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high tech
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.
Israel’s high tech aims to help the elderly
Applications raise questions for society as a whole
Lebanon goes digital
International investment in Beirut as a tech hub grows.
Replicating revolution: Reut Institute advances 3-D printing for all
Few aspects of Israeli society are dearer to the national identity than its high-tech sector — a class of entrepreneurs so churning with ideas and innovation that they have earned Israel the title of “startup nation.”
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.
VIDEO: Hebrew U and Berkeley scientists perfect tech for medical imagery via cell phones
A team at Hebrew University and Berkeley have designed a system to transfer medical images via cell phone.
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.