Peace through profits?

Everyone who is involved with high tech in Israel in any way has been asked to participate or has participated in an event promoting 'Palestinian' high tech. Yes, including me. The unstated goal of each of these events is that through working together on high tech projects, Israelis and 'Palestinians' will see each other as human beings with a basic humanity in common, and that this will

Google Maps integrates Waze... but not in Israel

If you use Google maps on your Android or iOS device, you can now get Waze traffic reports integrated with your maps... but not in Israel.

The traffic tab of Google Maps' Android and iOS versions now incorporates real-time traffic incidents reports from Waze users.

"This
means when Wazers report accidents, construction, road closures and
more on Waze, the updates will also appear on the

And again: IBM pays $1 billion for another Israeli company

And the beat goes on. IBM is paying between $630 million and $1 billion for an Israeli cybersecurity company with whom they will set up a cybersecurity lab in Israel.

IBM purchased Trusteer, an Israeli software developer company that specializes in cybersecurity and fraud prevention. IBM announced the acquisition on Thursday, which will bring together over 200 employees from IBM and Trusteer

Israel's solar energy pioneer did everything but make money

No Camels, a blog about Israeli innovation, profiles Israel's solar energy pioneer, 96-year old Harry Zvi Tabor.

It was Tabor’s inventions that put Israel on the map as a global power player in the solar energy field.

In 1961, alongside his partner, engineer Lucien Bronicki, he
presented the Organic Rankine Cycle turbine. “Most turbines work at high
temperature (the higher the temperature

Think tank: Iran using Israeli laser technology to enrich uranium; Israelis fear Iran weeks away from breakout

The Institute for Science and International Security says that Iran may be enriching uranium using Israeli laser technology, an activity that it previously told the IAEA that it had ceased in 2003. And note the last paragraph of the story....

The institute says Iran is still developing laser technology for
enriching uranium. It notes accelerated construction at a site where
this type of