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The Herzliya municipality is looking to build two artificial islands along Israel's coastline. One island will be for housing and the other for an airport for internal flights. Tel Aviv is also preparing plans for an island on which to build an international airport.

Following over two years of R&D in Tel Aviv and Sweden, Sirin Labs has unveiled its NIS 54,000 military-grade “unhackable” security smartphone. Called SOLARIN it is made up of over 2,500 inner components to achieve fast, seamless connectivity across any continent.

The 31st US-Israel Joint Economic Development Group focused on the use of clean energy to solve some of the most difficult global challenges.  The US Department of State and Israel’s Economy Ministry and Environmental Protection Ministry, agreed to explore the establishing of a bilateral, clean energy, finance task force.

Israel’s Aquarius Engines has redesigned the internal combustion engine.  Its horizontal-moving cylinder powers two electric generators with much less waste energy than current 4,6 or 8 piston engines.  With the smaller engine, cars can reach 1300 miles on a single tank of gas.

Israel’s StoreDot has unveiled its MolecuLED display technology in the world’s first organic display.  The new technology allows for displays that produce vivid colors, are more cost effective, and are environmentally friendly, being entirely metal free.

The British army is testing and rolling out the new Israeli-made Virtus body armor system to its infantry.  The new gear is 50% lighter than the previous Osprey system thanks to Virtus’ innovative Dynamic Weight Distribution (DWD) system and Scalable Tactical Vest.

Israel’s Faception claims it can identify the character of a person using facial recognition software.  The company says that personality is determined by DNA and reflected in the face - a kind of signal.  It could have massive security applications.

French PM Manuel Valls inaugurated Israel’s largest solar energy array at the Zmorot solar park in the Northern Negev.  France’s EDF and its local partner Solex installed 207,000 photovoltaic panels to generate 50 MWp of clean energy.

Israel’s Orcam – developers of the speaking glasses for the visually impaired – have been busy.  Activities include demonstrating the MyReader product at the British Dyslexia Association’s International Conference in Oxford.  And launching MyEye for Hebrew speakers.

Further positive impact from the recent Ontario delegation to Israel.  The joint funding to companies will be doubled to $2 million annually, and an extra $5 million a year will be provided for cooperation between Israeli and Canadian industries and universities.