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Mullen Automotive has signed a partnership with Israel’s Watergen (see previously) to develop and equip Mullen’s portfolio of electric vehicles with the ability to produce fresh drinking water from thin air. The aim is to provide up to 5 liters of hot or cold water daily.

Israel’s Airovation (see ) has two indoor air purifying devices: The “Air-O”, which treats CO2, volatile organic compounds in harmful gases, airborne viruses, and bacteria; and the “Airosphera”, which uses sensors to measure conditions for infants and treat the air around them.

Celebrating 50 years in Israel, IBM is partnering Israel’s Technion Institute and Hebrew University of Jerusalem to advance artificial intelligence capabilities and applications in Israel. IBM will fund AI research into Natural Language processing, medicine discovery and multi-cloud computing.

Researchers at Tel Aviv University and Haifa’s Israel Oceanographic Institute have developed a method to grow huge amounts of seaweed containing all the nutrients to sustain both humans and animals. It utilizes fish wastewater and environmental stress factors to stimulate algae growth.

In February, Israel’s Orca AI (see previously) performed the world's first autonomous navigation for a commercial ship. Orca provided the 749-ton Suzaku with a 360-degree observation system using 18 cameras, integrated ship's sensors, and transmitted the data to a control center.

Israel’s ansā (“the answer” in Japanese) has created a fully automatic micro-roaster that provides on-demand roasting of raw “green” beans just before the cup of coffee is made. It reduces transportation and wastage of resources, to produce a fresh cup of coffee “from farm to cup”.

Israel’s Pigmentum has developed a variety of lettuce that produces casein – the key ingredient of cows’ milk. Lettuce contains over 90% liquid and when squeezed out, the milky casein plus some natural ingredients, forms a product that is ready to drink, pour on your breakfast cereal or add to your coffee.

A detailed article about Israel’s TripleW (see ) which converts commercial and industrial organic food waste into lactic acid – a key industrial raw material. Lactic acid is also the basis for PLA (polylactic acid), a bioplastic which can replace fossil-based plastics in nearly 80% of plastic applications.

Astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti tweeted from the International Space Station, “Intriguing sight! A bright dot in the Negev desert… so unusual to see human-made lights in day passes.” She was referring to Israel’s solar tower, nicknamed “The Eye of Sauron” from Lord of the Rings.

Millions of Americans sleep within reaching distance of their charging phone every night. To reduce the fear from Radio Frequency (RF) radiation, Israel’s Elvy.ai has developed a wireless phone charger with a shield that blocks 95 per cent of electromagnetic radiation.