Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu awarded, for the second time, the “Prime Ministers Prize for Initiatives and Innovations” in order to encourage initiatives, innovational thinking, imagination and creativity. The winners were chosen by a seven-member committee chaired by Prof. Eugene Kandel. The Honorable Mention for Initiative and Innovation for Financial Profit was awarded to Mr. Avi […]
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As reported in Israel21C: During paramilitary training at his Israeli high school, Danny Shechtman was usually the first to jump on the barbed wire blocking the students’ path as they ran through a field. “Everybody steps on you and then you try to shake yourself loose and run after them,” the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology […]
As reported in IVC: he first research funded focuses on forecasting of car sales Yissum Research Development Company Ltd., the technology transfer company of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, announced today that it has signed a research collaboration framework agreement with General Motors. Under the terms of the agreement, General Motors will fund research projects […]
As reported in IVC: BIRD Foundation to invest $3 million in four Israeli companies, including Pentalum and Greenlet Technologies, which will collaborate with American corporations in development of new products The BIRD Energy foundation, an American-Israeli investment fund, will put $3.1 million in four Israeli cleantech companies which will join forces with American giant corporations […]
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The Israeli company HCL Clean Tech is looking to convert wood chips into a high-value feedstock for biofuels and the plastics and chemicals industries Just like the Gold Rush prospectors, today’s moneymakers know that biofuels – fuel and petrochemicals made from plant-based materials – are the next big thing in business. And environmentalists know that […]
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. […]
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 […]
