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Israel’s Hadiklaim Date Growers’ Cooperative commissioned veteran Israeli date grower Moshe Kirat to bring his date growth expertise to the La Quinta Date Farm in California. In one year, Kirat has reduced water consumption by 43% and boosted productivity, saving over $2.4 million.

Those who remember the TV series Knight Rider will be pleased to hear that the Israeli-Californian Robin Labs has designed an intelligent voice recognition and communication system for the driver. It can provide updates on traffic, routes, parking locations, gas prices, weather, and more. It can even tell jokes.

Israel Technion’s 2014 TechnoBrain challenge was to build a device that can climb 25 meters at an 80-degree angle without using combustion or open flame energy sources. It must slide down whilst lifting a space elevator carrying practical cargo. This is how teams solved the problem.

Not a recent video, but a timely one, in view of the current situation in Israel.

(Thanks to Israel21c) Israeli start-up Bapeep is developing a car alarm that, when you switch off your car engine, will remind you to take your baby out of the car. On average, 37 US children die every year after being forgotten in a hot car. Bapeep’s Indiegogo Crowdfunding goal is $300,000.

Israel’s Perion Network has developed the Lenovo Browser Guard that will be pre-installed on Lenovo laptops, PCs and tablets. It stops Internet sites from installing unwanted software on your computer. It also prevents unauthorized changes to the computer’s default browser and settings.

Tel Aviv-based Tracense Systems has developed the world’s first nanotech-based “electronic nose” to sniff out security threats like bombs, biological warfare agents, and toxic liquids. The ‘laboratory-on-a-chip’ sensors even outperform “sniffer” dogs.

(Thanks to Atid-EDI) Israel’s LinX Imaging has developed miniature multi-aperture cameras for mobile devices. Twin sensors provide far better quality than standard single sensors. Functionality includes 3D face recognition and ability to refocus even after capture.

Israel is set to enter the thermo-solar arena by constructing the first thermo-solar field in Israel, at Ashelim in the Negev. The NIS 2.9 billion ($850 million) sun tower will generate 121MW of electric power (sufficient for a medium size Israeli city), which will be fed into the Israeli grid.

I always like to highlight when anti-Israel media feature an Israeli innovation. It took the UK Guardian newspaper 2 months to report on Consumer Physics’ SCIO sensor. I wonder what the sensor indicates when Guardian reporters test it on their brains.