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Did you hear about the fascinating debate between two humans and an IBM computer, that many said the computer won?  Did you hear or read any of the global media organizations say that it was an IBM Israel project or that the two humans were two Israeli international debating champions?

Israel’s Hydrop (no longer active) developed an innovative fabric that when applied to reverse osmosis desalination membranes reduced energy consumption, making the resulting water purification cheaper and more efficient.

The Neve Ya’ar Research Center in Israel’s Jezreel Valley, is run by Israel’s Volcani Center-Agricultural Research Organization. The full-scale sustainable educational farm will be an international showcase for cutting-edge Israeli technologies in precision agriculture.

Israel’s Kinedio has developed technology that brings online encyclopedia pages to life. It transforms Wikipedia’s static information into a cool video platform, appropriate for today’s audience.

Israel’s Superplanter has developed technology to revolutionize one of the most difficult of agricultural activities – the large-scale planting of vegetables, grains and field crops.

I reported previously on Israel’s Barkid that has launched a smart bracelet that enables parents to supervise their children. Chaim Messika, VP of Barkid, explains the latest about the product and discloses that it has already saved the lives of two Israelis.

Israeli-founded Skyline AI has developed a machine learning algorithm that identifies real estate opportunities and calculates an asset's current market value and potential future value. It has just used the algorithm to purchase two residential building complexes in Philadelphia.

I’ve reported previously on the Eye-Net collision prevention technology from Israel’s Foresight. In a recent trial in Ashdod, Eye-Net was integrated with the smart traffic light sensors of Israel’s NoTraffic, proving that many accidents could be avoided.

I reported previously on Israeli cybersecurity startup Morphisec, which protects against new threats (e.g. ransomware and trojans) like no other company. In just two years, Morphisec now protects one million endpoints – the fastest growth of any subscription B2B security company.  

I reported previously on Israeli cybersecurity startup  Thetaray – a billion dollar company in the making. Thetaray has just won the 2018 ATMIA Global Award for 'Next Generation ATM Security'. Its systems detect illicit and suspicious ATM activity using machine learning.