Israel’s Greenlet system helps households and power companies monitor electricity usage and even power down certain appliances to avoid brownouts.
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One-stop source for gadget updates
Israel’s Drippler aggregates all relevant news and info relating to subscribers’ high-tech toys, making it simpler to use devices to their full potential.
Google to incubate Israeli startups
The Internet giant looks to ‘give back’ to the fertile Israeli developer community outside of its two Israeli R&D centers responsible for tools such as Google Suggest. Photo by Serge Attal/Flash90 Google Israel plans to go the extra mile for …
How to make an Israeli
Kulanana’s after-school programs aim to engender a unified sense of citizenship among Israel’s diverse ethnic populations.
Leonardo DiCaprio moves into Israeli high-tech
Israeli startup Mobli enables users to see real-time events that others are watching. Actor Leonardo DiCaprio was so impressed he invested in the company.
Facebook: Israel’s Shaker ‘is the next BIG thing’
Shaker revolutionizes the chat room, inviting the social media giant’s 800 million users into a virtual pub where they can make new friends. Shaker – sort of a Facebook generation update to the old chat room, with cool music playing …
New monitor could revolutionize diagnosis of bladder cancer
RealView’s implantable imaging system is a win-win, providing relief to patients and more accurate information to their physicians. RealView co-founder Dr. Amos Neheman. The indignity and discomfort faced by bladder cancer patients may top the long and unpleasant list of …
High-definition TV over low-cost Internet
Cut the cable, lose the satellite dish: ZiXi’s streaming Internet TV platform is better and cheaper, and it’s made in Israel. Zixi CEO Israel Drori. Disconnect those cables. Take those unsightly satellite dishes off your roof. Everything your TV needs …
Non-toxic solution keeps bugs out of food
Israel’s Bio[pack] makes a package coating from plant extracts already programmed by nature to repel insects. It can also be sprayed around the perimeter of warehouses. Photo by Nati Shohat/Flash 90 Bio[pack] aims to keep insects out of food packages. …
NovoSpeech allows devices to ‘hear’ clearly
Despite technological advances, automatic speech recognition has lagged behind, but now an Israel company offers a better solution for phones, GPS and other devices. Drivers using GPS devices with voice input can find themselves in the wrong location if the …