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Transforming Wind Turbines Into Killers Of Greenhouse Gasses
Imagine a way to not only generate clean, renewable energy, but also reduce the amount of pollution in the atmosphere while doing so. That’s the vision of BomVento, a young Israeli startup developing a special coating for the blades on wind turbines that will extract greenhouse gasses (GHG) from the air even as the massive […]
August 28, 2024
Automatic Translator Breaks Language Barrier For Doctors & Patients
For many people around the world, a doctor’s visit can be exceptionally fraught due to a language barrier in a scenario where accuracy and the ability to understand and be understood are of utmost importance. But four former and current students of the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology in Haifa have developed a new […]
August 26, 2024
Ships Get Wind In Their Sails With Fuel-Reducing, Aerodynamic ‘Wings’
Israeli startup Nayam Wings has taken airplane wings and refitted them as sails for merchant shipping, and in doing so believes it can reduce fuel usage by an average of up to 35 percent per voyage, cutting down on costs and – crucially – pollution. For an industry that is traditionally slow to evolve, says […]
August 25, 2024
Contest For Device To Monitor Parkinson’s Patients Yields Key Insight
A contest held by Tel Aviv University to help people with Parkinson’s disease who suffer from freezing of gait (FOG) episodes not only yielded thousands of entries from around the world, but also provided new insight into the way in which patients experience these episodes – offering improved treatment options. Parkinson’s is a progressive, neurological […]
August 22, 2024
Startup Tells Hackers: Hey You, Stay Out Of My Cloud!
As the world increasingly moves to cloud-based digital operations, an Israeli startup is protecting companies from hackers, phishers and other cybercriminals by intercepting would-be malicious attacks directed at their personnel long before they even reach them. Today, everything operates in the cloud, from email to apps and even browsers, which presents its own unique security […]
August 21, 2024
Simple Skin Swab Is Key To Precision Drugs For Autoimmune Disease
Imagine a precision treatment tailored for you, based purely on individual biomarkers gathered in a simple, non-invasive swab of your skin. Israeli startup Dermab.io is working on just that, aiming to create personalized biologic therapies (made, extracted or synthesized from biological sources) for people suffering from chronic and autoimmune diseases. The skin is not just […]
August 19, 2024
Air Traffic Startup Watches The Skies To Keep Drones Safely In Synch
Just a decade ago, the idea that companies and individuals would be able to take to the skies quickly and easily as part of everyday life was largely limited to books, films and TV series of a sci-fi bent. But now unmanned aerial vehicles – commonly known as drones – have not only become instrumental […]
August 18, 2024
AI Platform Is Making Drug Trials Faster And Cheaper
Running clinical trials for potential drug therapies is a complex process, involving patient participants, specialist physicians and advanced medical facilities. The average price tag for each individual trial runs into the many millions – and more than 90 percent of them fail. But an AI platform created by Israeli startup QuantHealth is easing the cost […]
August 15, 2024
Empowering Religious Jewish Women To Be Israeli Innovators
A device to help find lost travelers without cellular service, a secure communications network for local civil defense groups, a platform to detect falls in the elderly, and a shower designed specifically for people who have lost one or more limbs. All four sound like developments from companies in Israel’s vaunted high-tech sector, but are […]
August 12, 2024
AI Algorithm Eases Tough Task Of Handling Mass Casualty Events
In a mass casualty event, such as a terror attack, earthquake or major car accident, the immediately available medical resources and personnel who rush to the scene simply cannot cope with the number of victims or the severity of their injuries. And trying to make order among the sheer number of shocked and injured people […]
August 07, 2024
Supple Stent Aims To Help Sufferers Of Painful Brain Pressure
People plagued by chronic migraines, tinnitus, failing eyesight and even depression could be suffering from a disorder known as pseudotumor cerebri (PTC), an increase in the pressure on the brain whose symptoms resemble those of a tumor. This pressure, also known as idiopathic intracranial hypertension, is caused by a buildup of blood and cerebrospinal fluid […]
August 06, 2024
Tree-Planting Startup Creates Urban Oases In Overheated Cities
As concrete jungles expand worldwide, trees are among the casualties of human encroachment into natural landscapes. And even many of the trees that have survived in an urban setting are later lost, as the underground infrastructure crucial for modern life usurps the spaces where their roots once grew. TreeTube, an Israeli startup from the central […]
August 05, 2024
Sound-Emitting Device Safely Keeps The Moles From The Door
It is not for nothing that there is a popular arcade game in which players try to hit toy moles as they repeatedly pop up from holes in the ground. The small mammals are indeed notorious for repeatedly tunneling under and up into open grassy areas such as fields, golf courses and even private gardens. […]
August 01, 2024
Coupling Technology Lets Trains Join & Separate At High Speed
Trains have long been seen as the most efficient – and environmentally friendly – way to transport large numbers of people and large amounts of goods over long distances. And now an Israeli startup envisions a revolutionary way to make this stalwart of mass movement even more efficient. DirecTrain’s “Dynamic Coupling” solution is to allow […]
July 31, 2024
AI-Powered Device Transforms Drones Into Pollination Machines
Swooping through the air, this integral player in farming gathers precious pollen from flora laden with the brilliant yellow grains and then carefully distributes it onto flowers and plants. But this is not a bee – this is new technology designed to perpetuate the delicate cycle of life. QueenDee (the “Dee” comes from the drones […]
July 30, 2024