Israeli printers print futuristic clothing
(Thanks to NoCamels) Award-winning Japanese designer Yuima Nakazato used a Stratasys (Objet500 Connex) multi-material 3D printer to design bibs that combine numbers and images of human muscles, emphasizing his perception of clothing as an “extension of the body.”
The highest percentage of twins in the world
(Thanks to Israel21c) In Israel, 51 of every 1,000 births result in twins. The next highest - Holland - has 20 twins per 1,000 births. Israel’s fully funded fertility treatments are chiefly responsible. (N.B. This may not be good news in every case!)
Advanced science on the ground
Bar Ilan University archaeologists have purchased a $70,000 X-Ray Florescent Spectrometer Handheld (XRF) to go with the Fourier Transform IR spectrometer (FTIR) already being used. The devices provide the best in-the-field atomic and molecular analytic capabilities in the world.
A shoe for diabetics
(Thanks to NoCamels.com) Young Israeli designer Lilach Steiner, from the Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, has come up with a shoe designed to improve blood circulation. Her “diabetic shoes” are modeled on the mechanism of a horse’s hoof, which acts as a pump to return blood to the legs.
One button to rule them all
It can be frustrating that it takes so many actions and so much time to get your Android smartphone to do a simple task - like take a photo. Now Israeli start-up Pressy does everything for you at a press of a button attached to your headphone socket. (Great youtube video)
Geothermal power station completed
Israel’s Ormat Industries has completed the 100-megawatt Ngatamariki geothermal power plant in New Zealand. The plant is the largest singular binary power plant in the world. Ormat has now built 14 geothermal power plants in New Zealand totaling 350 megawatts.
Factory for medical start-ups
The Hebrew University’s Biodesign Entrepreneurship program is Israel's first medical innovation accelerator. Student teams take clinical problems from Israeli and American hospitals, evaluate commercial potential and design a solution, protected by a patent application.
Making dentures in minutes, not days
One of the latest medical innovations arising from the Hebrew U’s Biodesign program (above) is a tool that measures the mouth exactly, without the traditional putty method that dental technicians have been using for 100 years. The process is fast and painless, producing perfect dentures.
Plant freezes itself to avoid droughts
Israeli scientists from Kinneret College have genetically engineered a plant that can withstand droughts by ‘freezing itself’ after not receiving water for a certain period of time. The plant then ‘returns to life’ after the water supply is renewed, without any damage to the plant’s structure.
Cleaner, healthier and cheaper than bottled water
(Thanks to Nevet - www.BroaderView.org ) Israeli start-up Woosh installs and maintains Drinking Water Vending Machines in major cities. Woosh cleanses recycled plastic bottles and fills them with purified water.