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The video-conferencing technology from Israeli startup Kaltura enables remote workers to stay linked during the spread of coronavirus. Meanwhile, Israel’s Uniper Care transforms a TV set into an interactive station for patients at Israel’s Sheba Medical Center.

Another example of Israeli “out of the box” thinking.  Eyal Yassky, CEO of Hilico, was frustrated when Mumbai slum dwellers had to drink dirty water during the monsoon. So, he and his friend Moshe Belilty developed a cheap, light, portable device that can collect a liter of water from 1mm of rain.

Israel’s Watergen plans to launch a solar-powered version of its water-from-air system later this year. Solar Genny is suitable for remote locations, such as rural villages where electricity access can be unstable and unreliable. It can generate up to 13 liters (3.5 gallons) of water a day.

Red pandas at Jerusalem’s Biblical Zoo exercising on a wall made of recycled materials, won an international photo competition. The wall was built by a team that included at-risk youth.

Israel’s Red Sea resort of Eilat and the French Riviera city of Nice have teamed up. 10 members from each city will seek out technology-based solutions to challenges in the field of smart cities, including issues of infrastructure, transportation, energy, community services and tourism.

Israeli retail chain Super-Pharm has implemented shelf organization technologies developed by Israel’s WiseShelf in 14 of its stores. WiseShelf integrates light sensors and cameras to continually monitor shelves and send real-time alerts when re-organization or re-stocking is needed.

Israeli cybersecurity company CHEQ is an AI alternative to keyword blacklists that are commonly used to block access to offensive websites. CHEQ estimates that US publishers lost $2.8 billion of potential revenue opportunities in 2019 by subsequent false positives.

The Israeli-developed Temi robot is now being used in hundreds of hospitals, medical centers, nursing homes, and corporate buildings in Asia to help minimize human-to-human contact during the coronavirus outbreak.

As reported here previously , Israeli startup Soapy set-up its simple hygiene stations in rural areas and slums where there is no running water. Now Soapy's handwashing micro-station with its Israeli plant-based reagent, is said to kill viruses even more resistant than corona.

Ten Israeli companies featured in Forbes top 50 global food tech and top 50 ag-tech companies in 2020. They are , , , (Believer), , , Infarm, , , and . All except Infarm have been reported previously in this newsletter.