The Israeli company is making a name for itself in the aeronautics, gadget, and education industries with its smartphone-controlled paper airplanes.

A new hovercraft made by Israeli startup Sky Sapience can carry surveillance equipment 164 feet in the air. It can be used as a military observation, border control and crowd control tool. For now, Sky Sapience's primary customer is the Israel Ministry of Defense, which asked for a tethered hovering platform two years ago.

The Israeli Air Force is using bird-tracking radar technology to ensure safe aviation over Israeli skies, one of the busiest junctions of avian migration routes worldwide. The system, developed at Tel Aviv University, can tell pilots where the birds will be in real time.

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.