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In Israel the use of herbicides is reduced

Written by Eden on 04/04/2022. Posted in Uncategorized. No Comments on In Israel the use of herbicides is reduced

Before, farmers had no choice but to spray everything, both healthy crops and weeds, in what was an incredibly wasteful process. “Farmers go to their fields with their machines and spray the entire area evenly all the time, season after season, field after field, even if the presence of weeds is only 10 percent,” explained Nadav Bocher, CEO of Greeneye Technologies. The Israeli agritech startup has come up with a new approach to weed control. “We want to change the wasteful practice to one of precision spraying, where you spray only where you need it,” Bocher said. How do you differentiate...

Israel grows in the world of esports

Written by Eden on 01/04/2022. Posted in Uncategorized. No Comments on Israel grows in the world of esports

Racing driver Alon Day from Israel was the Asian champion in Formula Renault competition in 2008 and winner of the NASCAR European series in 2017, 2018 and 2020. Since January this year, Day has a new job as a virtual driver for the Israeli esports company Finest. One of his tasks is to sit in front of a computer monitor playing racing simulators while legions of fans watch his activity on YouTube, Twitch and other live streaming platforms. For Day it is not something out of the ordinary: as a teenager, he entered the world of racing thanks to computer games and simulators and that is why he...

10 startups from Israel turn transportation electric

Written by Eden on 14/03/2022. Posted in Uncategorized. No Comments on 10 startups from Israel turn transportation electric

Despite not manufacturing cars, trains, buses or planes, Israel has positioned itself as a leader in transportation technology. As the transportation sector tends to become more automated, Israel’s high-tech prowess has not only become relevant but highly sought after around the world. It is that the most high-profile developments for the future of transport technology today revolve around electrification and leaving polluting fossil fuels behind. ISRAEL21c in English presents 10 new companies from Israel working to electrify travel by land and air. 1 StoreDot Even with the higher range...

How is Purim celebrated? | Jewish Carnival

Written by Eden on 07/03/2022. Posted in Uncategorized, Uncategorized, Uncategorized, Uncategorized, Uncategorized, Uncategorized. No Comments on How is Purim celebrated? | Jewish Carnival

Purim, or carnival of the Jews, is celebrated every year in the month of March. Although this is rather casual. The actual date is given by the Jewish calendar and is the 14th of the month of Adar. As the Hebrew calendar fluctuates, that date usually coincides with March. Purim is the commemoration of the moment when King Haman failed in his attempt to exterminate the Jews back in the fourth century BC. Purim story. The book of Esther and the carnival of the Jews To understand why this Jewish holiday is the happiest on the Hebrew calendar, why unlimited food is allowed and even getting drunk,...

A laboratory allows “hearing images and feeling sounds”

Written by Eden on 01/03/2022. Posted in Uncategorized. No Comments on A laboratory allows “hearing images and feeling sounds”

Dr. Iddo Wald shows me two abstract shapes: one angular and one rounded. “One of these forms is called Bouba and the other is Kiki. Which is which?” he asked me. “That’s Bouba,” I said, pointing to the rounded shape. “That’s what 90 percent of people say. And it has nothing to do with culture or language, it has to do with how we move our mouths to pronounce those sounds,” Wald replied with a smile. And he added: “The sharp sound of ‘Kiki’ and the way our mouths move to pronounce it is associated with the sharp angles of the shape you see.” The...

Meet the scientist from Israel who works to imagine the impossible

Written by Eden on 28/02/2022. Posted in Uncategorized. No Comments on Meet the scientist from Israel who works to imagine the impossible

Hossam Haick is a professor at the Technion Israel Institute of Technology and a specialist in the field of nanotechnology and non-invasive disease diagnosis. To start the talk with ISRAEL21c in Spanish, the scientist told a story about his eldest son, Fadi, who is now 13 years old. As a child, Fadi was afraid of water but one day, Haick (47) and his wife were in the Technion swimming pool and an older man who was swimming – to this day he does not know his name – extended his arms to the boy. and he went into the water with him. And that’s how Fadi learned to swim. Since then,...