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Israel’s Urecsys develops air treatment technologies for optimizing air quality within residential and commercial buildings. Urecsys predicts and detects pollution levels and then activates building controls to protect workers and residents. Urecsys has just raised $4 million in funds.

Israel’s Fiverr started as a marketplace for people selling services for five dollars ).  Its freelancers have since earned over $1 billion, selling their quality products and services globally - without leaving their computers. It is even using AI to help them design company logos.

Israel’s Public Security Ministry is installing a water control system in Israeli prisons to save ‎‎hundreds of thousands of cubic feet of water. It is to prevent prisoners deliberately leaving taps running in showers and bathrooms.

Before the recent restrictions on large events, Israeli youth joined with teens from the United States to compete in Israel’s largest robotics competition ever.

Many state-of-the-art appliances can be connected to the Internet and controlled from a smartphone app. But setting these up can be complicated. Those manufacturers that have partnered with Israel’s Co-pilot are now able to use the service to detect your problem and guide you through the process.

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.