Israel, India Ink New Pacts on Water Tech
More than ever, India is turning to Israel for assistance in dealing with its water issues. Last week, a dozen companies and as many Israeli officials were in India for its annual Water Week, where agreements were signed on water research and implementations of solutions between Israel and India, including several deals with the Indian states of Punjab and Haryana.
Israel Ranked 28 in UK Tourism Poll
British newspaper The Telegraph held a poll of the top 50 countries British people like to visit on vacation, putting Israel in 28th place with 75,000 votes. The Jewish State rose 8 places from last year, when it came in 36th. Israel was ranked above France, Austria, Brazil, Mexico, and many other countries considered tourist havens. Surprisingly, Israel even beat out Greece, which came in 29th.
The Surgery-Free Operating Room of Tomorrow is Here Now
In March, 200 participants in the 16th International Symposium on Therapeutic Ultrasound in Tel Aviv saw a livestreamed medical procedure to cure a woman’s essential tremor without incisions or anesthesia. Neurology and radiology experts at Rambam Health Care Campus in Haifa used the Exablate Neuro system developed in Israel by InSightec. Guided by magnetic resonance (MR) imaging, they focused multiple ultrasonic beams of acoustic energy to heat and destroy target cells in the patient’s thalamus.
Looking on in amazement from Tel Aviv, the conference attendees saw the 65-year-old baker – who had suffered tremors for a decade despite medication – walk out of the three-hour procedure, sit down and slice a celebratory cake to share with the neurology team. The first patient to get an Exablate Neuro treatment at the Haifa hospital is still without tremor two years later, said Rambam neurologist Ilana Schlesinger.
Israeli-Developed Imaging System Lowers Radioactive Dose for Patients
Single-photon emission computerized tomography (SPECT/CT) systems are a key tool to diagnose and monitor diseases, but for the past sixty years the technology has remained more or less the same. This year, the Israeli R&D center of GE Healthcare developed a new system that overcomes many of the problems of the systems that are largely in use at hospitals around the world.
American Giant Oracle Buys Tel Aviv Based Startup Crosswise for $50 Million
US software giant Oracle has acquired Israeli big data company Crosswise. No financial details were disclosed about the acquisition of the Tel Aviv based company but Israeli media reports say that Oracle is paying $50 million. Crosswise has developed a cross-device identification system based on big data, data science and machine learning that identifies, which PCs, phones, tablets, digital TVs and other connected devices are being used by individual consumers.
