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| July 30, 2012
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Forget going for the Olympic ‘gold’, Israel will go for Beijing ‘green’ in 2013

Students & researchers from 20 countries will submit their entries in the Solar Decathlon China competition set to take place in August, 2013 • The Israeli team has developed a green house that generates more electricity than it uses.

By lan Gattegno

 

An Israeli team will submit an entry for the prestigious Solar Decathlon China competition scheduled for August 2013. The competition will include academic teams from 20 countries who will compete for the title of champion of ecological construction. The Israeli team, including members from Tel Aviv University, Shenkar College of Engineering and Design, Neri Bloomfield School of Design and Education, and the College of Management Academic Studies, will present an innovative ecological (“green”) house that will generate more electricity than it needs to function.

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| July 30, 2012
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Latvian boy’s right hand now fixed by Israeli surgeons

Kyril, a 12 year old boy from Latvia whose congenital defect made it impossible for him to use his right hand, will soon to return home.

 

Kyril, a 12-year-old boy from Latvia whose congenital defect made it impossible for him to eat, scratch or do anything else with his right hand, is now able to function normally and return home, thanks to surgeons at Rambam Medical Center in Haifa.

KYRIL lived until now with only one working hand
Photo: Courtesy Rambam Medical Center

Kyril suffered from brachial plexus palsy, a defect that occurs in one in 3,000 to 5,000 births.

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| July 29, 2012
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Skeletons of Jews massacred by the Romans on the Temple Mount found

Journalist Benny Liss releases movie of underground cave on Temple Mount where he found  mass grave • He believes the skeletons may be remains of massacred Jews by the Romans when they destroyed the Temple Mount; urges the authorities to properly examine the area.

By Nadav Shragai

 

 

Remains of thousands of Jews massacred by the Romans on the Temple Mount at the time of the destruction of the Second Temple may have been uncovered in Jerusalem, according to a veteran archaeological journalist.

Jews, Christians or Muslims? An image from the film of the skeletons.
Photo credit: Yoav Ari Dudkevitch

During a conference on Thursday at Megalim – the City of David Institute for Jerusalem Studies, journalist Benny Liss screened a movie recorded a few years ago that clearly shows thousands of skeletons and human bones in what appears to be a mass grave.

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| July 29, 2012
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Israeli Molecular transistors to help replace laptops with tablets

Already 15 years ago, experts understood that hardware constraints would limit the miniaturization of electronic devices.

By JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH

 

 

Smartphones and tablet computers are considered the hardware of the postpersonal- computer future, but they have a number of limitations, including limited RAM (random access memory), which reduces the number of applications that can be used simultaneously. This even causes battery-operated devices to empty out too fast. RAM devices are large and thus use a lot of power, so they don’t operate well as mobile devices.
An educational application on an iPad

An educational application on an iPad
Photo: Shannon Stapleton/Reuters

Standard tabletop computers that plug into the wall and laptop computers that use large, rechargeable batteries currently have the advantage over smartphones and tablet computers. Continue Reading »

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| July 23, 2012
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The fish that lay the golden eggs

 

Super-expensive Karat caviar, coveted by restaurateurs in numerous countries, starts out in the Galilee.

 

 

Think “caviar” and the Caspian Sea probably comes to mind along with Russia and maybe Iran. Well, think again. Because some of the finest caviar in the world today originates from ponds at Kibbutz Dan in Israel.

Yigal Ben-Tzvi with sturgeon at Kibbutz Dan.

Yigal Ben-Tzvi with sturgeon at Kibbutz Dan.

It all started with a business trip to Russia in 1992. Aquaculturists Yigal Ben-Tzvi and Avshalom Hurvitz, who grew up on Kibbutz Dan and run its fish farms, bought some prized Osetra sturgeon eggs to hatch for the growing Israeli population of Russian immigrants who love this variety of fish. Continue Reading »

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| July 20, 2012
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Gray water is safe for household use, according to Israeli scientists

Israel’s Health Ministry opposition nixes plan for household recycling systems.

Scientists from the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology and Ben-Gurion University of the Negev have proven the efficiency of gray water purification systems and that people should be encouraged to use such water.

The project is one of the most comprehensive ever undertaken anywhere in the world to study the re-use of gray water – water that is generated in homes in laundry, dishwashing and bathing and can be recycled to irrigate gardens.

Researchers at Technion - Israel Institute of Technology in Haifa

Researchers at Technion – Israel Institute of Technology in Haifa. – Photo by Moti Milrod

The study found that in most cases the quality of the water stored after treatment was very high. Continue Reading »

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| July 18, 2012
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Israeli Scientists use ‘natural light’ to see around corners

Weizmann Institute scientists have develop a unique imaging technique that “turn walls into mirrors” using only natural light instead of lasers.

By JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH

 

 

Scientists at the Weizmann Institute of Science have developed a unique imaging technique to “turn walls into mirrors” using natural light instead of lasers and to “see around corners.”

The work, performed by Prof. Yaron Silberberg and colleagues at the Rehovot institute, was published on Monday night in the prestigious journal Nature Photonics.

ORI KATZ, Eran Small, Prof. Yaron Silberberg - Photo: Courtesy Prof. Yaron Silberberg

ORI KATZ, Eran Small, Prof. Yaron Silberberg
Photo: Courtesy Prof. Yaron Silberberg

Photonics researchers in recent years have tried to correct the “scattering” of light that causes objects to be opaque or non-reflecting. Continue Reading »

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| July 18, 2012
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Check out Israeli Technology World Wide

Israeli technology is quickly flooding foreign markets. Three of the newest on the docket: France, Britain, and Korea.

