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| May 7, 2015
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IDF Integrates Armed Robots Into Its Ground Forces

Having already excelled in it’s use of unmanned vehicles in the air and on the sea, a new robotic ‘advance guard’ unit will be introduced to open corridors for IDF infantry into enemy territory.

By Israel Today Staff

 

Israel is already a world leader in the research, production and military integration of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). Now, it is successfully integrating robots into its ground forces, as well.

Robot wars?

At the International Ground Forces Conference held this week in Tel Aviv, Maj.-Gen. (res.) Eyal Ben Reuven revealed that just the week prior the IDF’s 7th Armored Brigade had become one of, if not the first ground force in history to train side-by-side with “advanced ground robotics.” Continue Reading »

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| April 20, 2015
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Israeli water companies send reps to Brazil to help counter severe water crises

Delegation representing over a dozen Israeli water companies was sent to visit Brazil in order to aid the country overcome its ‘water challenge.’

By Hillel Fendel

 

No fewer than 13 Israeli water companies participated in a “water delegation” to parched Brazil just before Passover – in an effort to help the country overcome what officials call its “water challenge.”

Water – illustrative

Brazil is currently experiencing its worst water shortage ever, due to increased water use, low rainfall levels, and low infrastructure investments. The Israeli economic offices in Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo, in cooperation with Israel NewTech and the Israeli Export Institute, organized the delegation.
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| April 19, 2015
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Ehud Barak backs Israeli life-saving start-up with $1M

Former PM Barak invests $1 million in Reporty, start-up company app to help emergency & rescue services quickly identify, locate & get to individuals in danger.

By Sagi Cohen and Itamar Eichner

 

Former prime minister Ehud Barak has invested $1 million in Reporty Homeland Security, an Israeli start-up involved in the development of a global platform for real-time reporting, the use of which could save lives. The Reporty system helps emergency and rescue services to quickly locate and get to individuals in distress.

The Reporty application

Reporty was founded in 2014 by CEO Amir Elichai, who teamed up with Pinchas Buchris, former director-general of the Defense Ministry and ex-commander of the Israel Defense Forces’ 8200 intelligence unit. Continue Reading »

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| April 17, 2015
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Friar Felix Fabri’s pilgrimage to the Holy Land over 500 years ago translated

A new translation from Latin, of one of Friar Felix Fabri famous 15th century pilgrimages to the Holy Land, includes humorous descriptions of the Tomb of the Patriarchs, Solomon’s Stables, and the Tomb of Absalom.

By Nadav Shragai

 

“The pilgrims should avoid wrapping white tarbushes, cloths or turbans, about their heads, since only the Muslims have the right to do so,” the Dominican theologian and medieval traveler Friar Felix Fabri (c. 1441-1502) recommended to his fellow pilgrims, either sincerely or ironically; it is not certain which.

Photo: Ariel

In a sheet that he wrote as a guide for pilgrims to the Holy Land, which he appended to his account of his travels, Fabri also warned visitors “to be sure not to laugh as they walk together to visit the holy places.” Continue Reading »

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| April 17, 2015
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In battle for live stream, Twitter plays unfairly with Israeli app Meerkat

Israeli app Meerkat allows users to live stream video via Twitter, but internet giant has begun to block small Israeli app in bid to make way for its own tech that’s being developed.

By Sagi Cohen

 

David versus Goliath – the online version: The Internet has witnessed a real “battle” for the title of the best live streaming app in recent weeks. In the one corner, Meerkat, the small Israeli app that emerged from nowhere and grabbed the headlines of late; and in the other corner, Twitter, the giant that is trying to block Meerkat and has come up with a live streaming app of its own. Continue Reading »

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| April 16, 2015
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‘First of its Kind’ tunnel detection system to be installed on Israel’s border with Gaza

Israel’s Elbit Systems developed a unique sensor-based tunnel detection network in record time, as a response to the direct threat from Hamas.

By Udi Etsion, Matan Tzuri

 

A new tunnel detection system developed by Elbit Systems will protect Israeli citizens from the threat of infiltration by Hamas terrorists.

Picture of tunnel featured in Hamas newspaper during Operation Protective Edge.

Now, after two months of development, the Israel-based international defense electronics company says that they have created an effective system which uses sensors to detect tunnel building activity. The system will be implemented along the entire Israel-Gaza border, Elbit said.

The system includes a series of sensors. Continue Reading »

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| April 15, 2015
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Apple Procures 3rd Israeli Start-Up, LinX , 3D Imaging for $20 Million

The U.S. computer giant Apple confirmed the acquisition of its third Israeli high-tech startup, LinX Imaging, for $20 million, which creates tiny cameras for telephones & tablets.

By Ilan Gattegno & Israel Hayom Staff

 

U.S. computer giant Apple has acquired LinX Imaging, an Israeli company that produces tiny camera modules for telephones and tablet devices. The Wall Street Journal quoted sources close to the deal who said that Apple paid $20 million for the Israeli firm.

LinX Imaging’s high-tech camera components – Photo: Linximaging.com/screenshot

LinX creates cameras that are smaller than any on the market today and can photograph multiple objects at once.

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| April 13, 2015
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CANCER BREAKTHROUGH: Israeli Nobel Prize winner leads team to discovery

Technion’s research team in Haifa, Israel have discovered 2 specific proteins that can suppress cancer & control the cells’ development & growth.

By i24news

 

A new study by Israeli researchers at the Israel Institute of Technology’s cancer research center could prove to be “most significant” in controlling the growth of cancer cells, Israeli media reported on Sunday.

