The ‘Maestro’ project is the first application developed that can completely search and browse the Internet via voice interface. (Photo: Dani Machlis)As a researcher specializing in human factors in driving, Dr. Meirav Taieb-Maimon is very concerned about the Internet. After …
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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.
Where there’s smoke, there’s Firesys
Firesys’s main selling point is its unparalleled quick response time, generally associated with more expensive technologies.Detecting smoke and fire quickly and effectively is important anywhere.But in certain environments – for example, the engine room of a cruise ship, inside a …
Israel’s Rosetta Genomics – cracking the RNA code
Rosetta Genomics – Our approach is innovative in that it identifies genes by computer, and only afterwards verifies their existence in a biological laboratory.The historical Rosetta stone was found by French soldiers near the town of Rosetta in northern Egypt, …
Tangled garden hose? Israeli ingenuity solves a common suburban dilemma
The ReelSmart consists of a water-powered reel engine, a practical combination of plastic and design that uses the water inside a hose to reel in the green tubing that gets strewn across the lawn. Tired of the unwieldy, tangled garden …
Israeli airport technology detects intent of terrorists
Built to replace human selectors or random check ups of visitors, the SDS-VR-1000 is based on the assumption that sophisticated terrorists might not be included in suspect lists.Not many terrorists walk into an airport waving a banner announcing who they …
Israeli super-towels mop up in Las Vegas
Arad Textiles supplies towels to 60,000 of the 150,000 hotel rooms in Las Vegas”We have no R&D department at our Arad plant, because almost all the company’s employees are involved in R&D. What I am selling this year won’t be …
Incubators provide high tech nourishment
Like software solution providor Eurikify, the program supports novice entrepreneurs at the earliest stage, and turn them into productive businesses with products for export.Standing in an elegant evening gown in a Tel Aviv hotel convention room, Rina Pridor glowed with …
Retalix makes every checkout line express
Retalix’s systems enable retailers to serve in excess of 30 million customers a day, a number that is growing continually.The next time you zip through the grocery checkout line at your supermarket, you can thank Israeli technology. The cashier behind …
Israeli companies helping Americans slide to safety
The Escape external collapsible elevator used to rescue people from a skyscraper – facing outdated US regulations.Israelis Yoav Barzilay and Jonathan Shimshoni are both in business to succeed, but what truly drives them is the desire to save lives. And …
Israeli dental robot makes implants less painful, less expensive
Tactile Technologies is the first company to offer accurate image-guided navigation relying on low-cost disposable elements, without involving any special equipment.A new Israeli start-up wants to put a robot in your mouth. The company, Rehovot-based Tactile Technologies, recently obtained US …