{"id":33525,"date":"2023-01-01T14:58:47","date_gmt":"2023-01-01T15:58:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peymantaeidi.net\/stem-cell\/?p=33525"},"modified":"2023-01-01T16:43:33","modified_gmt":"2023-01-01T16:43:33","slug":"another-year-of-israeli-innovation-heres-our-top-10-of-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/peymantaeidi.net\/stem-cell\/2023\/01\/01\/another-year-of-israeli-innovation-heres-our-top-10-of-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Another Year Of Israeli Innovation. Here\u2019s Our Top 10 Of 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"

A look back at some of Startup Nation\u2019s \u201cwow\u201d technology<\/h3>\n

Farewell to 2022. Many in Israel\u2019s (shrinking) hi-tech sector would rather forget a year that saw such a sharp drop in investment and such a staggering loss of jobs.<\/p>\n

The global financial crisis, the war in Ukraine and the lingering after-effects of Covid have all conspired against the country\u2019s 7,000-plus startups.<\/p>\n

The hi-tech sector, which accounts for over 40 per cent of the country\u2019s total exports, employed 30,000 people at the start of 2021. That figure\u2019s now down to around 23,500, a drop of over a fifth.<\/p>\n

Startups raised $13.9 billion in 2022<\/a>, down more than 45 per cent on the previous year\u2019s record of $25.8 billion, according to Vintage Investment Partners.<\/p>\n

And the value of of acquisitions and IPOs (initial public offering or stock launch) plunged 80 per cent from $82.5 billion in 2021 to just $16.9 billion in 2022, according to PwC Israel<\/a>.<\/p>\n

But we\u2019re looking forward to a change in fortunes as we welcome 2023. And we\u2019re taking a moment to reflect on some of the best moments of 2022.<\/p>\n

Here, in no particular order, is our Top 10 of the \u201cwow\u201d technologies we covered during the year:<\/p>\n

Israel flies world\u2019s first all-electric airplane<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Israel made history in September 2022 with the world\u2019s first<\/a> all-electric passenger aircraft flight, heralding a new era of cheaper, cleaner and more sustainable air travel.<\/p>\n

Eviation<\/a>\u2019s nine-seater plane, called Alice, made a successful eight-minute flight at Moses Lake, Washington, USA, reaching an altitude of 3,500ft.<\/p>\n

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Alice made aviation history and flew for eight minutes in September. Courtesy<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Electric flights will mean huge savings for airlines \u2013 $200 per flying hour, compared with as much as $2,000 for a fuel-powered plane.<\/p>\n

The company, founded in Kadima Zoran, central Israel, in 2015, hopes to launch the plane for short-hop commercial flights in the USA in 2027.<\/p>\n

Miracle de-printer wipes words off the page<\/strong><\/h3>\n

A breakthrough in laser technology literally wipes the words off a printed page, restoring the paper to blank, again and again and again.<\/p>\n

\u201cPeople don\u2019t believe it. Even when they\u2019ve seen it they don\u2019t believe it,\u201d said inventor Barak Yekutiely, of Reep Technologies<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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A sheet of paper being fed into Reep Technologies\u2019 de-printer. Courtesy<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

His de-printer removes every last trace of ink<\/a> \u2013 black or color \u2013 leaving the paper pristine white again, and even recovering the ink so it can be reused.<\/p>\n

Ultimately every office could have a printer and a de-printer sitting side-by-side, ready to recycle its paper, he says.<\/p>\n

The amazing stand-up wheelchair<\/h3>\n

Dr Amit Goffer, a veteran inventor and entrepreneur, is standing on his own two feet again after developing the world\u2019s first stand-up wheelchair.<\/p>\n

He says his wife cried when she first saw him using the UpnRide<\/a> after breaking his neck driving an ATV (all-terrain vehicle) in 1997.<\/p>\n

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Inventor Dr Amit Goffer on the mobile device he invented at the Kotel (Western Wall) in Jerusalem. Courtesy<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

It\u2019s like a super-stable version of the Segway that can raise the user from sitting to a standing position<\/a>, and back again, with no outside help.<\/p>\n

No other device allows the user to travel in the standing position. The UpnRide can travel at 4km per hour, over slopes and bumps, grass and gravel, and tackle pretty much any urban environment.<\/p>\n

Dr Goffer says it\u2019s as important to address issues of dignity and self-esteem \u2013 the ability to interact with people face-to-face \u2013 as it is to enhance mobility.<\/p>\n

Making milk from lettuce<\/h3>\n

Lettuce has been genetically modified<\/a> to produce a milk substitute.<\/p>\n

Unlike soy, almond, oat, coconut, rice, or cashew, it contains casein, the ingredient that means it can be made into cheese with a \u2018real\u2019 dairy texture. Ordinary lettuce contains no casein at all.<\/p>\n

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Pigmentum is an Israeli startup that produces genetically modified lettuce to create milk and other dairy products. Courtesy<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Pigmentum<\/a>, a startup based in Kiryat Shmona, northern Israel, plants GM lettuce in hi-tech greenhouses, cultivates it with special fertilizers and harvests the crop when it\u2019s ready, a little over three weeks later.<\/p>\n