By Yael Willner

Monitoring employees Photo: Thinkstock

Monitoring movements
Photo: Thinkstock

 

The Louvre, the world’s most visited museum, will soon be outfitted by Synel security technology. Synel, an Israeli subsidiary company in France, will provide time and attendance management hardware, as well as fingerprint verification, keypad entry, magnetic card, barcode card, proximity card, contactless smart card and facial recognition technology to help prevent burglary and unauthorized entry throughout the museum.

 

 

British Telecom logo

British Telecom logo

British Telecom, the large international communications company, will soon feature Cyber-Ark software to protect and secure its privileged accounts.

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| July 17, 2012
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Akko Harbor from Second Temple Period Unearthed

The 2,300 year old harbor was the largest in the country during Hellenistic period, & may have been military as well.

By Gil Ronen

 

A magnificent ancient harbor – considered the largest and most important in the Land of Israel in the Hellenistic period – has been unearthed in Akko (Acre). The harbor dates back 2,300 years, to the time in which the Second Temple stood in all of its magnificence in Jerusalem.

Among the finds at the harbor are large mooring stones that were incorporated in the quay, which were used to secure sailing vessels. This was probably a military harbor. Continue Reading »

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| July 17, 2012
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Israel’s Rafael unveils new USV for Israel Navy – the Protector

The ‘Protector’ is equipped with a 360-degree cameras & water cannons; ship designed to support maritime security.

 

It is fast, small and unmanned and soon, the Navy’s Protector ship will also be non-lethal.Developed by Rafael Advanced Defense Systems, the Protector unmanned surface vehicle (USV) was designed to support maritime security, mostly for border patrols and port security.
‘Protector' unmanned ship

Rafael’s ‘Protector’, unmanned surface vehicle (USV) – Photo: Yaakov Katz

Based on a small speedboat, the ship was deployed by the Israel Navy a number of years ago off the Gaza coast.

Earlier this month, Rafael unveiled a new version of the USV that is longer, faster, more reliable and comes with a high pressure water hose attached for non-lethal mission.

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| July 12, 2012
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Israeli Company Unveils New Unique Medical Smartphone

Israeli company LifeWatch Technologies unveils the LifeWatch V, a medical smartphone that measures seven medical indexes.

By Elad Benari & Yoni Kempinski

 

Israeli company LifeWatch Technologies unveiled on Tuesday the LifeWatch V, a first of its kind medical smartphone that renders it possible to independently measure seven medical indexes: ECG, heart rate, body temperature, blood sugar levels, body fat percentages, blood oxygen saturation and an index for measuring stress.

LifeWatch V -

LifeWatch V – Henzi & Micciche

The revolutionary development transforms the user’s personal cellular handset into a sophisticated “life preserving apparatus”.

LifeWatch V is equipped with a rich package of tools which supports the ability to independently manage various aspects of personal health and welfare, including: Nutrition management based to the users profile and preferences, a medication reminder and physical activity log. Continue Reading »

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| July 12, 2012
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IDF’s future tank: The Electromagnetic cannon

Imagine a tank that drives on a hybrid engine, or can shoot a laser or even an electromagnetic pulse.

 

Imagine a tank that can drive on a hybrid engine – partly powered by electricity – instead of the loud diesel engines used today? These technologies and others are under consideration for integration into Israel’s future tank which theIDF hopes will be operational by 2020.

soldier jumps of Merkava tank - Photo: REUTERS

Soldier jumps off Merkava tank – Photo: REUTERS

Last year, the IDF Ground Forces Command set up a team of combat and technical officers – from the Armored Corps, the Weapons Development Branch in the Ground Forces Command and the Defense Ministry’s Merkava Program Office – to begin planning Israel’s future tank, the successor to the Merkava.

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| July 11, 2012
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Archaeology Proves Existence Of Biblical Bethlehem – Ancient Bulla Discovered

In this latest archaeological discovery, together with others recently unearthed, is raising a new wave of interest in the field of biblical archaeology. This latest find is the 1st ancient artifact constituting tangible evidence of the existence of the city of Bethlehem, at least from the 1st Temple period, found during excavations in Jerusalem.

 

 

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A very long & heated battle has raged in the archeological world about the validity of the Biblical narrative & archeological evidence supporting it. One camp says that the archeological discoveries do not prove the narrative and are notoriously skeptical when new finds are announced.

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| July 11, 2012
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Boeing to Market Israeli UAVs

Israel’s Elbit Systems soars in the international market with a new agreement with Boeing to market the company’s Hermes UAVs.

By Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu

 

Israel’s Elbit Systems has soared into the international market with a new agreement with Boeing to market the company’s Hermes UAVs, American military and defense media reported Monday.

Hermes 900

Hermes 900 – Elbit

The companies have signed a Memorandum of Understanding at the Farnborough Air Show in London. The agreement covers marketing and sales of Elbit’s Hermes 450 and 900 UAS product lines.

The agreement gives Elbit a long-desired stronger foothold in the U.S. market.

Its Hermes 450 UAV are exported to several countries, including Britain, Singapore, Georgia and Brazil. Continue Reading »

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| July 9, 2012
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Israel’s domestic satellite industry saved

Israeli company Spacecom selects Israel Aerospace Industries to produce the Amos 6 communications satellite in a $200 million deal.

By ARIEH O’SULLIVAN

 

The decision to award the construction of Israel’s newest communications satelite to a state-owned company has probably saved the life of the production line and was likely done to preserve independence for defense communications.

The Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) has announced that it was selected in an international tender to produce the Amos 6 communications satellite, which is to replace the Amos 2 sometime in 2016. The deal is worth $200 million and includes a satellite ground control station and operating services. Continue Reading »

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