Israeli friends create online vegan lifestyle ecosystem offering products and services, meal-sharing app, tech incubator, meetups, content and more. On September 2 – 118 years since the birth of Donald Watson, coiner of the term “vegan” in 1944 – Israel-based VeganNation will launch its initial coin offering to kick off a decentralized community and marketplace for millions of worldwide vegans. Cofounder Isaac Thomas, 34, says VeganNation is meant to be the first fully functioning ecosystem for people who avoid animal products, offering an online platform for content and … [Read more...] about VeganNation Site To Launch With Its Own Cryptocurrency
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10 Israelis At The Head of US Businesses
Arriving in America flush with ambition rather than cash, these Sabras climbed quickly up the ladder of success. r was added to the Hollywood Walk of Fame in honor of “Mighty Morphin Power Rangers” creator and media mogul Haim Saban last year, it was another feather in the cap of Israeli citizens who have built successful enterprises in the United States. The list of Israelis heading American companies is impressively long. ISRAEL21c chose 10 to highlight here, all of whom spent their formative years in Israel (excluding, for example, Israeli-born Oracle co-CEO Safra Catz, who … [Read more...] about 10 Israelis At The Head of US Businesses
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