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Meet The Israeli Firms On Prestigious List Of World’s Top Innovators
US magazine Fast Company, which focuses on technological innovation, has included Israeli high-tech businesses among its prestigious annual list of the world’s most innovative companies. From the list of companies from around the world, four are Israeli, joining the ranks of industry titans such as Google, Microsoft, Nvidia and OpenAI. One of the four is […]
March 24, 2024
Israeli Tech Keeping Companies’ Cloud Data Safe On A Rainy Day
Recent years have seen a substantial shift in the number of companies moving to cloud-based computing – storing all their applications and data in a private virtual drive that can (with the right permissions) be accessed from anywhere at any time. Software stored in the cloud is placed into virtual folders known as “containers,” which […]
March 21, 2024
Telling The Story Of Israeli Innovators Trying To Save The World
Israeli innovation has the potential to solve some of the great challenges for humanity, a veteran entrepreneur believes, and she is determined to ensure it claims its rightful place in the spotlight. Nicky Newfield created Impact Nation last fall to help startups with the potential for global impact to promote themselves and their stories, driving […]
March 19, 2024
Simple Sensor For What Plants Drink Helps Preserve Precious Water
Climate change and population growth have proven to be a toxic combination for humanity, with countries struggling to feed a rapidly expanding number of mouths even as water – so crucial to agriculture – becomes more scarce. An Israeli startup, however, has developed a solution that potentially saves huge amounts of the precious water used […]
March 17, 2024
MedTech Hub Fostering Israeli Arabs’ ‘Underutilized’ Creativity
An Israeli medtech incubator has expanded its operations from central Israel to the north of the country, aiming to tap into an undervalued yet prominent community working in the country’s healthcare sector. While there is an exceptionally large representation of Israeli Arabs in the medical sector, few of them had previously been involved in innovation, […]
March 13, 2024
Israeli Tech Gets Instant Financing Deals For Big-Ticket Buyers
An Israeli-created company is helping consumers navigate a myriad of lending schemes when buying expensive items, enabling them to find the best deals for financing – in real time and on demand. ChargeAfter helps vendors instantly provide big-ticket buyers with a range of potential lenders on one innovative platform, allowing them to choose the best […]
March 12, 2024
Artificial Nose Sniffs Out The Bacteria Making Your Food Go Bad
An Israeli startup has created an artificial “nose” that can quickly sniff out decay-causing bacteria in food – telling us whether or not it is safe to eat. Sensifi, which was established in 2021, uses sensors to detect volatile organic compounds (VOCs) emitted by bacteria commonly found in foods, such as listeria, salmonella and E. […]
March 10, 2024
VR Platform Trains Security Forces In Eerily Hyper-Real Scenarios
Walking stealthily through a school as shooters run rampant, members of a security force are charged with locating and neutralizing them. The sounds of gunfire ringing in their ears, the security forces carefully make their way from classroom to classroom, meticulously avoiding innocents and picking their way across bodies of victims scattered throughout the building. […]
March 07, 2024
Cloud Company Turns Back Time On Data To Foil Ransomware Threats
An Israeli company providing a data management platform for cloud computing can go back in time within its system, potentially stopping businesses from falling prey to ransomware attacks that threaten their internal security and sensitive information. Ransomware is a form of cyberattack in which a hacker takes control of an individual or organization’s data and […]
March 05, 2024
Volunteer Engineer Is 3D Printing Kit For Israeli Troops At War
An engineering student has a solution to the shortage of certain equipment for Israel Defense Forces soldiers – he prints it in 3D. And so far, he has produced tens of thousands of items for the troops. When Palestinian terror group Hamas rampaged through southern Israel on October 7 last year, brutally murdering 1,200 people […]
March 03, 2024
Hack For Heroes: Building Rehab Platform For Wounded Troops
A Tel Aviv cybersecurity company and a Jerusalem-based non-profit have come together in a hackathon to improve the rehabilitation experience of wounded Israeli soldiers and others receiving the same therapies. Hilma, an organization of Israeli high-tech veterans channeling their know-how into the betterment of society, began working on a platform to improve the laborious manual […]
February 28, 2024
Stronger Seeds Could Counter Climate Change Food Insecurity
A swelling global population and the vagaries of climate change have left humanity scrambling for solutions for looming food insecurity. Realizing just how crucial it is to maximize the production of food staples, Israeli agritech company SaliCrop developed a way to protect seeds from adverse environmental factors, known as abiotic stresses, making it possible to […]
February 22, 2024
Startup Aims High With ‘Green’ Jet Fuel Made From Waste
Aviation is a notoriously environmentally unfriendly mode of transport, which, according to the European Union, is responsible for 14 percent of greenhouse gasses (GHG) produced by the sector. In fact, the EU says that if global aviation were a country, it would be in the top 10 of GHG producers. Israeli scientists, however, have now […]
February 21, 2024
Power Play: Energy Platform Adapts Iron Dome Tech To Optimize Grid
Going from development on Israel’s world famous Iron Dome missile defense system to maximizing energy usage might sound a little odd, but to Ron Halpern, chief commercial officer at mPrest, the software company behind the platform, the transition was a natural one. “Iron Dome essentially is a real-time distributed asset optimization system; the assets happened […]
February 19, 2024
Using AI-Made Models To Find Cures For Disease
To bring a new drug to market costs on average $1.3 billion, according to a recent report in the Journal of the American Medical Association, and takes up to 20 years. These astronomical sums do factor in the billions of dollars and years of research invested in what potentially promising therapies that ultimately lead nowhere, […]
February 14, 2024