Sewage sludge is the last place where you’d expect to find something valuable. But the brains behind Israeli startup BioPetrol say it is exactly the place where it is possible to find gasoline and natural gas. Source: Israel21c The company…
ChangingThePresent.org claims that it will transform nonprofits the way that malls tranformed shopping. The website offers a marketplace for philanthropy. You prbably heard about this new trend in the media. People are discovering that the best way to show you…
KishKish lie detector will be an add-on for Skype. The Israeli development detects the stress level of the person you are talking with over Skype™ by scanning the level of anxiety of the person on the other side of the…
When I read that technorati won the 2007 Tech Pioneers award, I had to find out more about it. The companies were nominated by the world’s leading venture capital and technology companies and the final selection was made by a…
I was looking for information on M&A in Israel and I found this interesting forecast by Morgan Stanley (MA) from 2001. Many things changed politically and economically since the forecast was put together, but it’s still very much relevant. Israel:…
Karl Skorecki, a biologist at Technion University in Haifa, Israel, is among a handful of researchers hoping to turn a certain kind of rare tumor into biological gold. Accoring to the New York Times, new research suggests that the very…
New Yorkers living in downtown Manhattan no longer need to take their laptop computers to Starbucks when they are looking for easy Internet access outside their apartment. Thanks to the Israeli company InspiAir, they can enjoy the pleasures of nature…
Check out 7 Reasons Why Web Apps Fail, a great article by Josh Porter on Bokardo.com. Here are the main points: Focus on social instead of personal. They solve too many problems, or try to. They’re about making someone other…
If you thought there were commercials everywhere already, watch where you walk next time you go to the mall – they’re under your feet now too. Source: Israel21C Israeli company EyeClick combines rich media with motion sensors to get potential…
Valleywag, a dirt blog owned by “Gawker” has some pretty good articles and is rapidly becoming the “Us weekly for geeks”. Their welcome message is: Valleywag is a tech gossip rag. You people in Silicon Valley are far too busychanging…
