Online opinion affects stock prices. Now an Israeli start up is helping investors get an understanding of how stock prices will rise and fall with a text analysis technology that aggregates this online sentiment. Photo of Tel Aviv Stock Exchange, …
Technology
How do you say ‘business is booming’ in Chinese?
The latest high-tech Israeli firms to set up shop in China are translation app-maker Lexifone and software developer Matrix Global.
Getting from A to B with online mapping
A pioneer in online and smart phone mapping, Israel’s Telmap navigation tools are used by half the smart phone users in Europe and the Middle East. Photo by Moshe Shai/Flash90. Navigating roads in Israel, Europe, the Middle East and Asia …
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With SafeRise, you are the key to your home [video]
Say goodbye to your house keys with a new security system developed in Israel based on cutting edge voice and face recognition technologies. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZ2ja5dKqxg The days of fumbling for your house keys as you reach home could soon be …
Israel’s top ten technologies that are transforming the Web
Israel is at the cutting edge of some of the best Internet technologies around. ISRAEL21c takes a look at the brightest new companies that are now revolutionizing the web.
No-risk restaurant dining
Food lovers can discover the best restaurants and dishes with a new user-driven iPhone application that is gradually evolving into a ‘Twitter for foodies’ Photo by Moshe Shai/Flash90. Preparing food at a restaurant in Tel Aviv. The problem with …
A one-click toolbar for social media
Adding applications is now as easy as a one-click install, with the new toolbar from Israel’s Wibiya, which consolidates dozens of social media functions into a single space-saving strip. Wibiya aims to streamline the whole process of social interaction on …
New sniff device allows paralyzed to move and write
A new sniff-sensing device designed in Israel may help the severely paralyzed to communicate, surf the Net and steer their wheelchairs. Sniffing is a precise motor skill that is controlled partly by the soft palate, which in turn is controlled …
An acoustic eye to sound-out your leaks
An Israeli company may have the energy-saving, cost-effective solution to detect leaks and blockages in the pipelines of both humans and machines – and GE seems to agree. Photo by Moshe Shai/Flash90. If something goes wrong in an aircraft’s hydraulics …
Using GPS to track crowds and evaluate our health
Using GPS technology, Israeli scientists can track our activities in space and time, spurring a seemingly infinite number of potential applications from medicine to crowd control. Photo by Nati Shohat/Flash90. Using GPS mall operators will be able to manage …
Self-healing software is on its way
By emulating processes that occur in the human body and applying them to computers, IBM Israel is leading the way in building self-healing software. The IBM Haifa research facility. If your computer gets sick, would you rather give it …