Israel has awarded a total of NIS 5.3 million to five projects that benefit the environment. They are Agrint (pesticides), Daika Wood (wall cladding), Diptera.ai (mosquitoes), Clean Flare (burning gases) and Emma Sensing (corrosion in pipes). https://innovationisrael.org.il/en/news/pilots-environmental-technologies-granted-support-total-nis-53-million https://www.jpost.com/business-and-innovation/tech-and-start-ups/article-692288 https://www.oktopuscloud.com/terralab-daika https://www.cleanflare.co.uk/

Israel’s Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design is unveiling this year’s innovations by more than 400 graduating industrial design students. Highlights – a field blood supply kit for medics, a home dialysis machine, artificial fruit to fight global food and … Continue reading →

I reported previously (Apr 2016) about Israel’s BioFeed which developed a solution that killed the Ziko virus-carrying mosquito without having to spray crops. Now BioFeed’s no-spray fruit-fly solution is helping protect Indian mango farmers against the devastating pest. https://www.israel21c.org/fruit-fly-iron-dome-for-the-farmers-of-india/

Israeli startup SolarPaint, based on Kibbutz Nahsholim in northern Israel, has developed “electrode-net” (ultra-thin wireframe – similar to mosquito netting) and nanoparticle-infused coating to generate solar power from roofs, walls and, eventually, even roads. https://www.thesolarpaint.com/ http://www.jns.org/latest-articles/2017/4/17/israeli-entrepreneurs-see-a-bright-future-for-solar-technology https://www.youtube.com/embed/4R8-ylw0Hf4?rel=0 https://www.youtube.com/embed/QO067NAxiyw?rel-0