Israel Active

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.

Weizmann scientists Brian Berkowitz and Ishai Dror have designed a chemical treatment system that can purify polluted water. It combines Diatomite, Iron and Vitamin B12.

The Hiriya landfill site that used to be such an eyesore to motorists has become Ariel Sharon Park and a top tourist destination during the holiday of Tabernacles.

Due to Egypt’s ban on the sale of palm branches to Israel for the Tabernacles holiday, an innovative Israeli technique was used for storing previously harvested branches.

Israel’s navy has installed a new simulator known as the “Bridge”. The new anti-terror technology will allow Israeli marines and commandos to thwart threats at sea more efficiently.

Israel is about to launch a spy satellite, able to take high-resolution images from an altitude of 600 kilometres. Its main task will be to keep a watch on Iran's nuclear programme sites and its arms shipments to Lebanon's Shiite militia Hezbollah.

See what happens when a flock of pelicans collide with an F15 plane? The engines catch fire and the pilot has just seconds to avert disaster.

When you visit the Haifa Museum of Art you are invited to complete a questionnaire and then are given a tailored guide to which exhibits should interest you.