Israel Active

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.

Israeli students and parents from Yigal Alon elementary school sent a meteorological balloon up 15 miles and collected images and complete flight data.  The 42.3 ounce Styrofoam box contained two GoPro type cameras, flight data recorder, locator and radio transmitter.

Israel’s Humavox uses proprietary radio frequency (RF) to recharge hearing aids.  Humavox’s flexible hardware platform, ETERNA, includes the smallest power receiver available in the market, making it able to fit into the tiniest of hearing aids.

Israel’s Stratoscale has won a Red Herring Europe 2016 award for its Software Defined Data Center (SDDC) solution.  Whatever computer hardware your company currently uses, Stratoscale says it can get you up and running using Cloud services in a few minutes.

Israel’s LiveU will provide IP-based live video transmission solutions for more than 80 broadcasters and online streaming customers during the Rio Olympics this summer.  LiveU also transmitted the London Olympics, the FIFA World Cup 2014 and the UK election results.

Israeli cancer charity Ezer Mizion and Israeli startup Click2Speak are piloting an on-screen keyboard operated by eye-tracking.  The goal is a low-cost, multi-lingual, easy-to-use keyboard, for users with impaired motor skills and high cognitive ability. Google has given the project a generous grant.

It is because of Israel’s Aqwise that visitors to India’s Taj Mahal have drinking water.  The Taj Mahal is located in Agra, a city with about 2 million people.  Aqwise helped build a water treatment plant, designed to treat 160,000 cubic meters per day, supplying drinking water to the entire city.