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עובדי מדטרוניק מכונות הנשמה

A 100-Kilometer Commute to Save Israel's Aging Ventilator Machines

06.04.20|Udi Etsion
With less than a month to retirement, Rudin Rosenzweig, the head of Medtronic’s Israel lab, makes the long daily commute to fix old decommissioned ventilators and help the country meet its Covid-19 needs
בני ברק קורונה פסח 2.4.20

Coronavirus Puts Haredi Suburb Bnei Brak on the Brink of Disaster

05.04.20|Shahar Ilan
Israel’s biggest ultra-Orthodox community languishes under lockdown with coronavirus leaving the already poverty stricken residents in dire straits
לשכת התעסוקה ב תל אביב אבטלה מובטלים דורשי עבודה מיתון

While Covid-19 Forces Companies to Cut Back on Staff, Israeli Defense Contractor IAI Is Hiring

05.04.20|Udi Etsion
As Israel’s unemployment rate climbs over 24%, the state-owned defense contractor is looking to hire some 60 people
מסכות בתי סוהר

Israeli Inmates to Mass Produce Protective Face Masks

05.04.20|Amir Kurtz
The Israel Prison Service estimates a production rate of 3,000 to 5,000 masks per day
קורונה ב ישראל מסכות מגן

Israel Records 47 Deaths, More than 8,000 Covid-19 Cases

05.04.20|CTech
After the Israeli Health Ministry announced a country-wide increase in the number of Covid-19 tests early last week, on Saturday, the ministry defined stricter criteria for test eligibility due to a shortage of testing component
תל אביב קו רקיע Tel Aviv Skyline

Despite Covid-19 Crisis, Israeli Tech Registers Record Quarter

05.04.20|Hagar Ravet
Israeli tech companies raised $2.74 billion across 139 deals during the first quarter of 2020, according to a joint report by IVC and the Israel office of international law firm Zysman, Aharoni, Gayer & Co.
אהרון אהרון מנכל רשות החדשנות

This Is how Israel Plans to Divide up NIS 1.5 Billion Earmarked for Tech Sector

05.04.20|Meir Orbach
Out of a total Covid-19 stimulus package of NIS 80 billion (approximately $22 billion), the Israeli Ministry of Finance has allocated just NIS 1.5 Billion to the country’s tech sector
אוניברסיטה הטכניון טכניון חיפה

Israeli Academic Institutions Quickly Adjusted to Remote Learning and There Is No Turning Back

03.04.20|Shahar Ilan
Once campuses were shut down nationwide in mid-March, it took a little over a week for all academic institutions in Israel to shift their curriculum, almost in its entirety, to the web
פנאי 28 ימים אחרי סרט

An Epidemiological Investigation of Hollywood's Obsession With Pandemics

03.04.20|Yair Raveh
From proper pathogens to zombies, the entertainment industry produces an endless line of virus-related thrillers, serving as an x-ray of society’s collective fears
רכבת תחתית הסרת סגר ווהאן סין

Contagion in the Age of Coronavirus

03.04.20|Dov Greenbaum
Even though the movie Contagion was filmed a decade ago, the movie is a useful tool for understanding what we are going through today with the coronavirus pandemic
מסכה מסכות קורונה מטריקס

Israeli Tech Companies Join Forces to 3D-Print Face Masks

02.04.20|Adi Pick
The masks are made of biocompatible materials that allow for alcohol purification and sterilization so they can be used repeatedly rather than being disposed of after each use
בדיקת קורונה מדא ישראל

Israel Falls Behind in International Testing Race

02.04.20|Sophie Shulman
Some in the business community are calling for a pivot from testing for new Covid-19 cases to running serological testing to identify those who are already immuned
אייל שוחט מנכל סודה סטרים סודהסטרים

How to Survive the Coronavirus Crisis Without Sacrificing the Israeli Economy?

02.04.20|Diana Bahur-Nir
With unemployment on the rise, small businesses fighting for survival, and the public slashing expenses, senior CEOs give their take on what needs to be done to save Israel’s economy
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Let's Mask, and Unmask the Power of Science

02.04.20|Yuri Milner
It may not seem like it, but throughout our ancient war with viruses, humanity has the upper hand
ראש הממשלה בנימין נתניהו מדגים שימוש בטישו ב מסיבת עיתונאים של משרד הבריאות בעקבות התפרצות קורונה

Israeli Prime Minister, Senior Officials to Quarantine after Health Minister Diagnosed with Covid-19

02.04.20|CTech
Coronavirus death toll in Israel reached 31 Thursday morning. Ministry of Health director-general to manage the crisis through digital means due to isolation requirement
מצב טיסה טלפון מטוס

Tourism Crash Threatens Survival of Israeli Travel Tech Companies

02.04.20|Meir Orbach
A survey by advisory company Innovate Israel found that travel tech startups suffered an average 63% drop in income in March
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This Startup Will Help Retailers Ensure 2-Meter Distancing in Stores

02.04.20|Meir Orbach
CYou develops technology that integrates with existing in-store cameras to track customers’ shopping experience and offers artificial intelligence-based insights based on that data
אהרון אהרון מנכל רשות החדשנות

Israel Fast-Tracks $180 Million to Tech Firms Through Innovation Grants

02.04.20|Meir Orbach
Israel Innovation Authority pledges to provide an immediate infusion of NIS 650 million to the tech industry to help cope with coronavirus fallout
יעל ביזאוטי-קנדי שון מניון

Blockchain Presents Major Promise for Bogged Down Medical Research

02.04.20| Elihay Vidal
In a new book, authors Sean T. Manion and Yaël Bizouati-Kennedy discuss how distributed ledger technology can accelerate medical research while bringing a new layer of trust to healthcare, especially in the wake of the coronavirus crisis
נפתלי בנט יו"ר מפלגת הימין החדש

New Israeli Covid-19 Infection Ranking App Reminiscent of China’s Citizen Ranking System, Experts Say

01.04.20|Omer Kabir
Israeli Defense Minister Naftali Bennett is pushing a new system that gathers data on Israeli citizens and automatically rates their coronavirus infectability. Privacy, tech, and law experts say the system endangers democracy
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