By Techisrael

Jerusalem-based Snapkeys makes a smartphone app that lets you easily type without using a keyboard, with the text input easier than the usual “soft” keyboard you get with your touch cellphone.

An Israeli company has developed a system that helps take the pressure off 3G data networks by “off-loading” usage to WiFi hotspots. The company, called WeFi, provides an application of the same name that lets you search and find millions – over 100 million, in fact – open Wifi hotspots all over the world!

Instead of braving the 4 AM crowds in search of a bargain during the holiday season, the Israeli start-up Superfish has developed an improved virtual shopping technology to better the online shopping experience.

Israeli startup GRPL discovered a way to utilize sludge and turn it into electricity. This innovative process will save money and will significantly help clean up the environment.

Israeli start-up Sol-Chip develops disposable, solar-powered batteries designed for specific products and are being integrated as part of the device. It's a green, low-cost solution that takes the burden off managers, and puts it on the sun, which is “responsible” for powering and recharging the batteries that make these devices work.