Relying on non-invasive technologies like lasers, light sources, and radio frequency, the Accent XL RF system presents a new standard in aesthetic medicine.When Kanye West’s mother, Donda, suddenly died last month of complications following cosmetic surgery, it helped raised the …
Author Archives: Avi Hein
Summer high school trip shows way to Israeli innovations
Innovation Israel participants conduct a science experiment during their month-long trip to Israel.Every summer, hundreds of American Jewish teens visit Israel on organized trips. Regardless of the sponsoring organization, itineraries tend to be the same – Shabbat in Jerusalem, hiking …
Arootz aims to reduce Internet video congestion
“If I have one million people that want to watch Desperate Housewives, I have to stream a million files to a million people. Multicast allows it to stream it at once,” says Arootz CEO Noam Bardin.Yechiam Yemini saw it coming. …
Seeing red: Israeli cherry tomato raisin high in natural antioxidants
‘These tasty little cherry tomatoes are perfect for fortifying rice mixes, cereals, savory snacks, pastas and as the lycopene ingredient in nutrition bars.’Eating your vegetables just got a whole lot healthier. An Israeli company has just created a new tasty …
My Israeli top 12 list
Just as the Torah portion recalls the sin of the 12 spies, here’s 12 good things about living in Israel. This week, Jews read the Torah portion Shelach Lecha, which recalls the sin of the spies. These were the 12 …
Israeli engineers develop mobile bomb shelters
The LifeShield – It’s designed to save lives, says Josh Adler.With residents of Sderot and its surroundings suffering a daily Kassam missile bombardment from the Gaza Strip, Israeli ingenuity has developed a solution to try to make life for residents …
IBM Israel helps small businesses solve daily tasks
IBM Haifa’s Gal Shachor: This new application development tool will let users with no software development expertise skill create online forms with ease that complete routine tasks,”If you’re a small business owner and drowning under a sea of information with …
A Jerusalem oasis of coexistence – Hebrew University
It’s no secret that although Jerusalem has been reunited for 40 years, Israel’s capital is still, for most of its residents, a divided city where Jews and Arabs don’t mix. That’s what makes the scene at the two campuses of …
Industrial pollutants get cut down to size – with Israel’s Vortex
The Vortex system cleans both pollutant gases and fine particles – CEO Avi Harel. Not only is pollution dirty, smelly, and disgusting, it can also kill. The World Health Organization estimates that each year over three million people die worldwide …
International scientists learn how Israel combats desertification with forestry
Through planting trees in the Negev, the JNF has been able to reverse the process of desertification and cultivate forests in what had previously been barren desert.When Mark Twain visited Israel in 1867 he described it as a “desolate country …