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Israel is to install emission filters on 500 garbage trucks.  They will filter out 97 percent of the cancer-causing fumes emitted from the diesel trucks, according to the Environmental Protection Ministry, at a cost of NIS 10 million.

You’ll be pleased to hear that Israel isn’t contributing to any of the perceived chemical impacts on climate change.  In fact, Israel is one of the major innovators of solutions to famine and drought.

With the new app from Israeli startup Bonshine you can order a waterless car cleaning at your location.  Bonshine’s crew comes to you, with a liquid produced from plants and five types of wax.  Saves time, money and the environment.

Israel’s Deep Instinct has filed five patents covering the only technology that applies deep learning to cybersecurity.  Deep Instinct is the first company applying deep learning to detect malware in real-time. It can therefore detect threats that no-one has seen before.

Israel’s Vasona Networks provides mobile network analysis tools to the top mobile network operators – such as Telefonica.  Vasona’s SmartAIR edge application controller resolves cell phone congestion in real time.  Vasona has just raised $14.6 million of new funds.

Israeli ingenuity and know how in the field of robotics was on display at ICR2016 - the Fifth Israeli Conference on Robots in Herzliya. It featured over 120 presentations by top robotics experts.

Israeli startup Unispectral is developing miniature digital cameras that can fit into smartphones and use hyper-spectral sensors that can (for example) check if fruit is fresh or whether milk contains bacteria.  Unispectral has just raised $7.5 million of funding.

Israeli startup Workey has launched its system for employees to seek new jobs anonymously.  Workey was founded by IDF intelligence veterans whose algorithms analyze your skills and experience. You decide whether to approach suitable interested companies.

Israel’s Aqwise has opened its new wastewater treatment plant in Durango, Mexico.  It employs Aqwise’s AGAR (Attached Growth Airlift Reactor) process that uses biofilm grown on carrier media to aerobically degrade soluble organic pollutants in wastewater.  Aqwise has built over 400 plants in 35 countries.

Another report about Israel’s leadership position in water conservation.  Innovations include desalination, recycling, drip irrigation, reclaimed wastewater, aquifer management, runoff collection, water storage, hi-tech systems, reservoir development and river rehabilitation.