Technology
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
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
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
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
‘Magic’ Network Lets Companies Protect Against Fraud
Online shopping has made commercial aspects of our lives more convenient – for both companies and consumers. Yet internet-based financial transactions can leave companies vulnerable to scammers who create fake accounts in order to present themselves as honest and reliable, but whose true aim is to make purchases with stolen credit cards. Israeli startup Identiq […]
February 25, 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
Using AI-Made Models To Find Cures For Disease
To bring a new drug to market costs on average $1.3 billion, according to a recent report in the Journal of the American Medical Association, and takes up to 20 years. These astronomical sums do factor in the billions of dollars and years of research invested in what potentially promising therapies that ultimately lead nowhere, […]
February 14, 2024
Israeli Startup Can Check Your Health With 40-Second Selfie
From nutrition to home appliances to cars to insurance, Binah.ai’s technology has endless use cases From cameras in smartphones to smartwatch sensors to microphones in tablets, a growing number of tech companies are developing and repurposing our everyday digital devices to be used as diagnostic tools to better monitor and improve our health. Binah.ai, the […]
February 13, 2024
‘Stand-Up Nation’: Israeli High-Tech Shows Wartime Resilience, Renewal
It has been exactly four months since Israel declared war on the Hamas terrorist organization that ruled in Gaza; four months since Hamas terrorists stormed across the border and rampaged through southern Israel on October 7, 2023, killing more than 1,200 people and taking hundreds hostage. The immediate mass call-up of hundreds of thousands of […]
February 08, 2024
Antisemitism Watchdog Using AI To Counter Hate On Social Media
Instead of sympathy and understanding, the worst terrorist attack in Israel’s history – when 1,200 people were murdered by Hamas on October 7, thousands more were wounded and hundreds were dragged into Gaza as hostages – was instantly followed by a massive explosion of global antisemitism. In the US, the Anti-Defamation League reported that antisemitic […]
February 06, 2024
Security System Stops Hacker Attacks Before They Happen
Tired of trying to reach websites that were inaccessible due to a frequently used form of cyberattack known as distributed denial-of-service (DDoS), veteran security expert Matthew Andriani decided to take action. He directed his company MazeBolt to find a solution to DDoS attacks that did not involve shutting down a website completely. DDoS attacks are […]
January 31, 2024
AI Deep Dive Into Customer Calls Helps Businesses Do Better
“This call may be recorded for quality assurance” is a phrase we have all heard while waiting for our turn with a customer service representative. But how much attention do companies actually pay to those calls in order to unveil information about their clients and their needs? Not very much, according to Hear.ai co-founder and […]
January 30, 2024