The BizTEC competition is celebrating its first decade, and the New York Times has some very good news: Google Capital will invest $60 million in the new start-up co-founded by a Technion graduate Tomer London, who won first place in BizTEC in 2009,…
Zebra Medical Vision launched a closed beta of its Medical Imaging Research platform and announced funding of $8 million led by Khosla Ventures, with participating parties DeepFork Capital and Salesforce Marc Benioff. The company’s solution enables researchers to quickly develop imaging…
A joint venture of Israel Innovation Institute, the Prime Minister’s Office (Fuel Choices Initiative), Ministry of Science, Keren Hayesod and the Israeli Automotive and High-Tech industry, EcoMotion is building an interdisciplinary community focused on Smart Transportation, stimulating multiple solutions in R&D and…
A Declaration of Intent signed by the Ministers of Agriculture of Israel and Paraguay, establishes the framework to expand cooperation in the areas of irrigation, human capacity building, research and development, agricultural innovation, environment and agro-entrepreneurship. The Joint Declaration was…
A new program encouraging agricultural R&D was launched by the Chief Scientist at the Israeli Ministry of Economy, Avi Hasson, at the International Israel Agritech Conference. The program aims at encouraging Israeli organizations involved in agricultural endeavors, including agricultural companies and institutions…
During Agritech 2015, the Agricultural Research Organization (Volcani Center) in Israel will sign a memorandum of understanding to form a partnership with the World Food Preservation Center LLC with the goal of reducing postharvest losses of food in developing countries. Their joint efforts will…
Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman spoke with Israel Ambassador to Nepal, Yaron Meir, and received from him an update on the situation there following the severe earthquake. FM Liberman instructed the Ministry to reinforce the embassy staff in Kathmandu as soon…
MASHAV in partnership with Ghana’s Ministry of Food & Agriculture and the German International Development Cooperation conducted a 2-week workshop for 140 citrus farmers from the Ashanti, Eastern and Central Regions to improve citrus productivity. The trilateral cooperation is conducted under…
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev’s Dr. Eli Rohn and six of his students have developed a sophisticated computerized system that classifies drivers based on their driving style and phone usage while driving. The computerized system uses a smartphone’s sensors to collect data…
Scientists from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Harvard University have announced a “Neuronal Positioning System” (NPS) that maps the circuitry of the brain, similar to how a Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver triangulates one’s location on the planet. For…
