“Green” Energy
Israel’s Ormat Industries is to build the largest geothermal power plant in the world in a deal worth $130 million. New Zealand generates a third of its energy from geothermal sources.
“Green” Chemistry
The new environmental chemistry degree course at Israel’s Ariel University allows students to specialize in clean-tech - including ozone depletion, pollution and the ecological impact of energy.
More Milk
Details from Israel’s Central Bureau of Statistics confirm that Israeli dairy cows produce more milk than those in any other country.
The power of Jerusalem
Intel Jerusalem has installed 228 solar panels on its roof that will generate 85 thousand kW a year to feed into Israel’s electric grid. It is Intel's first photovoltaic system outside the USA.
More chips please
For years, Intel was the only microprocessor manufacturer developing microchips in Israel. Now its main competitor Advanced Micro Devices is to set up a Research & Development centre here.
Hello Moto Israel
Israel is strategic for Motorola. They have just inaugurated their new Research & Development centre next to Ben Gurion Airport, which cost $28 million to build.
Triple whammy
Israel’s High-Tech Industry Association 2011 conference included 3 breakthrough Israeli products. 2P2D’s ClinicAid drug dispenser, MicroPointing’s tiny mouse and SolChip’s solar semi-conductors.
EUREKA in Israel
The pan-European network for market- oriented industrial research & development and innovation biennial conference used the Israeli parliament to announce its commitment to expanding R&D.
A system on a chip
The Israeli management team that runs DSP Group have announced the release of the world’s first wireless multimedia and telephony system on a single microprocessor chip.
The “age-old” question
Another Israeli experiment was aboard the Endeavour space shuttle. It compared cellular decay in space with that on Earth in order to determine some of the factors that affect why people age.