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Israel’s Memphis.dev gives software developers a fast way to build links for communicating between applications and transmitting masses amounts of data (streaming) from one place to another. Thousands of developers have downloaded and recommended the Memphis message broker.

Gentle Giant Studios used the XiP Desktop 3D printer of Israel’s Nexa3D (see previously) to produce high-quality prototypes for Disney Pixar’s new “Elemental” movie. Nexa3D’s xMODEL17-Clear resin achieved the desired visual effects for the fire and water characters.

A from Israel’s Code for Israel (see previously) have created a website “Ani Al Ze” (Hebrew for “I’m on it”) to help PTSD sufferers combat procrastination. The website is currently offered by NATAL, an Israeli non-profit that treats citizens suffering from war- and terror-related trauma.

Israel’s Link Shoes has developed the “flipshoe,” which it says offers the freedom of a flip flop combined with the comfort and safety of a closed shoe. The shoe bends and flexes, provides arch support, and unlike flip flops, you can walk distances, run, and ride a bike while wearing them.

Israel’s theGist has totally upgraded its message consolidation facility (see previously). It has now launched a platform that uses generative AI technology to create a single AI-managed hub that centralizes employee work apps. Its aim is to boost productivity and prevent information overload.

Three Israeli startups are included in the inaugural XB100 ranking of the top 100 private deep-tech companies, published by XPRIZE and Bessemer Venture Partners. They are , , and (previously Future Meat Technologies).

The speakers at Israel Cyber Week include Nathaniel Fick, the U.S. ambassador at large for cyberspace and digital policy; Liesyl Franz, U.S. deputy assistant secretary for international cyberspace security; plus, the CIOs of US departments of Energy, and of Transportation.

Israeli archaeologists and computer scientists have created an AI-powered neural translation program for 5,000-year-old Akkadian cuneiform. Tens of thousands of digitized cuneiform tablets, that never could be understood before, can now be translated into English instantaneously.

Six previously reported Israeli companies were selected as 2023 World Economic Forum's "Technology Pioneers" who are making progress in sustainability, advanced manufacturing, and inclusive healthcare. They are AIVF, Aporia, Electriq Global, OX Security, Tastewise and Wilco.

The ORT Air and Space Technology High School in Ma’ale Adumim hosts the “Bridges” program class of IDF Intelligence Branch Unit 8200 and the IDF Personnel Branch Education Corps. It gives young students exposure to computers and cyber, and tools to integrate into Israel’s high-tech industry.