Creating an international DNA library of cows: Dr. Aviv Kahana, manager of Bactochem’s molecular biology department.The idea started in Israel, where animal theft has become a major concern. Hundreds of beef cows worth $2,000 a head are being stolen a …
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Pango puts you in a parking spot in NYC
The Israeli app takes the headaches out of finding a place to put your car in the Big Apple and other US cities, with more to come.
Cellogic’s streaming mobile content on the fly
Cellogic uses the “dead space” on your cell phone screen, when your phone goes into sleep mode, to steam Internet content.Mobile phones are supposed to make life easier. Now with Internet connectivity, cell phones are like an umbilical cord to …
New solution to damaging crop worm rooted in Israeli soil
Soybean crops could benefit immensely from AgroGreen’s environmentally-friendly pest control product, according to the company.’Nature has a way of healing itself’ is what organic gardeners believe, leaving no room between their rows of carrots, lettuce and sweet corn for chemically …
Israeli company keeps pod slurpers at bay
With a portable storage device, a data spy can quickly smuggle out a company’s confidential information.Since the advent of digital technology, industrial spying has become a great deal easier. With a portable storage device, a data spy can quickly smuggle …
Is this the future of Internet search?
Are we the masters or slaves? BrainDamage has created a new search engine which it claims can put us firmly in control.The way we search the web is all wrong, according to Danny Fine of Haifa-based BrainDamage. “When we search …
Targeting the heart of on-line advertising
Amiad Solomon, CEO of Peer39, inspired by the business model of San Francisco’s Pier39.No cookies, no keywords, no invasion of privacy. A new advanced semantic technology for on-line advertising promises to “to bring the right offer to the right customer, …
Israeli company takes to deep seas for fish farming
Subflex’s flexible cages are tethered to a single point on the seabed or an accompanying vessel using ropes made out of space-age materials. Fishing today isn’t what it used to be, according to Yechiam Shapira, CEO of Israeli startup Subflex. …
Technion students design Superman suit
Prof. Gil Yossilbesky with a scale model of his students’ gliding suit. Photo: Technion-Israel Institute of Technology.”We wanted to prove that such a suit could be designed, posing no risk to the wearer and having better performance than existing models,” …
Israeli honeycombs create instant roads
PRS? advanced polymer, Neoweb, creates instant roadways, doesn’t leach into groundwater, can withstand desert sun, winter cold, is earthquake resistant and allows for landscape regrowth.It was America’s secret weapon until the Gulf War. But when US troops went in to …
One Touch Purchasing Makes Internet Shopping a Breeze
Jeremy Kagen of eBiz Mobility: “It’s fewer clicks than a credit card payment.”Every day, internet shoppers take a risk: they give their credit card information online, leaving themselves open to identity theft or unauthorized charges. And by the same token, …