Posts belonging to Category Technology

Iron Dome System Test Successful

The short range Iron Dome missile defense system has successfully passed a series of tests. The new missile defense system shot down qassam rockets, grad rockets, and mortar shells over the last several days.

Copenhagen, Israel, and the Environment

You probably know about the environmental conference in Copenhagen to address climate change. Many of the world’s leaders, including US President Barack Obama and Israeli President Shimon Peres, have gathered to discuss what may be the most important issue facing the international community today. It is an issue that requires unprecedented global cooperation, and it [...]

Intel Inside Israel

Intel Israel has found itself in the news this week for all the wrong reasons. It is the target of threats of demonstration action by the religious community in Jerusalem after the company announced its intention to keep its fabrication plant in Jerusalem open on Saturdays, the Jewish Sabbath. The company’s general manager, Maxine Fassberg, [...]

Hi-tech in Silicon Wadi

In its short history, Israel has developed a name for technological innovation and advancement. In this respect, Israel is often compared to the famous Silicon Valley in California which is the hotbed of world technological development. Although comparisons are validly made between the two and close connections are forged in the interests of cooperating to [...]

Israeli Scientist Wins Nobel Prize

Israeli and Hebrew University Alumni Ada Yonath has won the Nobel prize in chemistry.  Here is what the Hebrew U alumni association had to say about it:
AFHU is proud to share that Dr. Ada E. Yonath, co-recipient of the 2009 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, earned her B.Sc (1962) in chemistry and M.Sc. (1964) in biochemistry [...]

Swine Flu is Happening Because People Don’t Keep Kosher

The Kosher laws that say people should not eat any pig or pork products. If you are Jewish, Christian, or Muslim, you believe that message came from God. Christianity eliminated that for some reason, though I never heard of God telling a profit that it does not count anymore. Mexico, a Catholic [...]

Israeli Scientists Work to Avoid "Deep Impact"

Scientists in Israel are working to plan for a possible Earth-Asteroid collision. Movies such as Deep Impact and the Hollywood blockbuster Armageddon discuss this possible scenario and show a fictional attempt to blow up the cosmic mass with nuclear weapons.
From the UPI:But Noah Brosch, director of Tel Aviv University’s Wise Observatory, and doctoral student David [...]

Jerusalem Light Rail’s Slow Progress

During my last trip to Jerusalem, I saw the beginnings of construction of a light rail project the carry commuters around the city. In my hometown we have a great light rail system that is expanding (slowly due to funding issues) into a network of trains to all parts of the city.
Jerusalem will join cities [...]

If You Plan To Boycott Israel, Watch This Video

Anyone who reads the news knows that many people and some nations hate Israel so much that they have resorted to boycotting Israeli products and companies. This video should help your quest to bring down the Zionist pigs!

Venture Capitalist Makes Aliyah

Well known venture capitalist Scott Tobin made the jump to Israel, and plans to bring investments with him. He plans to invest some of the $3 billion that his firm, Battery Investments, holds in their investment funds portfolio.
Tobin said that he thinks the next big inventions will come from Israel, and that there are [...]