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While there's no Israeli automotive industry, the future of driving may be being developed in the city of Herzliya, where General Motors has an R&D center. Much of the technology used for GM's EN-V comes out of the center, in conjunction a similar facility in Silicon Valley.

Applied CleanTech has developed a sewage mining system that picks out and recycles useful fibers from raw urban and industrial wastewater, increasing the efficiency of treatment plants and reducing the amount of unwanted sludge.

Once again, science supersedes fiction: Israeli company Real View has developed technology that projects a 3D hologram of the patient's heart in mid-air, helping the doctor understand the patient's condition – without putting the real heart under risk.

If you're advertising through online videos, you'll know how hard it is to ensure viewers watch your clip until the end, let alone take action. Israeli startup Viewbix allows you to incorporate interactive buttons into videos to increase user engagement.

When he was a Teenager, Israeli entrepreneur Eugene Jorov lost his father to a sudden heart attack, which prompted him to go into medical technology. Now, his monitoring "Angel" wristband is showing promise with a successful crowdfunding campaign.

If you own a bike, you'll also be the owner of a bike lock, but perhaps not a proud one. A group of Israeli designers has come up with a slick and clever design that got the ultimate vote of confidence by tripling its Kickstarter goal with plenty of time to spare.

Israeli is known as the Startup Nation and over the years, has invented countless inventions that have literally changed the lives of millions. Although it's impossible to name them all, here are ten of the most revolutionary technologies developed by Israelis.

Is the next revolution in cellphone apps all about parking? Israeli company Anagog has recently unveiled its algorithm, which supposedly directs you to a parking space using data collected automatically from other smartphone users.

Ever wished you could replicate a 3D object much like you would a document or picture? Well, now you can! Israeli-owned MakerBot has created a scanner that, combined with a 3D printer, can replicate 3D objects in your home.

As time goes by and we get older, our brain naturally loses some of its "computing" abilities. Cognifit, an Israeli-developed brain-training application and website, has created what might be termed a mental gym that can actually train your brain.

Medical marijuana causes a lot of debate and some controversy. But did you know that until the 1960s, no one knew what the active ingredient in it was? Israeli Professor Raphael Mechoulam is the father of medical marijuana research and sat down for a chat with NoCamels.

One thing many gamers are waiting for is a virtual reality experience that actually feels real. Israeli controller system Stem is a major step in that direction and has been given the ultimate "thumbs-up" by beating its quarter-million-dollar Kickstarter goal within five hours.

Tziporela, a fringe theater group, has found itself under the wings of 8200 EISP, a successful Israeli startup accelerator. The accelerator will help the theater group take its show global and NoCamels checked it out.

Nowadays we have everything in our pockets. Our smartphone is a radio; TV; web browser; telephone and much more – so why not a doctor? LifeWatch has created an Android-based smartphone that monitors and examines your health.

As sophisticated as smartphones are, when you're in a hurry, their complexity can be a downside. A new Israeli Kickstarter project which broke the bank with its button that attaches to smartphones may be the answer.