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The Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the Smithsonian Institution are marking the 100th anniversary of Albert Einstein’s theory of relativity by launching “The Einstein Project” - an initiative to make science more accessible to young people.  Einstein was a founder of the Hebrew University.

A road in North Tel Aviv is to be one of the first to test under-the-road electric charging beds. Israel’s ElectRoad’s technology will charge electric cars and buses when they drive over it.

Israel’s Sensifree has developed a unique low-power RF based sensor technology that can accurately monitor biometric data without touching the body.  Applications include watches, fitness trackers, sleep monitors and smart clothing.  Sensifree has just raised $5 million of funding.

Israel’s RideOn has been selected to represent Israel in the grand Olympic startups final in Rio 2016.  RideOn develops augmented reality (AR) products for sports and outdoor activities .  In the finals, RideOn will compete against seven international winners.

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.