ApiFix is an Israeli company that offers a new method for spinal correction among adolescents who suffer from curvature of the spine - known as Scoliosis. According to the company, their system is minimally invasive and allows the body to adjust to changes.

Face.com, the leader in online face recognition technology, yesterday released the production version of their iPhone camera app, KLIK 1.0. KLIK uses real-time mobile face recognition to automatically detect faces, and even identify friends in photos allowing users to easily tag and share photos of their friends.

An Israeli Instagram user decided to launch a photo-campaign against violence, following several violent events in Israel. Within less than 24 hours his outcry went viral, attracting hundreds of Instagram users, who submitted striking images worthy of art shows. Click to view the images.

Israe- based HelioFocus opened the demonstration phase of its HelioBooster system, a solar-thermal process that aims to back up existing power plants. The company's technology uses solar energy to heat air, which is then converted to steam and can drive a power plant turbine.

Israeli company Curapipe Systems develops a solution for water pipe leakages, without needing to replace the pipeline or digging up streets. Leaks are sealed by injecting special viscous substances into water mains.

Oplon Pure Science in Rehovot, Israel, has developed a new technology against the development of germs and bacteria in food products. The company recently signed an $8 million agreement with PepsiCo Corporation.

Israel’s Ministry of Environmental Protection has released a mobile application to teach people how to lead a “green” life. The app provides users tips for smart consumerism to save money while protecting the environment.

A new alert system developed by Israel's MultiLock and Starcom Systems aims to tattletale on thieves – literally. The WatchLock – a lock enforced with special GPS and cellular chips – allows owners to track its location anywhere in the world, and send them a text message should anyone try to pry it open.

According to a new study from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, Earth took shape more rapidly than once believed. The new findings do not alter the age of the universe but indicate that the Earth's mantel and crust and rocks formed in a shorter period than originally thought.

Dream Doctors is an Israel project that builds a professional community of medical clowns to make hospital experience less traumatic for patients. Required to have academic training, these doctors are active in 20 hospitals across the country, reaching more than 100,000 patients annually.

A new game for iPads will help you learn to read sheet music and play the piano, by helping a virtual granny dust off her piano from germs. The game doesn’t require a real piano and comes with a 3D virtual keyboard.

An Israeli tech veteran came up with a “treatment” for what in 2010 was the 10th-leading cause of death in the United States – road accident fatalities. Drivers who use his iOnRoad app become “super drivers” who are much more likely to get home alive, the CEO says.

A new bar-restaurant co-op, founded by organizers of last summer's social justice protests, already has 60 shareholders. The bar, located in Tel Aviv, is planning to open its doors next month. All administrative decisions will be made by vote only.

A new study conducted in Israel shows that maternal stress during the first trimester of pregnancy puts newborns at risk for iron deficiency. The study tested women who lived in an area to which rockets were fired and compared them with women whose pregnancy began after the rocket attacks ended.

Thanks to new technology, the simple click of a mouse can bring mounds of information, artifacts or artwork on display in museum galleries across the globe straight to your computer's desktop and, as classic museology redefines itself in the digital age, such "virtual visits" are becoming more interactive than ever.