Two Israeli start-ups (Nucleix and Medial EarlySign) are making great strides developing blood tests for diagnosing early stage lung cancer.\u00a0Now, Savicell, a third, is achieving a 91% success rate. Early detection gives the patient a 50-80% recovery chance.\u00a0At late stage it is only 4%.<\/p>\n
Israeli start-up Scade Medical has patented a prototype scanner to diagnose early stage melanoma. BlueSky is based on DOSI (differential optical spectro-polarimetric imaging) technology invented by Ofir Aharon, whose mother contracted melanoma. It has already saved seven lives.<\/p>\n
Israeli start-up Diagnoz.me has a smartphone system that can detect infections from home and send results to your doctor. Diagnoz.me just won the Health 2018 Summit and NIS 3 million in prize money.<\/p>\n
Scientists at Israel\u2019s Weizmann Institute have discovered that removing damaged cells slows down aging.\u00a0Damaged cells promote inflammation, common in age-related diseases. Absence of the gene that kills damaged cells causes premature aging. Treatment to destroy these cells, like boosting immunity, slows aging.<\/p>\n
International research involving Haifa and Bar Ilan University is finding new ways to fight viruses and cancer.\u00a0Parallel scientists have discovered the key role of enzyme ADAR1 in the immune system and how it can become a new pathway for eradicating viruses and cancers.<\/p>\n
Source for the above stories: Good News from Israel<\/em><\/p>\n Israeli start-up Innoviz is taking care of the \u201ceyes\u201d in next-generation autonomous vehicles. Innoviz\u2019s LiDAR sends out pulsed laser beams to measure and monitor a car\u2019s surroundings. BMW is now integrating Innoviz into its autonomous vehicles scheduled to be launched in 2021.<\/p>\n Israel is known for its ability to turn desert into a country with water independence. Now GENNY, a 50-kilogram home and office water generator, uses ambient air to extract and produce between 25 and 30 litres of water a day. One litre of GENNY-made water costs just 2 cents.<\/p>\n Can\u2019t get the technician to commit to fixing your tech devices? TechSee<\/a>\u00a0uses cameras and augmented reality to troubleshoot users\u2019 tech problems remotely. Just bought a new router, but don\u2019t know how to set it up? Fire up TechSee\u2019s \u201cEve\u201d app and point your phone at the router. Eve will identify the model and walk you through installation by demonstrating the steps you need to take on an augmented visual overlay. The company raised $18 million in December.<\/p>\n Don\u2019t panic, mechanic<\/p>\n Engie plugs into a car\u2019s dashboard and helps drivers of \u201cregular\u201d vehicles (you know, the ones we\u2019re driving today) diagnose problems and find the closest mechanic (along with rates) from the app\u2019s mechanic marketplace. Engie can tell you if your car will pass its next air-pollution test or if the engine is running hot. It can even remember where you parked your car.<\/p>\n Handy with computers but hate housework?\u00a0Foldimate is a robotic laundry folding machine. A ship date is estimated for later this year with a target retail price of $980. You feed your clothes into the top of the machine, which looks a bit like a giant upright printer, and the clothes come out neat and folded. Foldimate adjusts its folding technique based on item size and user preferences.<\/p>\n Pizza, anyone? Flytrex wants to be the FedEx of the drone-delivery world. Its software allows operators to set pick-up and delivery points and see information about weather, topography, and other drones in the air. The service is now operational at the King\u2019s Walk Golf Course in North Dakota where it delivers food and beverages to\u00a0golfers on-demand<\/a>, and in Iceland where AHA which uses Flytrex to drop goods in customers\u2019\u00a0Reykjavik backyards<\/a>.<\/p>\n Headaches might soon be a thing of the past. New Israeli neuro-modulation technology by Neurolief brings the world a non-invasive device that is portable and wearable and can offer an over-the-counter alternative to pills or surgery. It stimulates six different nerve branches in the brain that regulate pain and mood, offering relief from pain symptoms. One study of the product conducted last year demonstrated an average 80% reduction in pain symptoms. That\u2019s double the rate for implanted devices and far more than a couple of Tylenols can achieve.<\/p>\n A professor in Jerusalem, Prof. David Naor, is developing a special peptide that could be used to treat a variety of incurable inflammatory diseases such as Crohn\u2019s disease, ulcerative colitis, multiple sclerosis, and neurodegenerative maladies such as Alzheimer\u2019s disease. Naor has spent 10 years researching the synthetic protein which he believes could significantly reverse the damaging effects of inflammatory diseases and Alzheimer\u2019s.