Technology

The idea that your baby's stroller could suddenly roll down a hill at a dizzying speed is every mother's worst nightmare. The same fear often grips people in wheelchairs or gurneys. A new Israeli startup has come up with a simple invention that limits the speed of a stroller's or wheelchair's wheels.

Last year's Techcrunch Disrupt winner, Soluto, released a new version of their friendly software that uses technology and crowd wisdom to reduce everyday frustration with your computer.

An Israeli startup's 1x1 mm mouse could take a starring role in everything from mobile to medical technology as design goes smaller. Applications could range from tiny mouse-controlled medical devices inside the body to gaming devices with two micro-mice positioned to let player's thumbs control the action.

Verishow, a new "video chat on steroids," aims to enhance customer service by allowing people to video-chat with a far-off product representative, while simultaneously looking at various independent applications, such as charts and paypal, that assist the consumers in the chat.

A new mobile application, developed by Israeli company Rewardy and available for iPhone, Android and Blackberry, frees you from that old-fashioned, but essential coffee stamp card by turning your phone into a digital card!

Four years after Israeli entrepreneur Shai Agassi founded Better Place with the aim of reducing global dependency on oil, Israel will become, along with Denmark, the first country in which the rechargeable, zero emission vehicles will be sold commercially.

An Israeli couple created Jumboard, a four-buttoned keyboard that “sits” on your existing laptop keyboard and allows toddlers and the disabled to play games that helps their development while keeping them entertained.

An Israeli startup that launched a popular mobile application telling users how much radiation their brain is absorbing during every mobile phone conversation is now shifting its attention to children, due to increasing exposure.

BillGuard, an Israeli startup that helps people fight credit card fraud by using "the wisdom of the crowds," was recently introduced to the public, after it receives an initial funding of $3 million from American investor funds.

PicScout, an Israeli startup founded in 2002 and now the world leader in the tracking of the illegal downloads and use of licensed images online, was last week bought by Getty Images, one of the worlds largest stock photo agencies, for $20 million.

Israeli Startup SuperFish has created an add-on program called WindowShopper - bringing every type of clothing you want into one simple screen using their revolutionary visual search engine.

A project initiated by TAU's School of Computer Science and funded by the U.S. internet giant Google would make computers learn from past mistakes in order to better anticipate the future.

Researches from a design school in Israel claim they have succeeded in solving a problem that has been preoccupying airlines for years and has even caused aircraft accidents: accumulation of ice on airplanes. And it's all from analyzing the lotus flower.

An internationally acclaimed Israeli concert pianist who developed a software application that translates any text into a human-sounding voice, plans to change our experience of playing video games, listening to audio books and even driving.

A new service provides international testers to check apps and prepare a full report of bugs identified in 48 hours. The service is mainly targeted at early stage start-ups that develop apps for smartphones.