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Anya Eldan: Helping boost Israeli high-tech startups

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.

High-tech Chanukah at Shalhevet

It was Sunday morning — just hours before the first night of Chanukah began on Dec. 6 — and Adrian Krag stood at the front of a Shalhevet High School classroom that was filled with inquisitive students.

UCLA’s new hospital takes technology to new frontiers

During a procedure, surgeons can use a touch-screen panel or voice commands to display and control images, adjust room lighting, or phone a colleague. They can access patient histories, X-rays and lab results, and use their fingers on the console to draw — just like a football commentator — on images displayed on a screen.

Partners in Profit

While Israel searches for a reliable partner in peace, partners in business were in no short supply at last month\’s California-Israel Bio-Partnering & Investment Conference. The \”Bio\” is short for biotechnology, a collective term for the various medical and technical innovations currently gathering great momentum. The \”Partnering\” was a meeting of the minds and monies of businesses in California and Israel, previously separated by thousands of miles, concerned with these innovations. The conference brought together Israeli companies specializing in biotechnology with scores of Southern California firms in biotech, venture capital and marketing, and other businesses eager to join in the Israeli biotechnology boom.

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