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Israel’s Technion ran a 5-day competition for Dutch and Israeli graduate students as part of the Dutch Prime Minister’s visit to Israel. The students had to solve water issues, with the winning team developing a plan to encourage Arab farmers to irrigate using recycled wastewater.

Intel-Israel is a major contributor to Intel’s Baytrail processor, which powers the new range of “two-in-one” computers from Dell, ASUS, Toshiba, Acer, HP, Sharp and Lenovo (so far). All the devices have detachable keyboards and run either Windows 8.1 (as laptops) or Android (when a tablet).

Israel’s Zula has developed a new way to manage team communications using mobile devices. Zula brings the best of video conferencing, file sharing, facebook, LinkedIn, Google+ and email to revolutionize teamwork. Zula has just received a seed investment from Microsoft Ventures.

(Thanks to Israel21c) The City Transformer is an Israeli concept car designed for the urban environment. To cater for limited parking places, the car’s width can be reduced from 1.6 meters to a mere one meter. Weighing only 400 kg, it will run on a rechargeable battery.

(Thanks to) On 31st May 2014 BBC World News featured Israel’s innovative technology on its “Click” program. If you live in the UK you can watch it on BBC iPlayer here.

(Thanks to NoCamels) Israeli students Alina Boukovsky and Yirat Lorenz, from Rishon LeZion’s College of Management Academic Studies, won first prize in the 2013 WING Global Student Design Competition. “The Blob” is the title of their innovative computer workstation.

Israeli scientists are to use the new Agriculture Technology Center to develop the “Facebook or Wikipedia of agricultural technologies”. They will build a model to incorporate information technology into modern farming and assist farmers in implementing the model.

(Thanks to Atid-EDI) Tel Aviv-based Fireblade protects websites with page-hits in the billions. Fireblade announced that it is partnering with Los Angeles’ EdgeCast Networks, one of the world’s top content delivery networks, to provide next-generation website security.

Israel’s LycoRed has developed Lyc-O-Pro, a science-based formulation targeting prostate and bladder health. Lyc-O-Pro combines curcumin, omega 3 fatty acids, zinc, and a proprietary tomato extract optimized for men’s health.

The presidents were Professor Menachem Ben Sasson, President of the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, and Professor Habibollah Habib, President of Kabul University in Afghanistan. The two met at a conference for 2000 educators from 110 countries at the Confucius Institute in Beijing and discussed bilateral relations and possible collaborations.