The barcode self-scanning and checkout payment smartphone app from Israeli startup SuperSmart could be the start of a revolution in Israeli grocery shopping; The Mabat 2000 observation and intelligence center counters crime and terror attacks in Jerusalem, and much more. 

By: Michael Ordman

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Beginning of the end for supermarket checkout queues

The barcode self-scanning and checkout payment smartphone app from Israeli startup SuperSmart could be the start of a revolution in Israeli grocery shopping. The app is currently on trial at an Osher Ad supermarket branch in Tel Aviv.
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/215335

Hi-tech protects the Old City

The Mabat 2000 observation and intelligence center counters crime and terror attacks in Jerusalem. 36 hi-tech touch screens receive real-time images from 320 CCTV cameras at the nine entrances to the Old City providing fast response data in any incident. Police and homeland- security delegations from around the world regularly visit the facility.
http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Old-City-hi-tech-helps-police-prevent-crime-462907

Protecting hospital data

Israeli cybersecurity Votiro’s unique “zero-day” technology quarantines emails containing malicious software that locks hospital systems and issues ransom demands to unlock it. Jerusalem’s Alyn Hospital for special needs children has just installed Votiro’s software to protect it against such threats.
http://www.timesofisrael.com/israeli-system-keeps-hospital-data-safe-from-ransomware/

A perfectly sweet watermelon. Salah Abd Alhalem

Adam Garah and Ayman Sarha’an from Israel’s Technion Institute have invented a device that correlates a watermelon’s internal and external appearance. Using three pictures of the melon at different angles, an algorithm determines its taste rating with 100% accuracy.
http://www.fromthegrapevine.com/innovation/device-youll-never-buy-bitter-watermelon-again

Alternative fuels summit

Tel Aviv will host the fourth annual Fuel Choices Summit on 2-3 Nov. It will explore and exhibit innovation in alternative fuels and smart mobility. Israel’s Prime Minister will award the 2016 Samson Prize for a major breakthrough in the field of alternative fuels for transportation.
http://www.israelscienceinfo.com/en/hightech/fuel-choices-summit-sommet-international-sur-les-combustibles-alternatifs-2-3-nov-2016-a-tel-aviv/

Two medals at Chemistry Olympiad

Israeli high school students Ron Solan and Rina Svotianovwon a silver and a bronze medal at the annual International Chemistry Olympiad which took place in the Georgian capital Tbilisi. 264 high students competed from 66 different countries.
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4836747,00.html

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