Israel21c - 1 .14 . 2015

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 Latest Inventions In, Technology, 

Health, Science, Environment,

 People, Art, Culture And

 More From Israel

TECHNOLOGY

Tech firms target diabetes (audio)

In the TLV1 studio, from left, Gadi Levin of LabStyle, Nadav Kidron of Oramed and Yishai Knobel of Helparound.

ISRAEL21c in collaboration with TLV1.

ISRAEL21c team wins 3rd

 prize in Reut Institute

 Legitimacy Hackathon

The Go.ProIL team win 3rd prize at the Reut Institute Hackathon. From left to right: Rona Langer-Ziv, Avigail Perl, Dima Kogan, Nicky Blackburn, Ethan Cowan, Viva Sarah Press, Denisse Schnabel.

Importing Israeli startup sauce to NY

Lior Vaknin speaking at the first meeting of Israeli Startups NYC.

Israeli startups set record

 for exits in 2014

WeWork takes co-working

 model global

The lounge inside WeWork’s Boston officez

New innovation will

 revolutionize night-time

 driving

Image via Shutterstock.com

The 12 top stories of 2014

Israel reinvents the wheel. Revolutionary technology from SoftWheel.

Top 12 disruptive technologies

 to watch in 2015

Forbes’ ‘female founders to watch’ (audio)

Brayola and 24me – two Israeli startups led by women.

How do strangers GetYou?

CEO Orit Mossinson is making international media appearances.

HEALTH And SCIENCE 

Trouble sleeping? Watch your back

Welcome to the mobile health revolution (audio)

Tal Givoly, Medivizor’s Co-Founder and CEO (blue shirt) is flanked by mHealth Israel organizers.

The nanoparticles coming

 to attack cancer

The Quiet Therapeutics team.

Don’t break bad news at night

HyperQ diagnoses heart

 disease in the ER

Gargle with gold to find oral cancer

Image via Shutterstock.com

Using parasites to fight 

autoimmune diseases

Dr. Yehuda Shoenfeld of Israel’s Zabludowicz Center of Autoimmune Diseases.

Vitamin D helps you breathe easier

Wearable technology is 

breakthrough for Parkinson’s

Analyzing data transmitted from patients. Image courtesy of Intel.

A cure for medical misunderstandings

Patient instructions made simple.

New method to assess head injuries

 in American football players

Images from the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev JAMA Neurology study.

ENVIRONMENT

Cleaning up Negev oil 

spill with new tech

Technion students take soil samples at the site of the disaster. Photo courtesy of the Technion

Saving lost produce by cutting waste

Technion students take soil samples at the site of the disaster. Photo courtesy of the Technion

Revolutionary diagnostic

 technique identifies what

 lurks in your lungs

Photo by Sophie Gordon/FLASH90

Why investors are seeding

 Israeli agtech

Image via Shutterstock.com

The garden that climbs 

walls and feeds you

GreenWall can do ornamental as well as edible gardens.

A GreenWall installation in Israel.

#LightForLima in the Holy City

The Interfaith Center for Sustainable Development organized the Jerusalem #LightForLima solar-lantern event. Photo by Gundula M. Tegtmeyer for the ICSD

Get ready: Star Trek capsule

 meals coming your way

Hungry? Pop a pod into the machine.

An ‘Airbnb’ for your pets

Petbnb helps you find your pet a welcome home away from home while you are on holiday. Photo by www.shutterstock.com

Swashbuckling Israeli

 firm fights pirate fishing

‘Print’ this super-veggie at home

GreenOnyx system for growing and preparing Khai-nam, a.k.a. watermeal.

CULTURE

Fashion lights up TLV’s

 ‘Electric Garden’

Berlin-based photographer David Meskhi took shots of ordinary people wearing Maya Bash clothing.

Animals on the lam in Israel

Rhinos at the Ramat Gan safari. Photo by Moshe Shai/FLASH90

12 top Israeli bands to watch in 2015

Ester Rada.

WeWork takes co-working 

model global

WeWork aims to transform global business culture.

Divers find prehistoric village 

beneath the sea near Haifa

Stone basin used for crushing olives. Photo by Ehud Galili/Israel Antiquities Authority

Teen tennis star aces 

Orange Bowl, again

Keep an eye on Israeli teen Yshai Oliel on the world’s tennis courts.

NY all-star shoots hoops

 for Israeli team

Sylven Landesberg at the Nokia Arena. Photo by Deborah Danan/Headline Media

Underground culture gets

 a home in Haifa

Young people have been flocking to the Haifa Port for Kartel events. Photo by Matansky

The work of Know Hope was featured at Kartel.

An indoor Kartel exhibit.

Ghostown is among the founders of the Kartel project. Photo by CJ Parel

People 

 Social Action 

 Travel

Gates grant for public-health hero

BGU professor wins Bill & Melinda Gates grant

 to continue his years-long fight to wipe out

 parasitic infections in Ethiopia.

Yo! Meet the man behind the app

Moshe Hogeg presenting Mobli. Photo courtesy of Holatelcel

US vets find inspiration 

and healing in Israel

US vets Anthony and James laying a wreath at Latrun war memorial. Photo by Judy Schaffer

Tackling transport troubles

 for the disabled

Navigating public transport can be difficult for people with disabilities. Photo by Miriam Alster/FLASH90

What makes people donate 

to a cause? (audio)

Ready to give?

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History comes alive at Beit She’an

Romans once flocked to Beit She’an for entertainment such as blood sports. (Itamar Grinberg/Israel Tourism Ministry)

Beit She’an National Park viewed through the Roman theater ruins. (Israel Tourism Ministry)

Postcard from Israel: Sheinkin Street

How to extend your holiday

 without paying a dime

Temporary farm work can help extend a vacation. Photo by Flash90.