Let’s build drones
Too many Israel Defense Forces drones are fragile, and rely on China-based production. However, drones are essential for protecting Israel soldiers in Gaza and Lebanon. STEM-up Israel, together with other nonprofit groups, use high-school students to procure, build, and maintain drones for the IDF.
Bees need a balanced diet too
Researchers at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem have found that a balanced diet is essential for honeybees’ optimal health and task performance. A diet with a high omega-6:3 ratio (5:1) significantly affects bees’ ability to nurse larvae, both in delay and frequency.
Israel: The making of a Global Cyber Power
Two reports (one in detail) of Israel, a country with the population the size of New York City, that is one of the world’s top cyber powers. (Just as well as Israel’s enemies have attacked almost all of the country’s major computer systems – many times.)
A much bigger campus
Ben Gurion University’s new North Campus in Beer-Sheva will include a 1,000-student village, plus Glazer Foundation Future Technologies, Helmsely Computer Science, Civil and Environmental Engineering, and Drahi Innovation and Entrepreneurship buildings. Plus a culture center.
Detecting drones from their signals
Israel’s R2 Wireless has developed an anti-drone system that can detect any kind of flying threat, whether airborne, or grounded on land or at sea. It scans for any transmitted signal and uses AI algorithms to classify, geolocate, and track it in real time. It is being trialed in Israel and the UK.
Purifying emissions
Israel’s Clairion has reduced the cost of cleaning biogas and other gas emissions by 50%. Clairion’s Sulkan solution transforms biogas into a commercial renewable energy source, using a novel catalytic liquid technology and unique absorption and separation processes.
Decarbonizing desalination and more
Israel’s MOZAICO is developing an electrolysis process to remove limescale and other marine debris from coastal desalination plants and power plants. It can boost desalination and power production efficiency, absorb CO2, and generate pure calcium carbonate for industrial use.
Decarbonizing the steel industry
Israel’s Helios (see previously) is to trial its green iron clean energy process with Australia's BlueScope Steel. The steel industry currently accounts for some 10% of global carbon emissions.
Touchless control
Israel’s Wearable Devices Ltd (see previously) has partnered with US-based Qualcomm Technologies to integrate its Mudra Band AI-powered wristband into Qualcomm’s Snapdragon Spaces XR Developer Platform. It will boost development of virtual and augmented reality devices and apps.
Israel’s supercomputer microchips
Israel’s NextSilicon (see previously) has launched a new supercomputer chip, the Maverick-2 and has already received orders totaling tens of millions of dollars. NextSilicon has 300+ Israeli-based employees and is set to rival Nvidia’s Israeli-based Mellanox.