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The National Infrastructure Ministry will be allocating NIS 13 million to entrepreneurial projects in renewable energy.

This year’s annual Technology conference and exhibition, run by international Web publication, TechCrunch, includes so many Israeli start-ups that they will have their own branded area.

Their iPhone application won over the 150 attendees at Tel Aviv’s TechAviv Founders Club. Its interactive attendee list and networking software won the Peer Award for top demo.

Microsoft is always encouraging young Israeli scientists to invent software for their mobile phones. In its latest competition, 300 Israeli students demonstrated their ideas in Tel Aviv.

The “People of The Book” have done it again. You can now produce your own book on a subject of your choice, using Bookit! – a program developed by a group of Israel Technion students.

Certainly not a story about Israel’s football team! This relates to Rafael’s new MIC-AD system which displays on a single screen all the threats that air defences need to deal with.

The 2011 WATEC (Water Technology) conference and exhibition is to take place in Israel in November. The UK is one of many countries that will be sending a delegation.

Or it will be when the new 20,000 sq. m. courthouse is built. The architects have designed it to be built from eco-friendly materials. It is scheduled to be ready in 2014.

The Museum of the Jewish People – Beit Hatfutsot is to undergo major renovations. The new Core Exhibition will take visitors on a journey of discovery and exploration into our ongoing story.

This powerful video highlights the Israel Technion’s work in counter terrorism. It features nano parachutes to detect killer spores, search & rescue robots and 3D face-recognition.