Good News Israel presents Israeli scientists calculate Saturn’s day; Israel is a leader in cyber security and much more.

By Michael Ordman

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Israeli scientists calculate Saturn’s “day”

Scientists at at Tel Aviv University have solved the mystery of Saturn’s days, determining that one day on the planet lasts 10 hours and a little more than 32 minutes – seven minutes shorter than originally calculated.
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4641248,00.html

The world leader in cyber security

To coincide with CyberTech 2015 in Tel Aviv, here is a link to the inside story of how the best and brightest Israelis go from the army’s elite cyber security unit to launch innovative startup companies. And the article (second link) explains why Israeli cyber security will continue to be a driving force in the Israeli hi-tech ecosystem. Even Chinese on-line shopping giant Alibaba is investing in it.
http://techcrunch.com/2015/03/20/from-the-8200-to-silicon-valley/
http://venturebeat.com/2015/03/22/7-reasons-why-israeli-cyber-security-will-remain-hot/

Cyber security for Portugal

Israel’s CyberGym has signed a NIS 45 million deal with the Portuguese electricity company Energias de Portugal (EDP) to plan, build, and maintain a cyber-defense training facility. CyberGym is jointly owned by the Israel Electric Company and Israeli IT company Liacom Systems.
http://www.globes.co.il/en/article-cybergym-signs-nis-45m-portuguese-cyber-defense-deal-1001021506

UK announces 3 joint Israeli cyber Uni ventures

Francis Maude, Minister for the Cabinet Office responsible for cyber security, announced 3 UK-Israel academic collaboration ventures that will receive cyber research funding. They link UK’s universities of Bristol, Kent and UCL with Israel’s Bar Ilan and Haifa.
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/israeli-and-uk-academics-to-combat-global-cyber-security-threats

Microsoft opens new Haifa R&D center

24 years after selecting Haifa for its first Research & Development center outside the US, Microsoft is inaugurating a new R&D center in the city. The new building will cover 7,500 sq.m, houses 150 engineers and allows Microsoft to expand by hiring dozens more.
http://www.globes.co.il/en/article-microsoft-inaugurates-new-haifa-rd-center-1001022151

Multinational cooperation week

The Israeli R&D centers of Motorola, Microsoft, Marvell Technology, Deutsche Telekom, Citibank, Kodak, and GE are holding their third Weekathon in three years to develop new products together. Each company is sending up to 5 senior programmers to develop “the next big thing”.
http://www.globes.co.il/en/article-7-israeli-rd-centers-of-multinationals-to-cooperate-1001021588

The most popular national pavilion

The crowds flocked to the Israel pavilion at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. Here is a roundup of some of the innovative Israeli products and apps on show.
http://www.gadget.co.za/pebble.asp?relid=9607

Magisto revolutionizes Facebook

Magisto, an Israeli video storytelling platform with more than 55 million registered users, is a key part of Facebook’s newly launched Messenger Platform. Using Magisto’s patented AI technology, EmotionSense, text and photos are transformed into a video with music, motion and special effects.
http://jewishbusinessnews.com/2015/03/25/facebook-messenger-platform-revolutionized-with-israeli-magisto-shot-video-editing-app/

Real-time road-traffic information

Israel’s Decell Technologies provides historical and predictive road-traffic information captured from smartphones and GPS-enabled car systems in Tel Aviv, Vienna, Prague, Warsaw and Bratislava. Decell has just been acquired by US-based AirSage.
http://georgiaceo.com/news/2015/03/airsage-acquires-israeli-based-decell-technologies/

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Send Passover Packages to Needy Israeli Soldiers - Bring Them Joy!

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