Alphabet’s Eric Schmidt considers Israel No 2 worldwide when it comes to initiating start-ups. The former Google chief and now executive chairman of Google’s parent company sees the local start-up scene pretty much unparalleled apart from the established US technology hub. “For a relatively small country, Israel has a super role in technological innovation,” he…
I can’t say it any other way: my first time was a catastrophe. I burst into it. From the wrong side, too hectic and without a plan. First here, then there. I wanted too much in one go. And in the end: it dripped without stopping and my dress was totally soiled. No, no, don’t…
Europe’s busiest airport and third biggest airport world-wide, London Heathrow, considers adopting the Israeli airport security system. After fearing future threats, the British management is flying over to Israel next week to learn about the ‘ring of steel’. Israel’s Ben Gurion airport maintains at least twelve layers of security – called ‘ring of steel’. The…
Microsoft goes North with their new research and development centre in the Galilee city of Nazareth. The third R&D centre of the giant software enterprise is going to employ around 50 people, bringing the number of Microsoft employees in Israel (Haifa, Herzliya and now Nazereth) to 1000. ‘The new site is an additional step in…
Charging batteries of e-vehicles could become yesterday’s affair if this experiment goes well: Israeli startup ‘Eletroad’ embedded copper chains into a street in northern Tel Aviv. This enables e-vehicles to charge simply by driving on this street via under-the-road electric charging beds that are connected to a power converter. According to ElectRoad the electric lines…