Israel News 30/08/2008

Scientists in Israel have discovered a new way to test for water pollution by listening to what plants growing in water have to say. The technique of shining a laser beam on tiny pieces of algae floating in the water that enables researchers to hear the sound waves and determine the amount of contamination in the water was developed by Dr. Yulia Pinchasov.08/17/08

Despite the soaring summer temperatures, the Israel Desalination Enterprises has a hot item to sell - a snow making machine that has proved a hit abroad. The machines have already been sold to well known ski resorts in Europe and are in high demand.The Israeli snowmaker consumes 80% less power than other weather independent snow making technologies , and currently the market for the machine is estimated to be worth over $1billion.07/20/08

California energy company, BrightSource Energy and its Israeli subsidiary LUZ II, unveiled a solar field in Israel this week that will test new technology the company plans to use during the construction of several massive solar power plants in California next year. The new solar field, with its 60 metre-high tower and some 1,641 mirrors, sits on about 12,000 square metres of Israel's southern Negev Desert. 06/17/08

Israel's start-up companies presented revolutionary medical solutions at an International Bio-Medical conference held in Tel Aviv last week. 06/05/08

Phoenix Space Probe lands on Mars,begins transmitting images back to earth.05/26/08

Palestinian engineers in Gaza offer an alternative to fuel crisis.05/21/08

Is Israel ready for a battery operated electric car? Based on a Geocartography Knowledge group survey in February this year Project Better Place says two thirds of the public would like to drive an electric car and almost 50% of the public believe they will have no difficulty in adapting to a battery run car. Renault and Nissan signed a deal with Better Place in January this year to begin the mass production of electric cars. Infolive.tv attended a press conference organized by Better Place to hear about the car and a pollution free future.05/12/08

It's a shock no one thought of it before, but a new development to provide green electricity could change the way the world powers itself. An engineering team from the Technion put together a cutting edge project that places solar panels on helium balloons. The balloons are then placed on a cable, and can be stacked one of top of the other. 4/10/2008

Perhaps the Calatrava Bridge is the project everyone loves to hate. Army Radio first reported yesterday that cracks in several of the iron bars of the bridge would likely lead to further delays in construction of the landmark project. The report was believable as the bridge is already running four years behind schedule. The problem is that Army Radio's report was wrong: There are no cracks in the bridge. In fact, an independent inspector of the bridge said the project has actually been constructed better than project of similiar complexity. 4/1/2008

A groundbreaking law that passed the Knesset Monday will dramatically increase the number of organ donors in Israel, in part because the measure enjoys the support of the Sephardic ultra-Orthodox community. The law, which passed with the support of Shas, calls for 'death' to be determined as the point from which one becomes brain dead. Previous definitions varied, with some determining time of death as the time when the heart stops beating. 03/25/08

Already famous in the world of water technologies that has turned desert into fertile land, Israel is now keen to become one of the world leaders in water recycling and has already developed a number of technologies it hopes to export abroad. .While Israeli know how and technology are positively received abroad, officials have failed to take the necessary steps to solve the country's growing water crisis taking into account that the water level in Lake Kinneret, Israel's largest freshwater source, is expected to reach the "black line," because of the lack of rainfall during the past winter.03/23/08

Computer technology has taken the world by storm, but how would you feel about ordering food from a copmputerised screen, instead of waiting for a good looking waiter or waitress to jot down your request.Customers can choose their orders from the vivid photographic images of each dish.02/20/08

Young Israeli Igor Ginzburg has invented Chefi, a software program that adapts to your mobile phone and guides you through recipes. Voice activated, it waits for your voice commands before moving ahead with instructions. Now all that is needed is a voice activated dish washer and a robot to clean the house!12/16/07

Two Israeli scientists in the South have invented a new fuel system that if adopted on a national scale will not only guarantee cheaper prices but will also drastically cut down the level of pollution on the Nation's highway.12/05/07