Some of the Technion team – the GrassChopper met the demands of the competition in having space for two pilots and cargo, and being able to remain static in the air for two hours. Thirteen engineering and aeronautics students at …
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VascoDe brings smart-phone capabilities to simple cell phones
Israeli startup carves out a niche selling software to give online app access to billions of people in places where smartphones are unaffordable.
Israel’s EPOS gets it down in writing
EPOS’s digital pen writes on any surface, and your words go straight into your word processing software – and it also doubles up as a wireless mouse. There is good news for people who are slow typists. Inputting text into …
US combat troops choose Israeli lightweight helmet
Rabintex’s Shachar Bernard: The R-ACH helmet is made of armored fiber, and its purpose is to bring to the market the best ballistic performance available but at a reduced weight.American combat soldiers in hot spots around the world will be …
Israeli researchers get a charge out of safe nano-battery
Prof. Menachem: At the same time as recharging faster, the way the battery is built works against flammability danger, making it safer as well.Over a recent 10-day period, laptop manufacturers Apple and Dell announced plans to recall nearly six million …
A Fresh Approach to Weather: Ringing in the Rain
Her unique approach to a scientific problem led Prof. Hagit Messer-Yaron to harness cellphone signals for measuring rainfallCellphones can already take photos, surf the Net, and even measure heart rate. But how about using cellphone signals to measure rainfall?A Tel …
Home networking – the easy, Israeli way
Service Shield automates setting up the home networks and broadband services that the everyday user finds so complicated.Home networks may have grown more complicated in the last few years, but the home user hasn’t grown any more technically competent. That’s …
Israeli device monitors diabetes – the painless way
Orsense’s non-invasive glucose monitor that allows a diabetic patient to test his or her blood glucose levels without spilling a drop of blood. Doctors agree that the most essential way to treat diabetes and prevent long-term health complications is for …
HP acquires IT company Mercury in biggest Israeli high tech deal ever
Mercury’s strength is in application management, application delivery, IT governance and service-oriented architecture governance.US computer giant Hewlitt-Packard has announced that it will buy Israeli company Mercury Interactive Corporation. HP said it would pay $52 per share for Mercury, or $4.5 …
Exploring the brain is a mind-bender for Israeli researchers
Dr. Hamutal Slovin, of the Gonda Brain Center holds a pinecone from the brain tree which is reminiscent of the shape of the human brain.Understanding how the brain works is probably the greatest scientific puzzle of the 21st century. And …
Setting clothes in motion with Israel’s OptiTex
With the design system of Israel’s OptiTex, garment manufacturers can see a computer generated 3D image of their clothes in motion on a virtual runway, while they are still only at the ideas stage.The model swaggers down the catwalk. A …