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Also at the Farnborough Airshow, Israel Aerospace Industries unveiled its WIND DEMON air-to-surface cruise missile that should make Iran and its proxies wary about attacking Israel.

CEO of Israel’s Rafael Advanced Defense Systems, stated that Rafael’s groundbreaking Iron Beam laser missile defense system will be operational and in IDF hands by next year. He made the announcement at the Farnborough International Airshow in England.  It cannot come soon enough!

It’s now official (I thought it already was!) that eating Bamba, Israel’s peanut-butter-flavored snack, is proven to reduce peanut allergies in children by 75 percent, according to a recent study of over 500 participants, in the prestigious New England Journal of Medicine.

Israel is rated 4th globally in Artificial Intelligence technology advancement according to a recent study by US software company ZeroBounce. Israel invested over $12 billion in AI during the last decade - ranking fourth after the USA, China and the UK - more than Canada, Germany and India.  

Israel’s Talia Soen is co-founder and CEO of Happy Things - an app based on positive psychology research, that encourages users to take simple, everyday action to increase happiness in an attainable way. Apparently, happiness is a skill that can be strengthened with practice.

Israel’s DirecTrains has developed “Direct Coupling” to allow trains to join and separate while moving. Local trains can connect with express trains without stopping either one. It reduces road congestion, energy consumption, operational costs, CO2 emissions, travel times and more.   

Israel’s QueenDee has developed a device that attaches to the underside of a drone / UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) and collects or distribute pollen to flowers and plants.  Collection uses one of two methods - vacuum or electrostatic attraction. AI and image recognition ensure accurate pollination.

A reminder of why El Al can continue to carry passengers to and from Israel while most foreign airlines have suspended services. Each aircraft is installed with C-MUSIC from Israel’s Elbit Systems, comprising automated laser-based Directed Infra-Red Counter Measure (DIRCM) protection.

The IDF can now send out location-based alerts to phones in case of large-scale emergencies. The system is based on Cell Broadcast, which is a method of sending short messages to multiple phone users in a defined area where accurate GPS signals cannot be relied on.

Kibbutz Ma’ale Gilboa in northern Israel is set to become Israel’s first micro-grid. Its wind turbines, solar energy fields and biogas storage dome will make it electricity independent should the national grid fail. Gilboa will be a pilot backup, providing decentralized electricity distribution centers.