By john

Millions of people endure sleepless nights, even though help is at hand. They suffer a whole range of disorders, from insomnia, narcolepsy and breathing problems (apnea), to teeth-grinding and restless legs syndrome. But to get a proper diagnosis they need to spend the night in an unfamiliar bed at a special sleep clinic, wearing a […]

Origami, the Japanese art of paper folding, is helping thousands of pupils pass their geometry tests. Six hundred schools in Israel are currently using Origametria – a series of fun, hands-on lessons that covers the entire curriculum. Youngsters watch animated videos on screen, follow the folding instructions – as they unfold – and learn about […]

It started when media entrepreneur Gilad Piker realized his 15-year-old nephew – who has autism and is non-verbal – wasn’t so interested in the cartoon on TV, but was fascinated by the credits at the end. Piker is now about to launch what he calls “Netflix for the neurodiverse”, the world’s first video streaming channel […]

Alan Turing called it the Imitation Game. It was 1950 and the father of modern computing already knew there’d come a time when machines could imitate man, when they’d become so “clever” we wouldn’t know if we were talking to a computer or a person. That time is now. AI21 Labs, the Israeli artificial intelligence […]

Steve Avery is bringing the world’s greatest chefs into thousands of home kitchens. He’s on a mission to share their secrets with ordinary cooks, who are fed up scouring the internet for recipes that might be great. And might be terrible. YesChef is an online education platform that currently features the culinary wisdom of seven […]

Most of us can only dream of owning a Rimac Nevera. It’s the world’s fastest electric car (258mph), it costs $3 million, and only 150 of them will ever be made. Ian Davidson has bought one. Car number 147 is currently under construction in Croatia, and he’s offering fellow enthusiasts the opportunity to own a […]

Israel is celebrating its 75th birthday. It is no longer an infant nation fighting for survival against hostile neighbors. Today (Wednesday, April 26) it marks a milestone in what has been a difficult development, punctuated all too often by wars, terror, economic crises and political turmoil. A spirit of determination, enterprise and innovation has earned […]

A startup says it has genome-edited a species of fly used for animal feed so that it grows 50 percent bigger. FreezeM, a startup based at Kibbutz Nahshonim, in central Israel, breeds Black Soldier Flies (BSF) and supplies them to farmers in suspended animation. Farmers feed them on any kind of organic waste, from agricultural […]

One of the biggest frustrations for air passengers is standing in line, waiting for their bags to be scanned. And one of the biggest dangers for the airline industry is that security staff, who spend their days staring at the screen, will miss something. SeeTrue, an Israeli startup, addresses both problems with an AI system […]

Today is Yom HaShoah – Holocaust Remembrance Day – when Israel honors the six million Jews murdered by the Nazis. Most young people here visit Poland with their high school, to see the concentration camps for themselves and to understand the horrors of what happened there during World War II. Most, but not all. Such […]

Patients will soon be discussing their symptoms with ChatGPT before their consultation with a “real” GP. They will, for the first time, be able to explain to a computer what’s troubling them, in their own words. Kahun, a startup based in Tel Aviv, already uses AI to carry out a three-minute question and answer session […]

The Sharing Memories project is to highlight testimonies of Holocaust survivors with a series of Instagram posts to mark Yom HaShoah (on Tuesday, April 18th). Artists, content creators and online influencers will upload stories told by some of Israel’s 150,000-plus Holocaust survivors, almost all aged over 80. The project targets a younger generation through social […]

An international network of Viagra counterfeiters was exposed after AI tracked the sale of machines used to stamp the dose onto the fake pills. Israeli startup EverC, which combats cyber-fraud, followed the trail of over 1,000 websites selling the stamping machines on the black market in China. The trail led them to customers who bought […]

Big companies rely on big courier services like FedEx, DHL or UPS to deliver millions of parcels every day. But if you’re running a small business, or you simply need to send an urgent letter, document or birthday present, the corporate couriers just aren’t interested. So says Amir Demri, CEO of Israeli startup Shipper Global, […]

There was a time, not so long ago, when worried Israelis would listen out for daily updates on the water level of the Sea of Galilee (or the Kinneret, as it is known in Hebrew). It’s the country’s only significant freshwater lake and was, until recently, its primary source of water. So it was a […]