As reported in Globes: The US livestock ID leader is acquiring the Netanya based dairy herd specialist. Allflex Group, a global leader in animal identification systems, has acquired Netanya based SCR for $250 million. SCR, founded in 1976, manufactures and markets advanced monitoring systems for cows and milk production and innovative solutions for management of […]
Tel Aviv was awarded this year’s World Smart Cities Award presented at a gala dinner last night during the Smart City Expo and World Congress in Barcelona. Israel’s largest city was recognised for its initiatives in digitally connecting and engaging citizens with the municipality’s activities. A Residents Club, free Wi-Fi across the city and its own city […]
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The “beating tech heart” of Israel
Jon Medved was recently inteviewed on CNN about the effect of the Start Up nation on the future of the Israeli economy.
As published in No Camels: The popularity of craft beer and microbreweries has exploded in recent years, and Israel is not missing out on the craze. Craft breweries, a trend which actually began in the 1980s, are marked by their independence, local character, smaller scale and brewing capacity. With beer aficionados acquiring increasingly refined tastes […]
As reported in Jewsnews: The $7 device is loaded with Google’s Android 4.4 operating system. Plug it into the USB port of any old laptop or desktop, and you’ve got a personal computer. If you can put data on a USB drive, why not put an entire operating system on a stick? It’s a simple […]
As reported in NoCamels: When it comes to treating large, open wounds, not much has changed in the past five thousand years. Just as the ancient Egyptians used needles and thread to patch up their wounded, doctors employ the same stitching ‘technology’ today to prevent infection and facilitate healing. Nonetheless, when a wound is too […]
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An Outbrain IPO in the works
If there’s one Israeli company whose work you would be familiar with, it is that of Outbrain. A content recommendation company, they are the ones that provide the ‘recommended for you’ articles at the bottom of news sites, including some sponsored ads. Outbrain has recently filed confidentially with the U.S. Securities and Exchange commission for […]
Every night, nearly a hundred robots come to life in the arid desert of southern Israel and get busy cleaning rows and rows of solar panels. The robots are designed by startup Ecoppia as an alternative to the conventional, but also labor-intensive, method of sending human workers to hose and wipe down panels manually or use […]
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Charge your phone in 30 seconds
Picture sourced from App advice (http://appadvice.com/appnn/2012/02/upcoming-app-find-your-missing-idevice-even-if-the-battery-is-dead) Smartphones are great. They allow us to check our email wherever we go, surf the net, navigate our way through unfamiliar streets – these mini computers have significantly changed our culture and lives. But, at one point or another, the inevitable strikes: the battery dies. And often accompanying it […]
3D printer maker, 3D Systems, recently acquired Israeli company Cimatron Ltd for $8.97 a share. The total transaction is valued at $97 million, inclusive of its net cash. Cimatron is a leading provider in 3D CAD/CAM software products for manufacturing. These are increasingly being used by a companies around the world for their 3D production […]
