Tech people aren’t overly concerned about the anti-Israel, even anti-Semitic headlines that have been cropping up in places like India and Ireland over the conflict with Hamas in Gaza. Relations between the high-tech industries there and the “Start-Up Nation” are just fine, they say.

Every year, Business Insider gives a shout-out to women in the tech industry with its list of "most powerful women engineers in the world." This year, the publication featured 22 women, of which three were Israeli, by far the largest number of any country when compared to Israel's small size and population.

Over five billion people have access to a mobile phone, but not a physician. This statement is particularly true in the developing world, which is why Israeli company MobileOCT has created a mobile- phone attachment that can screen for cancer.

Known as the Startup Nation, Israeli startups have now taken their expertise in innovation and technology to create revolutionary tools for the blind and visually impaired. Here are ten Israeli companies whose vision is brightening the lives of those who cannot see.

You may know Israel as the Startup Nation, but you may not know that in three months alone, 175 Israeli high-tech companies raised a total of $930 million, breaking a quarterly record from the year 2000. Find out why Israeli startups are such a hot-spot for venture capital investment.

What if reading glasses could be made obsolete using a mobile eye-training game over a period of three months? This may sound like a ridiculous proposition, but it's the way GlassesOff is training 40-60 year-olds to ditch their reading glasses for good.

While the Israeli team won't be making an appearance on the field in this year's World Cup, the country's startups are developing revolutionary new ways of viewing, coaching and enjoying all kinds of sport, showing off the innovation nation's good sportsmanship.

HopOn Is a new Israeli app that allows you to pay for your bus fare from the comfort of your seat, making the public transportation experience a lot more simple, and much greener, indeed.

One of the best parts about extreme sports is the chance to capture the adrenaline rush on camera and share it with friends. The AirDog, the world's first ever drone for extreme sports photography, is automatically following users and capturing aerial images like never before, powered by Israeli 3D printing technology.

Following approval by the FDA in the United States, the creators of the ReWalk exoskeleton, ARGO Medical Technologies' IPO shot up to $50 million dollars in worth almost overnight. Find out why this revolutionary system is putting the conventional wheelchair to shame.

Everyone loves a good vacation, but waiting in never-ending security lines can be a real bummer. Israel's Tracense nanosensor bomb-detecting device may change that, with its chip that can sniff out explosives from 16 feet away and in under five seconds.

The buzz around the World Cup is at its height, and instead of keeping your bets on the winning team amongst your friends, share them with the world using FTBpro's first-of-its-kind media platform created 'for the fans, by the fans'.

Just as GoPro goes pubic on Nasdaq, an interesting competitor has emerged on the horizon - the Lightbox. The world's smallest social live-streaming camera has shattered its funding goal of $80,000 in only 26 hours and is already making big waves in the worlds of wearable tech and personal photography.

It's as simple as saying 'Yo', but why is this Israeli-created application that just raised $1 million taking over the internet? Do we have the next Snapchat on our hands? NoCamels spoke with founder Or Arbel to find out what all the fuzz is about.

Proponents of the Startup Nation usually like to see the glass half full, but following a recent talk by Shai Agassi and Yanki Margalit entitled 'Startup Nation 2.0', it's clear that some entrepreneurs view Israeli innovation with the glass half-empty perspective.