Technology

Humans have been transporting themselves and their possessions across water for millennia, and there are even signs that our now extinct hominin ancestors were building boats more than half a million years ago.  And while some boat styles fall out of favor, never to be heard of again, one Israeli startup is giving an old […]

How can the world’s agriculturalists plan to secure the future food chain for a growing global population when climate change is making that future uncertain and unstable?  This is the conundrum that Israeli startup Croptimize has set out to solve, combining advanced crop modeling technology and effective farming methods to ensure that we all have […]

Chocolate, the sweet treat that is loved in food, drinks or enjoyed on its own, is a firm favorite worldwide. Global market data company Innova says in 2023, nearly two-thirds of consumers worldwide bought some form of chocolate. And according to international consumer insights firm Statista, the chocolate market is today worth $133 billion – […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

 If there is one medical innovation that has penetrated the global consciousness in the past five years, it must surely be the vaccine, brought into the spotlight due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The first inoculations against the coronavirus became available at the tail end of 2020, offering hope across the planet after more than a […]

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 […]

Chicken has long been viewed as a healthier and more economical meat option and its popularity continues to rise. In 1993, chicken overtook beef consumption per person in the United States alone. In fact, 27.5 billion pounds of beef is produced annually, compared to 43.4 billion pounds of farmed chicken, the United States Department of […]

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 […]

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 […]

In the early hours of July 19, residents of Tel Aviv were awakened by the tremendous boom of an unmanned aircraft, laden with explosives, smashing into a residential building and killing a civilian as he slept in his bed. The drone was one of a small swarm sent by the Iranian-backed Houthi terror group in […]

An estimated 225 million people around the world today wear a smartwatch, using it to keep track of text messages, emails and even how many steps they have taken.  And now, thanks to software created by an Israeli startup and the little sensor on the device itself, smartwatch owners can also keep track of their […]

A Tel Aviv startup is applying the practices of Israeli healthcare to the US, with the objective of reducing poor cohesion within the American system, making it more accessible and bringing down costs for users.  A lack of universal healthcare in the US, unlike most of the world, means that Americans must themselves navigate between […]