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(Thanks to Atid-EDI) For patients with complex medical conditions, Israeli-developed Hello Doctor is a new mobile application that organizes all your medical records. It makes sure you can easily navigate and access them, no matter how many different doctors or clinics you visit.

(Thanks to Atid-EDI) Israel’s N-trig has announced that its pen and touch controller powers Sony’s VAIO® Duo 13 Ultrabook. N-trig’s DuoSense provides a single sensor for both pen and touch.

(Thanks to NoCamels) Israeli startup Architip’s app will show an image of what a site used to look, or informative text, when a smartphone is held up to the landscape. Point it at a faded mosaic and Architip displays it in full color, with all its drawings intact.

Chicago mayor Rahm Emanuel plans to purify his city’s water using new technologies developed by the University of Chicago and Ben-Gurion University.

Kfir Damari of Israel’s SpaceIL came to the downtown Jerusalem Startup Hub to make a presentation on his lunar exploration startup, Israel’s sole entrant in Google’s Lunar X competition, which offers a $30 million prize to whichever team’s craft can make it to the moon first.

Good video of some of Israel Technion’s top developments. It features robotics, ReWalk, focused ultrasound, stem cells, sustainable engineering and new energy research.

The Tel Aviv-Jaffa municipality is launching a pilot program to replace its fleet of 300 motorcycles with electric versions. It is part of part of a broader citywide program to reduce air pollution, greenhouse gas emissions and noise.

Israel has commenced a ten-year, multi-billion-shekel project to lay a national fiber optic network that will allow Internet download speeds of up to a gigabit (1,000 megabits) per second.

Cisco CEO John Chambers’ prediction came after meeting Prime Minister Netanyahu and agreeing to help upgrade Israel’s digital infrastructure. Israel is moving to connect fiber-optic networks and infrastructure to homes, businesses, education and healthcare all at once.

Interview with Gadi Tirosh of Jerusalem Venture Partners, which is building a cyber incubator in Beersheba. It will grow IT security companies from some of the most talented Israelis in academia and the military in order to tackle the growing threats that firewalls and anti-virus cannot handle.