Holiday shoppers spent more online in 2005 than they did in 2004, continuing to steadily steal market share from brick-and-mortar shops, according to a report released last week by Goldman Sachs, Nielsen/NetRatings, and Harris Interactive.Source: Yahoo NewsHoliday shoppers in the…
Since 1989, the prestigious Innovations Design and Engineering Awards have given consumer technology manufacturers and developers an opportunity to have their newest products judged by a preeminent panel of independent industrial designers, independent engineers and members of the trade press.…
Technology Review picks five important advances in nanotechnology and materials science in 2005 — and one policy issue that could decide the future of the entire field. Source: Technology Review Harvesting Energy from the SunRising oil prices and the threat…
According to The New York Times, Israel’s hi-tech industry has had its best year in nearly half a decade, and is heading toward a full recovery after the dot-com implosion and outbreak of the intifada in 2000, YNET reported. Source:…
Israel is a powerhouse of ingenuity and innovation, boasting the largest number of startups in the world per capita.The abundance of startup companies in Israel is an outgrowth of the country’s high concentration of engineers in its workforce and government…
Pain can be mysterious, untreatable and debilitating, and its causes can be unknown. But if you could see the pain — or, at least, your brain’s reaction to it — you might be able to master it. Source: Wired News…
Microsoft’s long running request for an interactive TV patent has been granted, reports The Register. The patent, which Microsoft originally applied for in 1993, enables the company to develop and market technology that allows television viewers to pause programmes to…
Two Israeli companies are behind the technology of U.S. company Nuance Communications’ new software that enables the vision impaired to have easy access to cell phones. Source: Haaretz Nuance is utilizing the technologies of two firms it acquired – ART…
The REAPS (Rotorcraft External Airbag Protection System) developed by RAFAEL Armament Development Authority Ltd. successfully performed in a series of tests last month as part of Phase II of the Concept and Technology Demonstration program contracted by the US Navy.…
Japan will budget 215 billion dollars over five years to maintain its reputation as a scientific powerhouse amid fears it is losing its technological edge, officials said. Source: Physorg Japan’s Nobel laureates and the Japan Business Federation had launched a…
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