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I reported about the food printer from Israel’s White Innovations in my newsletter. One year later, the Genie has received thousands of orders and is about one year from delivery.

Newly found photographs show the history of Intel Israel - one of Israel’s most important business relationships. Intel opened its Israeli office in 1974 - two years after Israeli Dov Frohman invented the EPROM erasable read-only memory chip. Intel now employs 10,000 Israelis.

Israel’s Technion is running its 10th annual BizTEC competition. In that decade, it has produced 122 startups that have raised over $100 million in funds. The winning ideas include a liquid biological bandage, a keyhole surgery system, digital mapping of shipping and much more.

Samsung and Israeli startup Mybitat together are to develop an innovative smart home solution aimed at helping the elderly stay safe while at home. It combines cloud-based software, advanced sensors and behavior analytics to monitor seniors' daily routine and wellness.

Israel’s President Rivlin met the 12 winners of Israel’s 2015 Young Scientists Competition organized by Jerusalem’s Bloomfield Science Museum. The winners will represent Israel at the Intel ISEF competition and the Young Scientists competition in Europe.

Although battery swapping failed for Better Place’s Israeli electric cars, the technology has found favor for buses running in Nanjing, the capital of Jiangsu Province in Eastern China. Israel’s Ziv Av Engineering (ZAE) will design and supply the battery switching stations.

Thirty-five startups using the best and most innovative of Israeli technologies were on display at Microsoft Israel’s ThinkNext 2015. Microsoft flew in top executives from the US to see a chat search engine, a smart faucet, a Skype language translator and a wearable fitness device.

A week that attracted and connected fast growing startups, corporate international innovation teams, exceptional talents and investors from Holland and Israel.

Latest news on the sustainable fish farms built by Israel’s LivinGreen that I featured previously . In 2014, LivinGreen led an educational project in Ghana, building farms from local materials. LivinGreen also participated in other projects in Ethiopia and China.

India’s Natural Organic Farmers’ Association is working with Israeli companies to import Israeli grafting technology in order to improve crop yields and pest resistance whilst reducing water usage and the indiscriminate use of fertilizers.