<\/p>\n Craving meat? Now you can make your own\u2026Using individual ingredient cartridges of plant proteins, fats, and other ingredients, Jet-Eat aims to print fresh vegan \u201cmeat\u201d ready to join the food manufacturing supply chain. Adjusting the fat content and other parameters could yield ersatz ground round, roast, stew beef, or steak. \u201cOur product has to have a high resemblance to meat in many properties. A steak is basically muscle, fat, and blood in a complex structure that influences mouth feel and how it cooks. The flavour profile is connected to how the fat is marbled in the muscle and melts when you cook it,\u201d says founder Ben-Shitrit. \u201cWe need to emulate the chemical and physical properties and the structure. We\u2019ve mapped a lot of these elements for our printing process.\u201d<\/p>\n Israeli start-up Humavox wants to turn the places you normally store your devices \u2013 briefcase, backpack, gym bag \u2013 into wireless battery chargers.<\/p>\n Humavox\u2019s technology consists of a tiny transmitter that\u2019s embedded into a bag or cup holder and a tiny receiver that\u2019s placed in your phone or wearable. Electricity is sent wirelessly via a standard called near-field radio frequency (RF).<\/p>\n Ground-breaking digital eyewear now under development in Israel projects images only onto the healthy parts of eyes with retinal damage. Israeli company\u00a0ICI Vision<\/a>\u00a0has developed digital eyewear with the potential to give millions of legally blind people the ability to see. The \u201cenhanced vision engine\u201d combines artificial intelligence, eye-tracking software, computer vision, and other software and hardware, including a built-in 3D camera, to fill in the gaps from loss of vision and optimise the image in front of the user\u2019s eyes.<\/p>\n The eyewear is personalised to each user through eye mapping, a procedure that establishes the location of healthy retinal cells.<\/p>\n Intellithings is innovating with RoomME, a personalised automation solution for smart homes. Install RoomMe in a selected space and its Bluetooth tech identifies who\u2019s in the room based on their smartphone. RoomMe then automatically adjusts lights, thermostats, and other devices to pre-set preferences.<\/p>\n Can\u2019t get to the game? VR system teleports you to the stadium.<\/p>\n Through the magic of augmented and virtual reality technologies under development at Israeli start-up Texel, anyone with a VR headset can \u201cteleport\u201d to experience the sights, sounds, and smells of the stadium with fellow fans in 360 degrees and 8K resolution \u2014 no matter where they actually are. Content owners and broadcasters can use Texel to offer virtual seats enabling fans to experience the game as if they were there, including the social aspect. Insights into viewing habits enable the client to provide a personalised content mix.<\/p>\n Source for the above stories: Israel 21c<\/em><\/p>\n CannabiDose, a Kfar Saba-based start-up, develops oral delivery systems for medical cannabis-based products including oils, liquids, and ointments. Its two systems are the CannaDose, a pocket-sized device that looks similar to an asthma inhaler and that delivers controlled, accurate doses, and the CannaMist Sport, which provides a controlled dose of cannabinoids in a fine, measured mist for sports enthusiasts and professional athletes. CannabiDose\u2019s products and solutions \u201csupport the usability, delivery, manufacturing, storage,\u00a0and transportation of medical cannabis,\u201d the company says.<\/p>\n SodaStream is taking green matters into its own hands, launching a new initiative to rid the waters of plastic waste,\u00a0only nine percent of which is recycled<\/a>. SodaStream recently launched \u2018Holy Turtle\u2019 \u2013 a massive contraption designed to clean plastic waste from open waters as part of an ambitious clean-up operation. The \u2018Holy Turtle\u2019 is a 300-metre-long floating unit designed to be gently towed by two marine vessels in open waters, SodaStream said in a statement, adding that the device was \u201cuniquely engineered to capture floating waste while its large vent holes act to protect wildlife\u201d. The design was inspired by oil spill containment systems.<\/p>\n Source for the above stories: http:\/\/nocamels.com\/<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n From www.masada-armour.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n Now there is a backpack that transforms into a bulletproof vest in less than 2 seconds. Following recent\u00a0shooting incidents in schools and universities in the US,\u00a0MASADA has decided to develop a highly-awaited protective solution for students to enhance their protection and boost their confidence. MASADA has developed the Protective Backpack, an armoured backpack, which is innocent looking from the outside, but, when needed, it transforms into a front and back bulletproof vest.\u00a0The backpack is designed for regular student use, to carry books, laptops, and other staff.\u00a0The vest part is closed in a separate section of the backpack and it cannot be seen during the daily use of the backpack.<\/p>\n The product weighs less than 3kg.<\/p>\n