Israel’s street-lab in Manhattan
15 scientists from Israel, aged 16-18, are to present Israeli technological advancements in a "street lab" tent in Manhattan's Union Square. The inventions include a handicapped parking protection system, a seizure-alerting cell phone app and a drunk driving prevention system.
Glowing plants
(Thanks to NoCamels.com) No need for electric street lighting in the future – the trees will glow. Israeli-American company Genome Compiler is working to synthesize the DNA of an Arabidopsis plant with genes from a firefly that cause natural luminosity.
Grasping the opportunity
(Thanks to Israel21c) Israel’s Omek Interactive has taken the new Gesture Technology to a different level in order to manipulate PC, mobile and gaming screens. Omek’s “Grasp” follows 22 points along each hand and fingers to open a whole new world of possibilities.
It’s how you say it
Voice emotion recognition developer Beyond Verbal has launched a patented technology that can extract, decode, and measure a full spectrum of human emotions from a person’s raw voice. Based on 18 years of research, its emotional detection engines understand someone’s mood and attitude as they speak.
Israeli technology helped capture Boston bombers
Surveillance cameras alone were not enough to locate the Boston Marathon terrorists. Israeli hi-tech company BriefCam enabled investigators to summarize an hour of surveillance video footage into only one minute and also zoom in on people and objects whose movements changed during the filming. The system then tracked those movements from the beginning of the video.
Your computer knows it’s you
(Thanks to NoCamels.com) Israeli start-up BioCatch can protect you against someone maliciously trying to access your private information. It recognizes that no two people use a computer the same way, whether it’s how you move your mouse pointer or the tiny differences in your reaction speed.
Denver airport to be NICE and secure
Israel’s NICE Systems is to deploy its Situator global situation management solution at Denver International Airport (DIA) to enhance security and safety. Denver is the largest and fifth-busiest airport in the US, serving more than 50 million passengers annually.
Watch your dog go for a walk
The ultimate dog-walking service is available in New York and will soon spread to Boston, Chicago and San Francisco. Swifto’s Israeli-developed systems allow clients to view the route of their walker on a live map through an internal GPS tracking mobile application. And much more.
Israeli device helps nursing mothers
Mothers worried whether their babies are taking enough feed may appreciate Milksense - the latest device from Israeli startup Bradley and Luka. The Israeli chain store Dr. Baby will begin selling the device in May, with plans to market it around the globe.
Bio-furniture
Adital Ela, a sustainability design lecturer at Holon Institute of Technology, makes an entire line of interiors out of earth, straw, water and other organic natural materials. Using zero energy, she molds stools and lampshades that are incredibly sturdy can be thrown away without any undue environmental impact.