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The MIGAL-Galilee tech centre has developed a mini-sewage plant to help small wineries, olive oil and cheese-makers deal with the pollutants from their industries. The mobile system cleans agricultural waste and creates biogas and usable irrigation water as valuable by-products.

Israeli media technology company ICVT has launched the iPhone app Beamr. For the first time ever, a virtually limitless number of full-resolution, original quality iPhone photos may be shared at lightning-fast speed via email, Facebook and Twitter.

Israeli designer Udi Rimon essentially rendered Tel Aviv’s cars redundant with his design of Tel-O-Porter – a genius bike trailer that connects to the city’s shared Tel-O-Fun bicycles. Made of aluminum tubes and stainless steel mesh, the trailer doubles as a hand held cart and holds up to 45kg of cargo.

(Thanks to NoCamels) No need to get dirty or buy an expensive tyre pressure gauge. Download the TyreCheck app from Israel’s Neomatix and use your Smartphone to scan the tyres. If you need air, TyreCheck then tells you where to find the nearest air pump and the correct pressure.

While there’s no substitute for the real thing, this app attempts to recreate the feel of standing beside a real Torah. Not only does the Hebrew-lettering mirror the script found in an actual Torah, the app even comes with a “yad” – the hand shaped pointer traditionally used to touch the parchment of the Torah.

Science and Technology Ministry officials dedicated a “space center” in memory of the late astronaut Col. Ilan Ramon, in the Arab city of Taiba. It will serve residents of the Galilee Triangle for study, experimentation and enrichment in the field of space and the sciences.

Do you recall the solar tower shaped like a flower that Israel has built in the Negev desert and also installed in Spain? Well it has been vastly improved recently and is now much more efficient and with less downtime. New sites are planned in Mexico and in Arizona, USA.

The team that manufactured the cardboard bicycle has now produced a cardboard wheelchair for less than $10. Made from recycled cardboard, plastic bottles and recycled tires, it supports up to 400 pounds, resists both moisture and humidity, and requires no maintenance.

(Thanks to NoCamels) Israel’s Mobileye, which specializes in driver-assistance-systems, now is developing an automated driving system based on a combination of cameras, radars and audio sensors, which navigate the car even in a tight urban environment.

The Israeli Army has been using unmanned vehicles for at least five years to protect Israelis. The IDF is to upgrade its driverless fleet, to include vehicles that will safely and autonomously transport weapons and equipment to soldiers already in the field.