Israeli startup Magos’s civil security systems won the 3C Smart Cities Challenge in Tel Aviv to develop solutions for Brazilian smart cities, and Israeli girl finds new geometric theorem, and much more.
By: Michael Ordman
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Smart cities in Brazil
Israeli startup Magos’s civil security systems won the 3C Smart Cities Challenge in Tel Aviv to develop solutions for Brazilian smart cities. Second was GreenIQ’s smart management of green spaces. Third was Pixtier, which develops an engineering system. The three startups won grants and flights to Brazil.
http://www.globes.co.il/en/article-3-israeli-cos-will-help-establish-brazilian-smart-city-1001112996
Israeli girl finds new geometric theorem
10th grade student Tamar Barbi from Hod Hasharon discovered the new “Three Radii Theorem” whilst studying mathematics at the highest level in Israel. If three or more lines extend from a single point to the edge of a circle, then the point is the center of the circle and the straight lines are the radii.
http://www.israelhayom.com/site/newsletter_article.php?id=32345
Breakthrough production of hydrogen from water
Professor Lilac Amirav of Israel’s Technion, has developed nanotechnology and solar energy to split water into hydrogen and oxygen with 100% efficiency. In time for Pesach – Moses would have been proud!
http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acs.nanolett.5b04813
http://pard.technion.ac.il/2016/03/05/hydrogen-breakthrough-water-splitting-at-technion/
Water tech in India
Israel’s agriculture minister Uri Ariel opened India Water Week in Delhi. It will feature eleven Israeli companies in the water industry who will demonstrate, through simulations, innovations in irrigation, desalination, water purification, measurement and management for municipalities and farms.
http://hamodia.com/2016/04/03/israel-opens-water-week-delhi/
The first “reefer cargo” block train from Israel
As part of the EU project Fresh Food Corridors (FFC), the first ever “reefer” (temperature-controlled containers) block train loaded with Israeli fruit and vegetables traveled from the Slovenian port of Koper to Rotterdam. It arrived 6 days earlier than ships direct from Israel.
http://www.freshplaza.com/article/154698/First-reefer-block-train-from-Middle-East-to-Northern-Europe
http://www.hortialliance.com/news/fresh-produce-train-rolls-into-rotterdam/
Ten more global winners
In the second round of Grand Challenge Israel, ten Israeli companies won government grants of up to half a million shekels for creating technological solutions to health and food security challenges in developing countries.
http://mfa.gov.il/MFA/InnovativeIsrael/ScienceTech/Pages/NIS-5-million-awarded-for-global-health-and-food-security-solutions-9-Mar-2016.aspx
Inclusive school wins robotics innovation award
A team from the Jusidman Science Center for Youth won the Rockwell Collins Innovate Award at the FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC) – a global robotics competition for young people, held for the first time in Israel. The Jusidman Team includes religious and secular Jews and Arab Bedouins.
http://in.bgu.ac.il/en/Pages/news/jusidman_FIRST.aspx
The cleanest air
Israel raised the threshold for the six most carcinogenic or toxic substances listed in the Clean Air Law and set values for two other substances. The values are more stringent than European standards, and don’t exist in the U.S., making Israel one of the most advanced countries in terms of environmental regulation. http://mfa.gov.il/MFA/InnovativeIsrael/GreenIsrael/Pages/Knesset-committee-approves-raising-threshold-of-air-quality-2-Mar-2016.aspx
The world’s smallest diode
Israeli and US researchers have made the world’s smallest diode – just one molecule small. Diodes are electronic elements that allow current to flow in one direction but prevent its flow in the other direction. They are essential for all electronic devices including smartphones and computers.
http://www.jpost.com/Business-and-Innovation/Tech/Israeli-American-researches-create-worlds-smallest-diode-450357
The world’s first emergency video app
Israel’s Magen David Adom emergency service has launched a first-of-its-kind smartphone video distress platform, based on an app developed by Israeli startup Reporty. The service shows emergency operators an outside caller’s exact location and provides vital real-time information.
http://ca.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idCAKCN0WI1SI?sp=true
Israeli Engines to land spacecraft on Mars
The European Space Agency’s ExoMars mission blasted off from Kazahkstan on March 14. Israel’s Rafael Industries made the vital hydrazine thrusters for the Schiaparelli landing module, which on 19th Oct will slow the decent of Schiaparelli to just 2 meters above the Mars surface.
http://www.timesofisrael.com/israeli-rocket-technology-to-help-explorer-ease-onto-mars/
http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Space_Science/ExoMars/How_Schiaparelli_will_land_on_Mars
Smart transportation conference
The 4th EcoMotion Conference on 19th May in Tel Aviv will showcase the innovation and entrepreneurship of over 150 Israel startups in the field of Smart Transportation. Featuring presentations, workshops and networking opportunities for entrepreneurs, industry leaders and researchers.
http://www.israeltrade.org.au/ecomotion-smarttransportation-conference-israel-may-19-2016/
Now you can 3D print your shoes
Israel’s Stratasys, the world’s biggest maker of 3D printers, has launched the Stratasys J750 that can print anything from trainers to voice recorders in a single operation. It has 360,000 different color shades and multiple properties, from rigid to flexible and opaque to transparent.
http://investors.stratasys.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=963214
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