Cooking up Israeli startups
Jewish Journal
May 4, 2016
Amit Kochavi, an 18-year-old entrepreneur from Tel Aviv, did not want to wait until after his military service to get a foothold in Israel’s startup ecosystem.
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Tech
Driverless cars could save lives, kill businesses
Jewish Journal
April 26, 2016
The automotive and tech companies pursuing the driverless car share a utopian belief: Autonomous vehicles will benefit society, eventually saving most of the nearly 33,000 people each year killed in road accidents in America alone.
Review: HiFiman HE400S open headphones
Eli Maimon
April 18, 2016
A man sits down in his most comfortable chair beside a crackling fireplace. He pours two fingers of expensive scotch, lights a cuban cigar, then flips on his state of the art tube amplifier, giving it a good couple minutes to warm up before kicking back and listening to his favorite Jazz Fusion ensemble record on his forty thousand dollar sound system.
Review: Master & Dynamic MW60 wireless headphones
Eli Maimon
April 6, 2016
There are tons of headphones that look amazing but don’t sound a whole lot better than the earpods that came with your phone.
Anya Eldan: Helping boost Israeli high-tech startups
Jewish Journal
April 4, 2016
Earlier this year, the grant-making agency supporting technological research and development in Israel, known as the Office of the Chief Scientist, rebranded itself as the Israel Innovation Authority.
At Tel Aviv cannabis tech conference — lots of tech, no pot smoking allowed
Jewish Journal
March 15, 2016
He was chilling out in the corner, tipped back in his chair, newsboy cap askew on his head, a grin on his face and smoke gently wafting from his mouth.
How three Arab-Israeli kids from a poor village with limited Internet access won a tech prize
Jewish Journal
March 14, 2016
Tamim Zoabi knew that if he and his classmates could win at the Young Engineers’ Conference, it could mean a ticket to a better life – a coveted university scholarship for this truck driver’s son from a poor village in northern Israel.
HotMat, new Shabbat hotplate, offers design and safety appeal
Jewish Journal
March 3, 2016
First there was KosherLamp, the bedside light that could be turned on and off on the Sabbath.
Meet five Israeli companies driving disability tech
Jewish Journal
February 22, 2016
After a missile strike during the 1973 Yom Kippur War left Omer Zur’s father paralyzed from the chest down, his dad vowed to continue life as normal.
New study: Sperm quality damaged by cellphones
Jewish Journal
February 17, 2016
A groundbreaking study carried out in Haifa suggests that regularly talking on a cellphone for more than an hour a day, and talking on the phone when it is connected to a charger, doubles the likelihood of a decrease in sperm concentration from 33.3 percent to 66.7 percent
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