Technology

While the Israeli team won't be making an appearance on the field in this year's World Cup, the country's startups are developing revolutionary new ways of viewing, coaching and enjoying all kinds of sport, showing off the innovation nation's good sportsmanship.

HopOn Is a new Israeli app that allows you to pay for your bus fare from the comfort of your seat, making the public transportation experience a lot more simple, and much greener, indeed.

One of the best parts about extreme sports is the chance to capture the adrenaline rush on camera and share it with friends. The AirDog, the world's first ever drone for extreme sports photography, is automatically following users and capturing aerial images like never before, powered by Israeli 3D printing technology.

Following approval by the FDA in the United States, the creators of the ReWalk exoskeleton, ARGO Medical Technologies' IPO shot up to $50 million dollars in worth almost overnight. Find out why this revolutionary system is putting the conventional wheelchair to shame.

Everyone loves a good vacation, but waiting in never-ending security lines can be a real bummer. Israel's Tracense nanosensor bomb-detecting device may change that, with its chip that can sniff out explosives from 16 feet away and in under five seconds.

The buzz around the World Cup is at its height, and instead of keeping your bets on the winning team amongst your friends, share them with the world using FTBpro's first-of-its-kind media platform created 'for the fans, by the fans'.

Just as GoPro goes pubic on Nasdaq, an interesting competitor has emerged on the horizon - the Lightbox. The world's smallest social live-streaming camera has shattered its funding goal of $80,000 in only 26 hours and is already making big waves in the worlds of wearable tech and personal photography.

It's as simple as saying 'Yo', but why is this Israeli-created application that just raised $1 million taking over the internet? Do we have the next Snapchat on our hands? NoCamels spoke with founder Or Arbel to find out what all the fuzz is about.

Proponents of the Startup Nation usually like to see the glass half full, but following a recent talk by Shai Agassi and Yanki Margalit entitled 'Startup Nation 2.0', it's clear that some entrepreneurs view Israeli innovation with the glass half-empty perspective.

What makes a self-made Chinese billionaire fall in love with Israel? Perhaps it's that like him, Israel started out without many resources, but became a high-tech powerhouse. Today, Li is the prime example of the Far-East's new-found interest in the holy land.

Oren Hafif, an Israeli “white hat” hacker, discovered a serious security flaw in Gmail which could have compromised all 500 million accounts and allowed hackers to access users’ mail accounts and all Web services that use Google’s authentication system.

Two Israeli startups, Mantis Vision and SagivTech, are providing the core technology for Google's Project Tango that is prone to revolutionize access to everything 3D.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso signed the EU's Horizon 2020 agreement on Sunday, marking the beginning of a billion-euro partnership in the funding of research and innovation.

These ten a-list celebrities have hopped on the Startup Nation tech train, investing in some of Israel's most successful innovation endeavors. From Jay-Z to Ellen Degeneres and Leonardo Dicaprio, here are 10 celebs who know that Israel is the hotspot for innovation.

Anyone and everyone gets their five minutes of YouTube fame thanks to Fusic's music video-creating platform that blends unique user-created covers with official music videos.