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.
Cars that talk to each other
(Thanks to Israel21c) Israel’s Autotalks is a world leader in vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) communication systems. The purpose of V2V systems is to cut the millions of road traffic deaths and injuries by warning drivers of impending hazards.
No gas in new Israeli aerosols
(Thanks to Israel21c) Israeli startup GreenSpense has developed an eco-friendly system for dispensing liquid products. Instead of compressed air or chemicals, a thin elastic sleeve inside the product generates high pressure. There is also no need for the container to be metallic or cylindrical.
Technion graduates make top US CEOs
According to Bloomberg Rankings, graduates of Israel’s Technion Institute make up the seventh highest number of Chief Executives of the top technical companies in the USA. Bloomberg analyzed 250 CEOs of US hi-tech companies with a turnover of over $1 billion.
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!)
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.