat and cheese alternatives that are planned to hit the shelves next year. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDWKkMpVt5E