Combating mosquitoes
Israel’s Hebrew University is developing a natural mosquito repellent; it is also using genetics to make sterile male mosquitoes; Haifa University is working to synthesize fish microbiota for use as a mosquito repellent; meanwhile Israel’s Senecio (sterile males, see previously) is partnering with Rentokil.
Groundbreaking polymer for 3D printing
Israel’s Nexa3D (see previously) has launched Xyon, a groundbreaking carbon-fiber filled plastic 3D printing filament. Xyon is versatile, durable, high performing, and cost-effective, designed for numerous 3D printing applications.
The best speech to text
Israel’s aiOla (see previously) won the “Best Speech to Text Solution” award at the annual AI Breakthrough Awards. aiOla’s Natural Language Processing and Automatic Speech Recognition accurately interprets complex jargon, acronyms and accents in 100 languages, regardless of background noise.
Turning wastewater into protein
Israel’s Fabumin (see previously) purifies the wastewater discharged from the vegetable processing industry, extracting the “mud” to make “aquafaba” – an egg substitute. Clean water and “no-chicken” eggs.
A sustainable solution to weed control
One of the Israeli startups on show at Israel’s 2024 PlaneTech conference in Tel Aviv was AgriPass. Its (proof of concept) tool mimics a human laborer with modern tech. AI-powered sensors identify the weeds, map the terrain, and instruct the tilling heads to pull out the weeds.
DeserTech Innovation Center
The DeserTech Innovation Center in Beer Sheva is part of the World Zionist Village, which aims to create a Living Lab for research, education and development of startups. It will be a hub for DeserTech, ClimaTech, AgTech, FoodTech, clean energy, conservation, and more.
Light years ahead of time
Israel’s CogniFiber is developing DeepLight photonic processors that utilize multi-core optical fibers to process data at the speed of light. It means processing speeds can increase up to 1,000 times, while using only 1% of the energy.
An AI matchmaker
Israel’s Heyoosh is the world’s first AI-based personal matchmaker. The founders’ main goal was to make the digital dating environment safer. Currently only available on iPhone, it allows users to get to know each other’s personalities, rather than appearance. Images are not shared and privacy is a priority.
AI to protect the vulnerable
Israel’s EyeKnow.AI has developed a safety platform with cameras and artificial intelligence to predict hazardous and violent incidents such as falls, slips and physical violence, in hospitals and care facilities. It can raise an alert before a situation spirals into a full crisis involving patients or staff.
Using AI to monitor legal compliance
Israel’s Shield has developed a generative AI (GenAI) platform to help financial services companies maintain legal compliance and avoid issues such as misconduct and market manipulation by their employees. Shield analyzes communications from emails, messages and voice calls.