Israel Active

This is the definitive list of Israel’s inventions. It includes the solar water heater, amniocentesis testing, drip irrigation, desalination, unmanned drone aircraft, 8088 and Centrino computer chips, RSA encryption, Quasicrystals, instant messaging, Pillcam, the flash drive, ReWalk and a whole lot more.

Massachusetts Institute of Technology conducted a survey of 61 experts from 20 countries who voted Israel’s Technion as the world’s sixth highest in the league chart of entrepreneurship and innovation in higher education institutions. Israel came third in the national chart.

Israeli agri-tech start-up MiRobot has developed “the greatest thing to happen in dairy farming in 100 years” – an automated milking machine. At a fraction of the cost of competitors, MiRobot is finishing the development of a working demo and seeking to raise funds in order to go into full production.

(Thanks to NoCamels) Israeli startup ListNPlay has developed an app called EQuala that enables users to create a personalized music stream based on the musical tastes of their friends. It is claimed to be the first true social radio.

Companies using computer software from Israel’s SiSense can analyze their massive files of business data in seconds to provide answers to key business intelligence questions. SiSense has customers in 49 countries and has just raised funds to grow its sales and support teams.

Israeli start-up SphereUp has developed a smart contact search which can find anyone on a website, contact database, or any other information source. The search is nearly instantaneous, eliminates duplicates and displays only the relevant data.

Five Israeli agriculture technology start-ups are shortly to tour the US, seeking investors. They include use SolChip (solar powered livestock tracking sensors), EdenShield (natural herbs to prevent insect infestation of plants) and MiRobot (robot milking machine – see above).

More details about the evolutionary aluminum-air battery of the Israeli-based technology company Phinergy. It powers an electric vehicle (EV) for up to 1,000 miles (1600 km) before needing a recharge – three times longer than existing EVs. It certainly impressed US President Obama.

Tel Aviv’s Enstorage has produced the first ever grid-connected Hydrogen-Bromine (HBr) flow battery. The 50 KW battery provides up to 100 KWh of energy. It is the cheapest, smallest and most powerful flow batteries on the market.

The International media is full of news of the first cell phone call made in 1973 by Martin Cooper of Motorola. They are strangely silent about the fact that much of the technology was developed at Motorola’s Haifa development center.