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Israeli-developed radar satellite Ofek 10 was launched on Apr 9th from central Israel. Its advanced technology provides day and night observation and imaging under any weather conditions. It is quicker, more durable and less expensive than its predecessors.

The US giant is in advanced talks to make its first purchase of an Israeli company. Anobit provides flash memory solutions for smartphones, tablets, and music players.

(News thanks to NoCamels.) Why use the 140-year old QWERTY keyboard? With the transparent keyboard for touch-screen devices, Israeli family owned company Inpris uses an intuitive way of writing based on the movements of the fingers rather than pressing a certain point on the screen.

(News via NoCamels.) Technion-Israel Institute of Technology researchers have now found a new way to generate an electrical field inside quantum dots, making them more suitable for building energy-efficient nano-crystal solar cells rather than the silicon-based cells currently used.

The Israeli government is financing up to 60 percent of 25,000 new refrigerators for low-income people, to encourage use of higher-efficiency appliances that curb both spending and pollution. In 2012, the scheme will extend to air-conditioners, light-bulbs and hopefully TVs, washing machines and boilers.

Spacecom Satellite Communications launched its Amos 5 communications satellite on 11th December from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Spacecom has already signed several multi-million dollar international satellite communications services contracts for the Amos 5.

President Shimon Peres has unveiled an Israeli project to get an unmanned spaceship to the moon by 2014. If all goes according to schedule, Israel will be the third country ever to land a spacecraft on the moon, following the U.S. and Russia.

Last week’s JPost blog, available here if you missed it.

Another trailer for the documentary “Israel Inside.” The full-length film features the country as seen by an Israeli, Dr. Tal Ben Shahar, who returns home to find a far different country than the one he left and discovers how it happened.

Israel’s Modelity Technologies has won Structured Products Magazine's 2011 Technology Innovation award. Modelity develops and markets software for the financial market, combining innovative technology with advanced financial knowledge.