IDF Tech Saves Lives in Nepal, 3-D Car, NASA and More – This Week from the Startup Nation

An Inside Look at the IDF’s Unique Medical Technology in Nepal

As part of the IDF’s humanitarian mission to Nepal, a field hospital has been built near Kathmandu. This past week, people affected by the earthquake have been receiving the same treatment as offered in the most high-tech medical facility in Israel. Built and operated by a 260-member team that includes 40 medical personnel, the field hospital is equipped with everything: x-rays, operating rooms that will work 24/7, laboratories and more.

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Israeli High-Tech Companies Raise Nearly $1 Billion in First Quarter of 2015

According to a recently published report from IVC Research Center, Israel’s leading research group on the country’s high tech companies and venture capital investment, Israel’s first quarter this year was the second most successful quarter for high tech fundraising in a decade, 48% higher than Q1 of 2014 and more than twice what was raised in Q1 of 2013. What’s more, it was only 10% less than the decade’s most successful quarter for high tech fundraising: Q4 of 2014.

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World First 3-D Car Printed with Help of Israeli Engineers

The Israeli office of Autodesk Inc. has been collaborating with Massivit, an Israeli startup company, to 3D print elements of a car, the Strati. They have been working on a 3D model of the “Strati” – a car created and developed by Local Motors.

The collaboration will be displayed Monday during the main event of EcoMotion, a gathering of Smart Transportation innovators that will take place at the Peres Center for Peace in Tel Aviv. Parts of the printed car will be introduced for the first time in Israel.