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Israel’s Equinom (reported previously) has opened a hi-tech R&D center in a huge renovated warehouse at Kibbutz Givat Brenner in Central Israel. The facility will boost Equinom’s efforts to develop the next generation of its non-GMO Smarter Seeds for tackling global hunger.

Israel’s Prime Minister’s Office has formed the Fuel Cells Consortium. Its aim is to improve fuel cell durability and power and to cut its costs. The consortium includes Israeli fuel cell companies GenCell Energy and PO-CellTech plus 12 researchers from all of Israel’s universities.

Following successful trials, Israel’s Sheba hospital has formed a new startup Virusight Diagnostics with Israel’s Newsight to commercialize Newsight’s 1-second Covid-19 gargle test . Now ICTS Europe is to install the SpectraLIT test into its Sentinel airport security kiosks.

Israel’s Anai Green is one of 3 winners of the 2020 Women4Climate Tech Challenge for her Lumiweave fabric. With embedded photovoltaic cells, Lumiveave products provide shade during the day and light at night. Applications include parasols/umbrellas, canopies and shading enclosures.

Israel’s DriveNets (reported previously) reports that its Network Cloud platform will provide the software-based core routing solution for AT&T, one of the world’s biggest telecommunications companies.

Israel’s Relate has built a bi-directional visual design platform that allows designers and developers to work more closely together. Relate has 8,000 users signed up to use the platform in the U.S and Europe and had a $125,000 grant from the Fusion LA accelerator program.

Israel’s ElectReon (reported previously) has launched a pilot to build electric roads for public transportation charging in Tel Aviv. The first route from Tel Aviv University Rail station to Klatzkin terminal Ramat Aviv includes 600 meters of electric road to charge specially equipped electric buses.

7 Israeli startups (all new to this newsletter) aim to help maintain mental health. TherapyEverywhere (therapy admin), Elios Health (therapy analytics), Kidamy (parenting advice), 7Chairs (support group), Infibond (mental assessment), Kai.ai (life coach) and GGTUDE (mental health platform).

Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) has entered into an agreement with the Bosnian Ministry of Education and Science to open a cyber academy in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Two of IAI’s subsidiary companies will provide remote online training on TAME Range - IAI’s cyber simulator and trainer.

Microsoft’s 2020 Ignite (online) conference featured two cloud security products developed at the Development Center in Israel. The Azure Security Center Multi Cloud shows a unified picture of all security, whereas Microsoft Defender gives end-to-end protection against attacks.