By ariel

A revolutionary safety system using cameras to scan a motorcycle’s surroundings and alert drivers in real time is the first commercially available solution of its kind.  Israel’s Ride Vision uses front and rear wide-angle cameras to monitor the environment around the motorcycle and deliver instant alerts to the rider in the form of blinking lights […]

Flip over the boxes of many products offering plant-based alternatives to meat and you’ll see that in their mission to imitate, they actually include a long list of highly processed ingredients that aren’t nutritious at all.  Israeli startup More Foods creates healthy and high-protein products using pumpkin and sunflower seeds, and just a handful of […]

Shrimp found in the coral reefs of the Red Sea may offer a natural alternative to the unhealthy chemicals used to whiten foods, cosmetics, and paints.  A new study by Dr. Ben Palmer of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev and his student Tali Lemcoff found that the Pacific Cleaner Shrimp produces one of nature’s most […]

An Israeli company that uses bacteria to help crops grow has received approval to operate in Canada. Lavie Bio uses “bio-stimulants” to improve food quality, sustainability, and agricultural productivity. These stimulants are made from microbial populations such as bacteria, which live within a plant or close to it. The company announced that it had received […]

Israeli 3D printing firm Stratasys has joined forces with American company Desktop Metal in a merger valued at approximately $1.8 billion.  Stratasys is known for its versatile 3D printing, which includes printing solutions for NASA’s first moon mission in 50 years, developing 3D printing machines that can create electric four-wheelers overnight, and announcing the joint […]

A company that develops chip-sized receivers to wirelessly charge devices has expanded its tech offering to a new, seven-inch video display for commercial use.  Wi-Charge’s chip charges the device into which it is embedded by absorbing infrared rays from a ceiling-mounted transmitter, which it converts back into electricity. The ceiling-mounted transmitter is also developed by […]

You wouldn’t think it, but a field of flowers can be a pretty noisy place. Not because of the chirping birds or the buzzing bees… but because of the sounds the plants make themselves.  For the first time ever, Israeli researchers have been able to prove that plants do indeed make noise. They picked up […]

An Israeli startup is shortening the time it takes to develop large amounts of cultivated meat, by producing new kinds of insulin to spur the growth process. Enzymit creates the form of insulin normally mass produced from the pig or cow pancreas, which is cheaper and helps grow animal cells more quickly. The startup is […]

An Israeli startup has developed a way for users to enjoy mobile games without even touching their phone screens.  The Mudra Band – an AI-powered wristband that was created by Wearable Devices – can be paired to any device via Bluetooth, and let users experience mobile gaming with finger and hand gestures alone. It can […]

A Canadian drink made headlines in 2018 when it was touted as being able to pack a similar buzz to booze, despite not containing even a single drop of alcohol.  Users later reported that they indeed felt no desire to consume alcohol after ingesting it, experienced no ill effects, and had no urge to continue […]

An Israeli startup has developed an unexpected and innovative method of replacing sugary syrup that binds snack bar ingredients together: using sound waves to compress and hold the ingredients in place. There’s nothing more convenient than grabbing a tasty snack bar when you’re in need of an energy boost on the go or simply cannot […]

A chewing gum infused with an ancient sugar-blocking herb may help people lose weight, according to a new consumer study.  Israeli startup Sweet Victory imbues the Indian botanical gymnema sylvestre into its gum, which blocks the taste receptors for sweetness when it is chewed for just two minutes. The company says that its effects last […]

Dave is a new oncology mentor who provides support to cancer patients. He’s also an AI conversational chatbot. The chatbot is able to provide oncology-specific, precise, comprehensive and empathetic answers to cancer patients’ challenges. It also communicates empathetically with users and retains a long-term memory of previous conversations, allowing multiple chat sessions. Dave was developed […]

Israel’s ophthalmologists are getting a boost from innovators developing solutions for eye diseases and eye health.  “I think we can see how this industry has matured in Israel, both on the management side, and in the sense of understanding what to develop, and how to develop it,” says Dr. Barak Azmon, a pioneering entrepreneur in […]

Israeli farmers are providing a parcel of land each for solar panels to generate renewable power for a quarter of a million people. The country enjoys an enviable 300 days of sunshine a year, on average, yet nearly 70 percent of its electricity is produced by burning natural gas from its massive reserves in the […]