Innovation

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Thinking, writing, reworking and rewiring in the likes of Rube Goldberg
Howard BlasJNS20.11.2018
How do you do anything Rube Goldberg-style? A Philadelphia exhibit through January shows how. (Hint: make what seems simple quite complicated.)
American inventor Rube Goldberg. Credit: Official Rube Goldberg Facebook page.
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Thinking, writing, reworking and rewiring in the likes of Rube Goldberg
Howard Blas20.11.2018
How do you do anything Rube Goldberg-style? A Philadelphia exhibit through January shows how. (Hint: make what seems simple quite complicated.)
American inventor Rube Goldberg. Credit: Official Rube Goldberg Facebook page.
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Dedication of Peres Center for Peace and Innovation spotlights Israel-China cooperation
Israel Kasnett25.10.2018
A component of the Prime Minister’s Israeli Innovation Summit 2018—the first part of which was held at the Orient Hotel in Jerusalem—the dedication was held at the Tel Aviv Fairgrounds, with an introduction by … Shimon Peres?
In center: Chemi Peres (second from left), Vice President of China Wang Qishan, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Sara Netanyahu at the Israel-China Joint Committee on Innovation Cooperation at the Peres Center for Peace and Innovation in Tel Aviv on Oct. 25, 2018. Photo by Tomer Neuberg/Flash90.
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Netanyahu, Chinese vice president talk economic cooperation at conference
24.10.2018
“There is a natural partnership between us,” said the Israeli premier. “We want to expand it for the benefit of both our peoples. We want to expand it for the benefit of all of humanity.”
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses the fourth annual Meeting of Israel-China Joint Committee on Innovation Cooperation at the Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem on Oct. 24, 2018. Credit: Amos Ben-Gershom/GPO.
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Flavor-maker Frutarom sold in second-largest ‘exit’ in Israeli history
07.05.2018
The company currently employs 2,700 employees around the world and sells more than 70,000 products to 30,000-plus clients in more than 150 countries.
Frutarom, based in the coastal city of Haifa.
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A startup helping other startups in Israel’s periphery
Eliana Rudee22.04.2018
To date, Nahshonim fellows have invested 20,000 hours in 80 small businesses, resulting in a combined $10 million growth in beneficiaries’ revenue.
Nachshonim co-founder Sagi Shahar at the company's launch event. Photo courtesy of Nachshonim.
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Iron Dome missile defense voted top Israeli invention
15.04.2018
The winner of Israel’s Ministry of Economy and Industry contest, which ranked the greatest Israeli inventions of all time, was the Iron Dome missile-defense system, followed by Waze international navigation, drip irrigation and Disk On Key data storage.
In March 2013 near Tel Aviv, American and Israeli officials, including U.S. President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, are pictured next to a battery of the Iron Dome, Israel’s U.S.-funded missile-defense system. Credit: Nati Shohat/Flash90.
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