Scientists will sequence the genetic codes of about 75,000 patients with cancer and rare diseases – Photo: Leon Neal/AFP/File

A team of Israeli researchers at the Technion’s Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, headed by Prof. Aaron Ciechanover, an Israeli Nobel Prize winner in chemistry, and led by Dr.

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| April 12, 2015
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Israel’s pavilion showcases 18 ‘Blue & White’ companies at Brazil defense exhibition

Israel Military Industries are marketing their Guided Mortar Munition, battle tested by the IDF, are guided by laser or GPS satellite systems, and has a range of 8 kilometers.

By YAAKOV LAPPIN

 

Israel Military Industries (IMI) will display its new Guided Mortar Munition – which are already in service in the IDF – at an international defense exhibition in Brazil this week.

IMI Mortars

Israel Military Industries to display new guided mortars at Brazil defense exhibition. – Photo: IMI

The mortars can be guided by laser or GPS.

The LAAD Defense and Security exhibition will take place from April 14 to 17 in Rio De Janerio, and will see IMI showcase the guided mortars, developed in response to operational requirements from the IDF and foreign military customers, IMI said. Continue Reading »

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| April 6, 2015
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Israeli high-school students make finals of international robotics competition

Team from northern Israel with Robot named Rafiki awarded ‘Excellence in Engineering Award’ for its mechanical systems & excellent performance, beat 58 teams from all around the world in preliminary round.

By Ilan Gattegno

 

Team 1690 Orbit, the robotics team from the ORT Binyamina High School in northern Israel, has made it to the finals of the 2015 FIRST international robotics competition for high school students.

Team 1690 Orbit from Binyamina, whose robot, Rafiki, impressed the judges in the early rounds of the FIRST robotics competition

In a preliminary round held in Maryland, the ORT students’ robot, Rafiki, beat creations by 58 other teams from all over the world.

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| April 6, 2015
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Purely Scientific Discovery in Jerusalem Set to Upset Christian Theologians About Jesus

Canadian-Israeli geo-archeologist claim they’ve reached a scientific & thus theological breakthrough, claiming stats & science prove Jesus was indeed buried in Jerusalem with his wife & his son, Judah.

By ARIEL COHEN

 

A group of geologists believe that they have found the tomb of Jesus in Jerusalem, and this time they think they’ve found the tomb of his son, too.

“Jesus Family tomb” in Israeli capital’s East Talpiot neighborhood

After 150 tests of particles and elements, Canadian-Israeli filmmaker-journalist Simcha Jacobovici and geoarcheologist Aryeh Shimron claim they’ve reached a scientific and theological breakthrough.

The finding has been over 35 years in the making, amid court cases, legal restrictions and scientific and biblical pushback. Continue Reading »

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| April 3, 2015
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Israeli Archeologists find Bronze Age Egyptian Artifacts

Even after Israeli archeologists discovered a cave in southern Israel was robbed by artifact thieves, several Egyptian-made artifacts were found dating back to the Late Bronze Age.

By Yori Yalon

 

The Israel Antiquities Authority displayed in Jerusalem on Wednesday hundreds of unique artifacts pointing to the existence of an Egyptian administrative center near Kibbutz Lahav in southern Israel some 3,400 years ago.

Some of the artifacts found in southern Israel – Photo: Reuters

The artifacts were found in an underground cave discovered by the IAA’s Robbery Prevention Unit while its teams were working in the Tel Halif area. Upon discovering the cave, they noticed telltale signs of artifact theft and brought in an excavation team to find remaining pieces and to preserve historical clues.

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| April 2, 2015
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Israel Police recover 150 yr-old Jewish ledger stolen in Prague

 

Working with Czech law enforcement, the stolen historical document of the 19th century Jewish community in Prague was recovered in Petah Tikvah.

By JPOST.COM STAFF

 

Police this morning identified an ancient book of historical Jewish significance allegedly stolen in 2007 from a Jewish museum in Prague and arrested several suspects in the matter.

Photo courtesy: Israel Police, Lahav 333

The book is a record of the Jewish community in the Czech Republic, which was written between 1835 and 1860. It was apparently stolen from the synagogue located inside the museum.

As part of a cooperative effort between Czech law enforcement and Israeli intelligence services, investigators were able to to detect the stolen artifact. Continue Reading »

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| March 29, 2015
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Evidence shows Bronze Age Egyptians brewed beer in ancient Tel Aviv

Ceramic shards that were found at the construction site date to the Bronze Age, & are believed to have been used in the Egyptian brewing of a grain based alcoholic beverage.

By JPOST.COM STAFF

 

Artifacts indicating the presence of an ancient beer-brewing Egyptian community were discovered Sunday morning at a construction site in southern Tel Aviv, according to an official statement by the Israel Antiquities Authority.

Egyptian era archeological findings in Tel Aviv, hinting at ancient beer-making on site.‏ – Photo: Israel Antiquities Authority

The ceramic shards found at the site, which is near the Azrieli towers and is slated to be the location for an office building, are believed to have been used in the brewing of the grain-based alcoholic beverage, and date to the Bronze age, around the year 3,000 to 3,500 BCE. Continue Reading »

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| March 26, 2015
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Israeli scientists determine correct length of Saturn’s day

New research at Tel Aviv University established that the 6th planet takes 7 minutes less than what scientists previously determined to complete a full turn on its axis.

BY Ynet

 

Israeli scientists have solved the mystery of Saturn’s days, determining that one day on the planet lasts 10 hours and a little more than 32 minutes – seven minutes shorter than originally calculated.

Saturn – Photo: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute

The new research at Tel Aviv University was published this week in the Nature journal.

The length of a day for most of the planets in the solar system is clear physical data and well-known to modern science. Continue Reading »

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