Technology

It’s the world’s first fully autonomous fast-food restaurant, churning out 50 pizzas an hour as onlookers peer through the window in amazement. There’s no human being inside the sealed 40ft unit. It’s operated entirely by robots. They take the delivery of the ready-mixed dough and other ingredients at the start of the day, and from […]

A tiny robot developed in Israel is no bigger than a pen, yet it has all the tools a brain surgeon needs to operate on a patient.  Tamar Robotics has developed the world’s smallest and most accurate robotic system for minimally invasive brain surgery, with a diameter of just 10mm (0.4in). It’s equipped with a […]

Artificial intelligence is helping millions of people get their devices fixed over the phone – with no human intervention. Show the computer your faulty internet router, home alarm or washing machine and in 70 percent of cases it will sort the problem out for you there and then. It’s learned to recognize different makes and […]

Say hello to your digital twin. Deep tech experts in Israel can capture a highly realistic 3D image of you using multiple cameras and AI. They then bring your twin to life either doing things they’ve actually filmed you doing – playing guitar, taking a golf swing, jumping out of a plane – or things […]

In decades gone by grandparents could only dream of being able to video-call their grandchildren. Today the reality is that they can, readily and for free. But the experience is often a disappointment. Kids fidget, lose interest, get hungry, wander off, fail to engage. In short they just aren’t great at talking to a screen. […]

Former US President Donald Trump famously challenged the voting system that brought his rival Joe Biden to power in November 2020. He claimed the software in electronic voting machines could flip votes between candidates. Brazil’s former President Jair Bolsonaro contested the outcome of the election in October 2022, after losing narrowly to Luiz Inácio Lula […]

It was mail pigeons that inspired Eyal Regev to create the next generation of delivery drones. He wanted to design a UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) that could fly longer distances, at higher speeds, and transport vital medical aid to where it was needed. “Pigeon post” was the fastest means of communication before telephones. Mail pigeons […]

Ultraviolet radiation kills bugs. Physician and scientist Niels Ryberg Finsen made that discovery – sunlight destroys bacteria – and won the Nobel Prize for Medicine for it back in 1903. Atlantium Technologies, an Israeli company, has combined his “old” technology with 21st century fiber optics to develop patented technology that can disinfect water on an […]

You’re sitting in a movie theater watching a horror film. The protagonist stifles their breath as they hide from the killer. But you know he’s there. Because seconds before he appears on the screen you suddenly get a whiff of his sweat.  The experience of watching a movie or TV show – even playing a […]

The Chinese “spy balloon” that was shot down by a US fighter jet was cheap, unsophisticated, and posed little or no threat, says an Israeli expert. Its arrival high over the Midwest at the end of January sparked days of fevered speculation about what it was – and led to a near meltdown between Washington […]

There’s nothing like starting the day with a glass of freshly-squeezed orange juice. The problem is that it contains five to eight teaspoons of sugar, nearly as much as can of Coke. Technology has already been developed to reduce the sugar in fruit juices by mixing in additives, but the process also reduces its nutritional […]

Technology is the answer to many of the world’s problems, Israel’s President Isaac Herzog told investors and business leaders in Jerusalem yesterday. “But it can never replace the intention for good that is at the heart of our human civilization.” He was addressing the OurCrowd Global Investor Summit, the biggest event of its kind in […]

Folding smartphones of the future could have screens made of insect protein. It’s the most elastic material on earth, and it’s what allows a flea to jump 100 times its own height, or the dragonfly to flap its wings 30 times a second. A startup in Israel is genetically engineering the protein – called resilin […]

Walk into any health food store and you’ll see shelves lined with vibrant blue-green powders and pills that are packed with protein, vitamins, and minerals.  Known as spirulina, this highly-nutritious algae has been used as a health supplement in the West for decades. But back in 16th century Mexico, the Aztecs actually used it as […]

Artificial intelligence is everywhere. You’ve probably heard of, or tried ChatGPT, the AI-powered chatbot that will write a job application, compose a poem, do your homework and more. But that’s just the tip of a very big iceberg. Well over half of all the research and development taking place across Israel today is rooted in […]