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When the terror attacks on October 7 unfolded in southern Israel and it became clear that dozens of Israeli civilians – among them women, children, the elderly and the infirm – had been dragged into Gaza by Hamas, a group of high-tech experts offered their know-how to help identify them.  Working out who is captive […]

An Israeli startup has identified tens of thousands of fake social media accounts that are supportive of Hamas, most of which were created more than a year ago and were largely inactive until the massive terror attacks in Israel on October 7.  At least 1,300 people were murdered when Hamas terrorists from Gaza struck Israeli […]

How do you make solar energy even more efficient and cost effective? According to Israeli startup XFloat you do it by putting large numbers of photovoltaic panels on water and making them turn to track the sun.  Photovoltaic technology converts light from the sun into electricity using solar cells. These cells or panels can be […]

For people diagnosed with serious illnesses such as cancer, the treatment period can mean a maze of emotions, appointments and medical jargon that can often prove overwhelming.  Israeli startup Belong.Life, created by the son of a cancer patient, has built an entire social media platform around the specific needs of people undergoing treatment – and […]

Renting or buying a new property is widely regarded as one of the most stressful things you can do, and is only exacerbated when confronted by a vast empty space without the furniture or trappings that make a house a home.  An Israeli startup has created an augmented reality (AR) app that allows prospective tenants […]

How do you maximize food production and prevent waste in your supply chain at a time when climate change and a growing global population are placing an increasing strain on resources?  According to Israeli startup Blue Circle, you do it in the same way you protect your technology from hackers: with artificial intelligence, machine learning […]

As the digital world expands to every area of our lives, we have become used to automated banking – with our transactions carried out instantly and with just one click.  But behind the ease with which we move our money about is still a meticulous process of verification, known as compliance, ensuring that our transactions […]

An Israeli company wants to reduce the nation’s numerous landfill sites with its organic waste disposal system.   EcoCity Green’s solution takes a wide range of organic waste and converts it into marketable compost on site, in what company founder and CEO Erez Wolf says is a unique, low-energy, low-cost process.   “This is the game changer […]

Israel has long been known for its innovation, earning its moniker of startup nation for its technological advances in medicine, climate change, agriculture and more. And that innovation has reached the country’s wine market, with sellers and growers alike turning to unique methods of growing, development and even hiring workers. And as Jews all over […]

A model embryo grown in the lab and not the womb, using stem cells and not egg and sperm, could be the future of research into pregnancy and drug testing and even provide bespoke organ transplants, its creator says.  What Prof. Jacob (Yaqub) Hanna of the Weizmann Institute of Science and his team have created […]

 An Israeli startup has bioengineered milk protein to create a wide range of dairy products – using mushrooms and no cows. And, the company says, their products are healthier, greener and cheaper to create.  Haifa-based ImaginDairy uses freely available DNA codes for milk proteins to recreate their DNA, the company’s CEO and co-founder Eyal Afergan […]

For people living with advanced kidney failure, hemodialysis treatment can be a lifeline to a normal existence.  A MedTech company in Israel has created a contactless, robotic device to ensure that the hemodialysis process runs as smoothly as possible – without a very common side effect that can disrupt treatment and threaten the health of […]

In an area of northern Israel known as Wadi Ara, in the Arab town of Ar’ara, sits a British Mandate-era stone building. An abandoned schoolhouse that became an illicit hangout, this newly renovated structure is today the focal point of a plan to foster innovation among Israel’s Arab population, spearheaded by members of the community.  […]

An Israeli startup has found a way of mapping how each food tastes – its levels of sweetness, saltiness and even sourness – with the aim of creating the perfect meal tailored to your taste buds every time.   MAMAY Technologies uses an AI-powered algorithm capable of determining the “objective” taste of a food or beverage […]

It is every parent’s nightmare – sudden silence poolside, when just seconds earlier there were happy splashing and laughing voices.  That terrible scenario happened to PoolScout founder Sam Weitzman, whose young son nearly drowned in a pool in Tel Aviv in 2017. It was an incident that inspired him to create the AI safety device […]