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After olives have been pressed into olive oil, the 85% solid residue (known as pomace) is usually burned or buried because it’s toxic, acidic, and stinks. Now Israel’s PhenOlives rescues the waste before it oxidizes, and converts it into safe, gluten-free flour and other commercial products.

Israel’s Rakia, which launched Israel’s Eytan Stibbe’s mission on the International Space Station, has now established the Israel Space Forum together with Israel Space Agency and the Israel Export Institute. Its aim is to grow an advanced Israeli space sector, connecting startups to investors and more.

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 in the past few weeks.

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 Israel’s 2023 top performer.

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 in pH levels.

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.

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.

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 impact.

While we wait for Iron Beam , Israel’s Rafael announced the deployment of Lite Beam - a 10kw laser that can neutralize drone swarms and IEDs. It can be mounted on vehicles, ships or ground platforms. It showcased at the 2024 Association of the United States Army (AUSA) event in Washington, D.C.

The California Citrus Research Board is helping fund a $900,000 series of field trials with Israel’s Nanovel. The multi-arm robot can pick citrus fruit despite dense foliage. Nanovel says it’s the first AI-powered autonomous robot harvester for the fresh citrus industry. But see also Israel’s Tevel .