Author Archives: MichaelOrdman

Predicting weather disasters

Israel’s Emnotion analyzes tiny, highly localized variations in temperature, wind, humidity and more to forecast extreme weather events up to three months before they happen. Emnotion uses technology including Big Data analysis and machine learning to provide alerts to companies … Continue reading

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Environmentally friendly glass

Israel’s Airovation (see here previously) and Phoenicia, Israel’s sole glass manufacturer are to transform the country’s glass production process into a carbon-friendly operation. Airovation Technologies’ patented Superoxide Radical converts CO2 into minerals for the glass industry. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/361981 https://www.phoenicia-ltd.com https://www.airovation-tech.com/carbontovalue https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPNpiWC_MFw

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Walking on sunshine

Israeli sandal maker Shoresh is the first Israeli manufacturing company to go off grid and use only its own solar energy. It saves the company buying a million kwh of electricity, 8,000 gallons of gasoline a year, and cuts pollution. … Continue reading

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Solar water heater is upgraded

Millions of Israelis use 1950s tech rooftop solar devices for their hot water. Israel’s Tigi Solar (see here previously) has developed cellulose triacetate insulation that can heat the water to 100 degrees Centigrade, even in freezing winter conditions. It has … Continue reading

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Climate-tech prize winners

Here are two Israeli startups that won a share of Startup Nation’s $2 million Climate Solutions Prize fund to encourage innovation (see here previously). Marine Edge optimizes fuel consumption and carbon emissions for ships, and SolOr develops solar energy-absorbing paint. … Continue reading

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Prize-winning climate-tech researchers

In addition to startup winners of the Climate Solutions Prize, three Israeli scientists won awards. They were Technion’s Prof Avner Rothchild (green hydrogen), BGU’s Prof. Itzhak Mizrahi (reducing methane from animals), and Bar-Ilan’s Prof. Malachi Noked (sodium ion batteries). https://climatesolutionsprize.com/news.asp?id=22 … Continue reading

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More climate-tech prize winners

Other Israeli Climate Solutions Prize fund winners include Copprint (copper inks for circuit boards), Styletech (see here previously), Smart Resilin (see here previously), Red Solar Flower (solar panels for agricultural areas), and Seevix Material Sciences (see here previously). https://www.timesofisrael.com/israeli-climate-tech-scientists-startups-nab-over-2m-in-prizes-at-inaugural-confab/ https://www.copprint.com/ … Continue reading

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IDF allows Lebanese to harvest Israeli olives

For over a decade, the IDF has coordinated with UNIFI to allow Lebanese farmers, from villages close to the Israeli border, to cross the blue line into Israel. They are then able to harvest olives from trees growing near Israel’s … Continue reading

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Sick Syrian baby flown from Cyprus

A baby from Syrian refugees living in Cyprus was flown to Israel for emergency heart surgery. One of premature triplets, the baby was treated at Schneider Children’s Medical Center in Petah Tikva. I seem to report these events almost every … Continue reading

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Israeli nurse helps victims of global disasters

Odeda Benin-Goren is the only female Israeli member of the United Nations Disaster Assessment and Coordination. The Israeli nurse has traveled the world for the past 30 years to help people in areas that are devastated by floods, earthquakes, fires … Continue reading

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