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.

Israeli startup Wheeldo proves what we all knew as kids: That you can learn while you play. Wheeldo's platform uses gaming to train and learn about employees; and the startup already counts big names like Amdocs and Intel as clients.

Though the technical side of being a doctor is complex enough, many doctors admit that the hardest part of their jobs is talking to their patients about dying. A new Israeli-Canadian study suggests doctors should be specially trained for the task.