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The Technion became the first Israeli University to be photographed for Google Street View. Filming lasted two days, using special cameras to take 360-degree views.

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.

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.

Israel’s BrightSource Energy is building a huge 750MW Concentrated Solar Power plant that will generate more electricity than 3.5 traditional US coal or gas-fired power plants.

Tel Aviv University researchers have developed sophisticated software, based on facial recognition technology, to piece together digitized fragments of the fragments discovered in an Egyptian synagogue in the late 19th Century.

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.