Israel Active

Dr Amit Goffer invented the amazing Israeli exoskeleton that allows paraplegics to walk upright. He explains how the device works at Israel’s Technion, where he and his team studied science.

The French company EDF energy is working in partnership with Dalkia Israel to build five solar farms on Kibbutz sites across Israel.

Israel’s Fulcrum Stable Proteins is the first company in the world to harness proteins and nanoparticles for use in composite materials. It has just raised $2.3 million.

Israeli wastewater treatment company Emefcy was named Early Stage Company of the Year at the Global Cleantech 100 Summit and Gala held in Washington, DC. Seven Israeli companies were included in the Top 100 – the only Middle East country to be represented.

Brightway Vision has adapted its parent company Elbit’s night vision technology and is now working to produce an inexpensive system that improves vision while driving at night in order to prevent road accidents.

Moshe Lichtman has retired from being the head of Microsoft Israel’s Research & Development. Now at 55, he wants to build an Israeli company with annual sales over $1 billion.

Throughout Israel and abroad, Israeli company Conceptic’s has an exciting way to order your food in a restaurant. It’s been available for a few years, but I’ve only just got my teeth into it.

The Israeli social-enhanced satellite navigation traffic guidance system is to launch in the world’s largest country. 20% of Israelis and 7 million Americans use Waze. Also a 21 minute overview film.

Israeli start-up Qwilt has launched its product to manage the increasing volume of video traffic on companies Internet networks. Video is now 40% of Internet traffic and is forecast to double by 2015.

The team won $20,000 in the regional finals of the Intel Challenge Entrepreneurship competition in Poland. Their “perfect photo” venture goes into the global final in the US in November.