Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will, this year, for the second time, award the “Prime Ministers Prize for Initiatives and Innovations” in order to encourage initiatives, innovational thinking, imagination and creativity among various population groups, including young people. The goal of the Prize is to lead to significant changes in society, the environment, science, technology, etc. […]
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As reported in Israel 21c: What started out as a college marketing project a year ago has turned into one of the most popular new Facebook applications — and the hottest web app of the year, snatching a $50,000 prize at TechCrunch Disrupt in San Francisco. This is the show where startups that lead the […]
As reported in IVC: The center will promote research in artificial intelligence, games theory, computer science, economics, and psychology and their applications in e-commerce. The Microsoft Research (MSR) division plans to invest $1.5 million over the next five years in a joint research program with the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology. Prof. Moshe Tennenholtz […]
As reported in IVC: Israel’s first 4.95-megawatt solar energy farm at Kibbutz Ketura has been in operation since August 30. Arava Power Company yesterday received Israel’s first permanent solar energy license for its farm at Kibbutz Ketura. The 4.95-megawatt solar energy farm, Israel’s first, has been in operation since August 30. Arava Power owns 12 […]
As reprted in IVC: A new exhibit pays homage to Israeli ingenuity behind gadgets like the Disk-on-Key, PillCam, solar windows and a space camera One of Israel’s sources of pride is the enormous number of inventions and innovations that have taken root on its soil over 63 years — despite challenges of geography, size and […]
Jerusalem is often explored on foot, but another way to see the city is to climb to its rooftops and look down on some of its amazing sites. Today’s tour with guide Madeleine Lavine starts at the YMCA, an architectural landmark built in 1878 and well known for its vision of coexistence. Inside, there is […]
Chipmaker Intel Corp has agreed to acquire mobile navigation software maker Telmap. Telmap, which provides mapping, local business listings and other location-based services, has been profitable since last year, with sales for 2010 reaching $28 million, and an expected turnover of $33 million for 2011. Telmap powers mapping applications for a number of mobile operators, […]
Professor Daniel Shechtman of the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology has been designated the winner of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for 2011 for his discovery of quasicrystals – a new form of matter that has become a major subject field for physicists, materials scientists, mathematicians, and crystallographers. Shechtman, who was born in Tel Aviv in […]
Argentina became the last of the South American Mercosur trade block of four to sign a free trade agreement with Israel. Trade in 2010 between Israel and the other countries that comprise Mercosur, Brazil, Uruguay and Paraguay, reached $1.8 billion. Trade with Argentina, on the other hand, only reached $130 million due to high tariffs on […]
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will, this year, for the second time, award the “Prime Ministers Prize for Initiatives and Innovations” in order to encourage initiatives, innovational thinking, imagination and creativity among various population groups, including young people. The goal of the Prize is to lead to significant changes in society, the environment, science, technology, etc. […]
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