This year, as Israel emerges from the coronavirus crisis, we’d like to look forward and explore the ways in which we can help our planet reach a better, brighter and greener future. Here are the top Israeli technologies doing just that by addressing acute issues from the world’s declining bee population to dirty diapers and everything in between. Happy Earth Day! PIKA easily cleans cloth diapers As any parent knows, bringing offspring into the world is not the most environmentally friendly thing you can do. We’re not talking about the future jet setters’ carbon footprint (although … [Read more...] about New Technologies That Will Help Our Planet
Environment
Fund to invest $6.4 million in joint clean-energy projects
Seven joint US-Israeli clean energy projects — including an energy-storing system for electric cars and a hydrogen-powered drone that takes off vertically — have received $6.4 million in funding from the US-Israel binational research and development program for energy. The US Department of Energy and Israel’s Energy Ministry, along with the Israel Innovation Authority, chose the seven clean energy projects as part of the Binational Industrial Research and Development (BIRD) Energy program. The total value of the projects is $15.4 million, which includes $9 million of cost-share funding from … [Read more...] about Fund to invest $6.4 million in joint clean-energy projects
European Firms Head To Tel Aviv With Over $300M To Invest In Israeli Startups
Israel’s “special relationship” with the United States, the world’s most powerful economy and Israel’s largest trading partner, has made it a top destination for Israeli startups and companies seeking to take their tech global. According to Start-Up Nation Central’s Finder database which tracks Israel’s tech ecosystem, there are over 1,850 Israeli companies with at least one US address, out of a total of more than 6,200 startups and firms. And there are significant – and growing – Israeli high-tech communities in Silicon Valley and New York primarily.American firms and multinationals also … [Read more...] about European Firms Head To Tel Aviv With Over $300M To Invest In Israeli Startups
Elevator Tech Could Save Lives
Seventeen years after 9/11, an Israeli startup is testing its solution to turn the elevator into a traveling ‘safe room’ that can facilitate rescue operations. When there’s a fire in a high-rise building, safety rules dictate that you don’t take the elevator. You head for the stairs instead. But what if using the elevator could actually be the fastest – and safest – way to evacuate a building on fire? Salamandra Zone is an Israeli startup that wants to make it possible for people trapped in a burning building to flee using the lift. Today, elevators automatically shut off if … [Read more...] about Elevator Tech Could Save Lives
New Laser Solution Could Slow Spread of Forest Fires
Fighting Treetop Fire is developing a system of removing combustible foliage with algorithm-controlled laser beams controlled via helicopter or truck. Aggressive wildfires are rampaging through many countries this summer, bringing death and destruction in their wake. In California alone, firefighters are scrambling to control 18 separate blazes. Texas, Oregon, Florida, New Jersey, as well as Canada, Greece, India, Mexico, Portugal, Spain, Sweden and the UK are among other areas battling massive forest fires, a phenomenon experts expect will only increase due to climate … [Read more...] about New Laser Solution Could Slow Spread of Forest Fires
Model farm Sowing Seeds For Global Innovation
Unique full-scale educational farm in northern Israel to test and show local and international agronomists the latest Israeli ag-tech advances. Starting with wheat fields and an almond grove, a full-scale sustainable educational farm now taking root in Israel’s Jezreel Valley will be an international showcase for cutting-edge Israeli technologies in precision agriculture, high-yield growth with less water, and preventing soil erosion and infestation. “This is unique in the world,” says Prof. Hanan Eizenberg of the Neve Ya’ar Research Center, one of three such centers run by the … [Read more...] about Model farm Sowing Seeds For Global Innovation