It then squeezes out the juice \u2013 over 90 per cent of lettuce is liquid \u2013 adds natural ingredients to give it a milk-like taste and smell, and has a product which is ready to drink, pour on your breakfast cereal or add to your coffee.<\/p>\n

The flying fruit pickers<\/h3>\n

A fleet of flying robots are picking fruit<\/a>. They hover next to the tree, pluck an apple, peach or nectarine with a gentle twist of their suction arms and carefully deposit them in a collection bin.<\/p>\n

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Tevel Aerobotics Technologies<\/a>, an Israeli startup, has developed the world\u2019s only flying autonomous robots (FARs) that pick fruit.<\/p>\n

They\u2019re easing a labor crisis that threatens the world\u2019s fruit farmers and which means an estimated 10 per cent of all fruit globally is left to rot on the tree.<\/p>\n

Wristband operates any phone or laptop<\/h3>\n

A wristband allows people who can\u2019t use their hands to operate any phone, laptop, or tablet<\/a>. <\/p>\n

It translates movements into commands for any paired Bluetooth device, replacing the swipe of a finger on a touch screen, the tap on a keyboard and the click of a mouse.<\/p>\n

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MyMove is a watch-like gadget that can be connected via Bluetooth to any smart device, allowing the user to operate it hands-free. Courtesy<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The company behind the device, Tel Aviv-based 6Degrees<\/a>, aims to give people with disabilities full access to technology. <\/p>\n

Its MyMove device works even for people with tremors. It can be worn on the wrist, the upper arm or upper leg \u2013 wherever the user has motion \u2013 and adapts to any form of movement after just 10 minutes of calibration.<\/p>\n

Air conditioner powered by liquid nitrogen<\/h3>\n

An Israeli company has developed the world\u2019s first outdoor air conditioner that works without electricity<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The revolutionary Kensho blows out a gentle jet of freezing nitrogen gas at -10C (14F).<\/p>\n

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The Kensho unit, the world\u2019s first outdoor air conditioner that works without electricity. Courtesy<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Liquid nitrogen is widely used as a coolant in many industries. Green Kinoko<\/a>, the company behind the invention, says it adapted \u201ctextbook physics\u201d to develop a patented system with it to cool the outside air.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur technology solves many environmental challenges such as greenhouse gas emissions, electricity consumption, noise, and humidity creation,\u201d said CEO Tal Leizer.<\/p>\n

Smartphone listens out for heart failure<\/h3>\n

Heart patients can now record themselves<\/a> speaking into a smartphone for 45 seconds a day so that AI can diagnose problems.<\/p>\n

A super-sensitive algorithm developed by Israel-based Cordio Medical<\/a> analyzes their voice for tiny changes that no human ear could pick up, as an early warning of fluid building up within the heart and lungs.<\/p>\n

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Cordio Medical has developed technology that can detect early signs of heart problems in cardiac patients, weeks before they have any symptoms. Deposit Photos<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The app, called HearO, can warn of impending danger 18 days before the patient feels any symptoms.<\/p>\n

That gives their doctors the chance to double the dose of diuretics \u2013 medication that lowers blood pressure \u2013 for a few days and avoid the trauma of a stay in the hospital.<\/p>\n

Soundwaves turn boy chicks into girls<\/h3>\n

Sound vibrations are being used to turn \u201cworthless\u201d male chicks into females before they hatch.<\/p>\n

Half of the 15 billion chicks produced every year across the world are slaughtered at birth because they\u2019ll never lay eggs.<\/p>\n

But Soos<\/a>, a startup in Beersheva, southern Israel, is pioneering a sex-reversal process<\/a> that literally turns chick embryos inside the egg from male to female.<\/p>\n

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Newly hatched chicks. Soos\u2019 technology saves male chicks by using soundwaves to make them female. Deposit Photos<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Trays fitted with speakers cause the eggs to vibrate during their three-week incubation, increasing the female percentage from 50 to as much as 80.<\/p>\n

The company\u2019s Co-founder Nashat Haj Mohammad raised chickens in his backyard and noticed a higher proportion of female chicks hatching when he moved the coop near a utility pole.<\/p>\n

He embarked on five years of research to understand the phenomenon and turn it into a commercial reality.<\/p>\n

Psychedelic nasal sprays for PTSD sufferers<\/h3>\n

A nasal spray containing psychedelic drugs<\/a> is being used to treat patients suffering PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder).<\/p>\n

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Mushrooms in Madrigal\u2019s laboratories. Courtesy.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Madrigal Mental Care<\/a>, an Israeli biopharma company, uses an advanced nanotechnology-based system to deliver drugs like psilocybin, the active ingredient in magic mushrooms, as well as ketamine, mescaline, MDMA (ecstasy), and others.<\/p>\n

Researchers developed an accurate and effective way to give patients the correct dose of molecules to ease their symptoms.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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