Top Stories from 2015
Happy New Year’s, free world! Let’s make 2016 better than 2015–maybe that includes a few actual victories over ISIS, a Republican in the White House (yes, I’ll take Trump over Hillary any day of the week), the demise of both Russia and Turkey, and who knows–maybe a few Bulls championships in the coming decade…
Digital Printing on Glass for Environmentally Friendly Architecture
An Israeli company based in Kfar Sava has developed the only system in the world for digitally printing on glass using highly durable ceramic inks. With a click of the…
Saving Our Environment, One Car at a Time
Did you ever wish that people driving clunkers would get them off the road and out of your way? The Israeli Ministry of Environmental Protection would also like old vehicles…
Happy Cows Produce More Milk
It must be one of the best-kept secrets in Israel that most of the dairy farmers in Israel are equipped with an undergraduate degree in the field! Maybe a high degree of education is typical of other countries’ farmers, but not in Kansas, where I grew up.
Watch Out For Exploding Stars!
Since then, new research in Israel has been developed that can alert us to the next time an interstellar catastrophe is in the making. This research, conducted by Eran Ofek and his staff from the Weizmann Institute of Science, uncovered a little known secret about our universe.
Meet the Winners of the Dev4Dev Cleanweb Hackathon
Last Thursday and Friday, November 14-15, some very cool techies met at the “Dev4Dev Cleanweb Hackathon” at the Google Campus Tel Aviv with one goal—to develop apps that would change…
Israeli Development Helps Fight Fires
In the summer of 1995 Israel experienced its worst fire ever. Ten minutes to the west of Jerusalem, sky-high flames bordered both sides of the Tel Aviv-Jerusalem highway. With strong…
How Two Israeli Brothers Spread Good Will to Africa
Two brothers in Israel, Yonatan and Gilad Shilo, have come up with a plan that effectively pairs Israeli know-how and technology with needy residents of Africa.
Clean Technology Invention Reduces Energy Expenses
We all know what it’s like trying to keep the lights out at home to reduce our electricity bills, but how do companies or even mega-corporations handle that?
Predators on the Loose in the Arava
Ten years ago Israeli researchers developed technology that uses predatory insects to grow healthy vegetables. Rather than using toxic chemical sprays that are dangerous to people and the environment, the method, “integrated pest management” (IPM) takes advantage of the natural enemies of bugs and insects to “search and destroy.”
Israeli Microbiologists Use the Human Model to Treat Ailing Coral Reefs
Setting apart one section of coral as a control group, he and his TAU team chose an area of diseased coral for testing. Sure enough, the injection stopped the bacteria…
Israel-Made: Solar Water Distillers
n these progressive times of powerful computers, instant digital information and the ability to reach out and “touch someone” with the click of a computer key, it is stunning that we have not been able to find a viable solution that addresses the most important issue affecting millions across the globe