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Innovation and the Israelis
Topic Started: Mar 19 2018, 04:12 AM (71 Views)
George K
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https://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/269620/thou-shalt-innovate-joseph-puder
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n my book I focus on 15 examples of Israeli innovations that are impacting billions of people, and I also list another 50 in the back of the book to round out the picture. One example is an organization called United Hatzalah which essentially acts as the Uber of emergency responders. The organization’s emergency responders all use a crowdsourcing smartphone app that dispatches the five nearest responders to the scene of an emergency in less than three minutes on average, using ambucycles. Developed by Eli Beer, the founder of a nonprofit called United Hatzalah (United Rescue), this technology can be found today in over 20 countries. Another innovation is drip irrigation, which is used by over a billion people around the world, using a third less water than traditional irrigation techniques and doubles yield. Yet another is Rebif, a drug used by 600,000 of the approximately 2.5 million people afflicted by multiple sclerosis (Copaxone, another popular MS drug, was also developed in Israel). In addition, the firewall was created in Israel by Checkpoint, whose solution protects more than 100,000 businesses, including 94 percent of Fortune 100 firms, 87 percent of Fortune 500 firms, and nearly every government in the world.

The Grain Cocoon, a hermetic storage bag, is playing an important role in curbing global hunger, saving people from malnutrition, and pulling farmers around the globe out of the cycle of poverty. There are 805 million chronically undernourished people in the world. In the developing world, many farmers still use burlap sacks to store their goods. Insects can easily infiltrate these bags, often destroying more than half of a farmer’s harvest. When farmers use pesticides, it often leads to extreme sickness and even death. And worse, over time, toxic products become ineffective.

Professor Shlomo Navarro of the prestigious Israel Agricultural Research Organization is the innovator behind this “Ziploc bag” for rice, grain, spices and legumes. The bag can hold anywhere from five to 300 tons of grain. It’s made from polyvinyl chloride (PVC), a strong material that doesn’t tear easily. When farmers seal the bag, it traps bugs and their eggs inside and deprives them of oxygen, suffocating them to death, which makes pesticides unnecessary. On average, Navarro says, the cocoon can save more than 99 percent of a farmer’s crops. It can be used any time after harvest collection, and once grain is placed inside it, the insects generally die within about 10 days.
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oh yeah...thumbdrive by sandisk

oh and we discovered THC.... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raphael_Mechoulam
Edited by bachophile, Mar 19 2018, 10:40 AM.
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dont get me started...

from todays jerusalem post....

http://www.jpost.com/Jpost-Tech/What-are-the-seven-multi-billion-dollar-exits-by-Israeli-start-ups-545492
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dont get me started...

from todays jerusalem post....

http://www.jpost.com/Jpost-Tech/What-are-the-seven-multi-billion-dollar-exits-by-Israeli-start-ups-545492
"I don't know much about classical music. For years I thought the Goldberg Variations were something Mr. and Mrs. Goldberg did on their wedding night." Woody Allen
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and look who's here today...

http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Elon-Musk-lights-up-social-media-with-visit-to-Jerusalem-bar-545513
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Like a moth to a flame you are... :lol2:
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