Teen invents GPS ID tag to prevent kidnapping
16-year-old Israeli Amit Saban, a member of the gifted students' program at Tel Aviv University, has launched a startup that makes "smart" ID tags with built-in GPS technology that can help soldiers and civilians in distress, and even prevent abductions.
The secret of fast battery charging
Dr Doron Myersdorf, CEO of Israel’s StoreDot, reveals that the low resistance of his company’s organic “nanodots” allow 100 times more current than can be provided to traditional batteries.
Reversing combustion
More about Israel’s NewCO2Fuels which can produce fuel from carbon dioxide gas. Weizmann Institute Earth Sciences Professor Jacob Karni’s research has resulted in a profitable process that can reduce the CO2 content of the atmosphere. It extracts oxygen, leaving carbon monoxide and hydrogen gas.
The kibbutz has gone hi-tech
Long gone are the days where kibbutzim relied on selling their agricultural products. Now they include businesses from cyber-security to satellite agronomy analysis.
Annual Researchers Night
Israel’s Bar-Ilan University hosted the annual Researchers’ Night, this year dealing with topics related to science of the brain. The event, co-sponsored by the Ministry of Science, Technology and Space and the European Union, includes fun science-related activities for the entire family.
The desalination fix
Israel’s desalination is described here as a “water revolution”.
Los Angeles signs water agreement
In the latest of a series of deals in California, Los Angeles County has signed an agreement to work with Israel and use its know-how and experience to solve the state’s ongoing water problems.
New Negev Railway line opens
Israel Railways has inaugurated its new Negev line, taking passengers from Ashkelon to Beersheba in just 50 minutes. The service will help drive the expansion plans for the desert city.
Why was DLD Tel Aviv so popular?
Thousands of international visitors at Digital Life Design (DLD) week in Tel Aviv gave their reasons for attending the festival. Plus a longer video on what they saw.
Training Europe’s cyber defenders
CyberGym is the Israel Electric Company’s cyber security training center and equips employees to thwart attacks on Israel’s electricity infrastructure. The IEC is now to export CyberGym to the Czech Republic where it will be the center for cyber-security training throughout Europe.