Archive for Spotlight on Innovation
Spotlight on Israeli Innovation: One Step Closer to Star Trek
Many of you SciFi buffs will recall that in the original television series Star Trek, Dr. Leonard “Bones” McCoy utilized a 23rd century handheld device called a “tricorder” to take a person’s vital sign readings. In the 21st century, an Israeli company called Itamar Medical has brought us one step closer to the tricorder paradigm [...]
Read moreSpotlight on Israeli Innovation: What exactly is a TaKaDu?
In my last posting I blogged about lunch with George Gilder, who in his most recent book The Israel Test, wrote something very relevant to this blog posting: “Science and technology are climbing a ladder from the experimental morass of physics and chemistry into the abstract domains of excellence in algorithms, with Israel ready to [...]
Read moreSpotlight on Israeli Innovation: Pumping Water Out of Thin Air
In ancient times at the start of Passover and the beginning of the dry season, the Jewish people would appeal for God to open his “heavenly stores of dew” with a special prayer called “tefillat tal“. In modern times, a company called EWA Tech has answered these prayers with a brilliant technology that pumps water [...]
Read moreSpotlight on Israeli Innovation: The Simon
Welcome to a new recurring feature on the SolutionBridge blog – Spotlight on Israeli Innovation. These brief postings will focus on an ingenious product or technology from Israel that’s worth a closer peek. Our first spotlight looks at a clever rifle grenade called the “Simon” which can safely breach just about any door using an [...]
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