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The International Technion Computer Engineering (TCE) conference attracted speakers from Alcatel-Lucent, Cisco, IBM, Mellanox, Microsoft and RAD. And from Cambridge, Princeton, UC Berkeley, UCLA and UPenn universities

IBM Haifa’s application will make it possible for consumers to pan store shelves with their cameras on their mobile devices and receive personalized product information, recommendations and coupons while they browse the aisles.

Mooly Eden, President of Intel Israel, was named one of the world’s 10 most brilliant technological minds on this year’s Fortune 500 list. Under Eden’s leadership, Intel Israel has been responsible for the innovation behind processors like the Core 2 Duo and Sandy Bridge.

Israel has launched its first-ever international "green" campaign, to promote its achievements in environmental technology. 10-second adverts on CNN stress that Israel is a leader in the development of green technology and that Israeli innovations in the field are used the world over.

On July 3rd and 4th Tel Aviv hosts the 16th Annual International Summit and Exhibition for Water Technologies, Energy Efficiency, Renewable Energy, Recycling, Green Transportation and Green Building. Israel’s most advanced CleanTech products and technologies will be on display.

Check out the 28 Israeli start-ups coming to London to showcase at the Innovate Israel 2012. The event aims to connect Israeli web, mobile & digital entrepreneurs & businesses with their UK & European counterparts.

Astronomers led by scientists at Tel Aviv University have developed a new method of detecting the first stars formed when the universe was in its infancy. Using powerful 3-D computer models, they have shown that the first stars clumped together into a “cosmic web” formation.

Energy experts from the USA and Puerto Rico have been touring Israel’s CleanTech development sites. They include Ben Gurion University’s Institute for Desert Research, BrightSource Energy’s Solar Development centre and Ashkelon’s desalination plant.

Nation-E has launched a smart grid and energy storage system. The lithium-ion battery system allows homes, hospitals, utilities and other institutions to produce renewable energy from solar panels and wind turbines and store the unused surplus for backup or selling to the National Grid.