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New Home Pregnancy Test Needs Saliva And No Bathrooms
Women can now take a pregnancy test at home with just a little saliva instead of the standard, slightly messy process that requires a steady hand and a bathroom break – but with the same high level of accuracy. The SaliStick test is the creation of Jerusalem startup Salignostics, which has developed and is developing […]
March 11, 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
Autonomous Robot Charges Your EV For You While You Don’t Wait
An Israeli startup has developed a robot that can autonomously pick out individual electric vehicles (EVs) and charge them very quickly – with minimal human interaction and without the driver having to wait long periods at a public location. Tomer Shahaf, the co-founder and CEO of Tel Aviv-based startup BaTTeRi, tells NoCamels that one major […]
March 06, 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
Keeping Fruits And Vegetables Fresh With A Simple Sticker
Buying produce, and then having it quickly go bad, is a common disappointment for many. One Israeli startup has developed a solution that keeps fruits and vegetables fresh for longer without changing or adding anything to the produce themselves. Ness Ziona-based Liva has developed a sticker that when applied to the package, can extend the […]
March 04, 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
Near And Far, Online Hub Takes Stress Out Of Local Travel
Embarking on international travel often comes with the challenge of navigating local transport – be it buses, trains or boats – in an unfamiliar setting and unfamiliar language. Many countries do not have online access to vital information like departure times, the number of stops on a route and even whether seats are available. This […]
February 29, 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
Predicting Epileptic Seizures An Hour Before They Happen
An Israeli startup has developed a way to predict epileptic seizures an hour before they happen, helping sufferers to stop any symptoms by swiftly taking medication. Epilepsy is a chronic neurological disorder causing frequent seizures that temporarily disrupt brain function. There are many different types of seizures, each one with a range of symptoms, including […]
February 27, 2024
Rehab Reality: Using VR To Overcome Injury, Illness & Even PTSD
At a Tel Aviv hospital using virtual and augmented reality (VR and AR) to aid rehabilitation after injury or debilitating illness, at least one expert believes that this is the best way to help people through the recovery process. Virtual reality places users in a computer-generated, immersive scenario that blots out the real world, most […]
February 26, 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
AI Platform Turns Drones Into Autonomous Pesticide Sprayers
An Israeli startup has developed artificial intelligence-driven software that allows drones to autonomously administer pesticides to crops, without exposing farm workers to potentially dangerous chemicals. The delivery of the pesticides, which are used to control weeds, insects and diseases on crops and other plants, involves spraying chemicals onto the plants. And although they are designed […]
February 20, 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