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OrCam Technologies

Flipped-over helicopter near Yakum on December 19, 2021 (Screen grab/Ynet)
December 19, 2021, 12:17 pm
Mobileye founder Amnon Shashua lightly hurt after helicopter overturns on ground
Aircraft, reportedly piloted by tech entrepreneur during flight training, tips over; two others uninjured
By ToI Staff
The OrCam Read is a pen-like AI-based device that reads out text to people with reading challenges, such as dyslexia, mild to moderate vision loss, reading fatigue (Courtesy)
December 16, 2020, 12:14 pm
OrCam’s AI-based reading device wins prestigious CES 2021 innovation award
OrCam Read is an assistive reading technology to help people with dyslexia, mild to moderate vision loss, reading fatigue
By Shoshanna Solomon
Soccer legend Lionel Messi has agreed to be the face of the company, and lead a push to improve accessibility through OrCam’s devices (Courtesy)
December 14, 2020, 1:11 pm
Israel’s OrCam reportedly seeks New York IPO at $3 billion valuation
Calcalist says maker of devices to assist the blind hopes to raise $300 million in share sale in 2021; firm is also seeking to privately raise some $200 million ahead of IPO
By Shoshanna Solomon
The OrCam MyEye device fitted onto a pair of glasses (OrCam)
November 1, 2020, 4:00 pm
OrCam, hearing aid firm Starkey to provide joint visual & hearing devices
OrCam, an Israeli maker of devices to assist the visually impaired, says the team-up will provide a holistic solution for those with vision and hearing loss to be more independent
By Shoshanna Solomon
Soccer legend Lionel Messi has agreed to be the face of the company, and lead a push to improve accessibility through OrCam’s devices (Courtesy)
September 9, 2020, 6:09 pm
Israel’s OrCam gets soccer star Lionel Messi to be face of startup to help blind
Jerusalem maker of AI-based wearable devices to help visually impaired people says Messi team-up will increase awareness of plight faced by blind people
By Shoshanna Solomon
OrCam Technologies devices help the blind and visually impaired read texts via audio feedback (YouTube screenshot)
August 4, 2020, 1:08 pm
OrCam’s new feature helps visually impaired tell reading device what to focus on
The Smart Reading capability, released last month in the US, lets users ‘see’ only the headlines or just the bottom line
By Shoshanna Solomon
Eliav Rodman, chief marketing officer of myInterview, working from home surrounded by his three children in Jerusalem; March 26, 2020 (Maor Rodman)
March 26, 2020, 2:48 pm
As coronavirus strikes, Israeli tech firms gear up to new normal
Sales reps switch to online demos, development teams work from home and startups hold on to cash, hoping to make it through the storm; some are faring better than others
By Shoshanna Solomon
Illustrative image of a deaf boy learning sign language (Jovanmandic; iStock by Getty Images)
January 8, 2020, 1:45 pm
OrCam develops device that amplifies hearing aids’ smarts
‘Best of Innovation’ award for accessibility at Las Vegas tech fair goes to OrCam Hear; tech helps users focus on person addressing them, countering dreaded ‘cocktail party effect’
By Shoshanna Solomon
The Nerivio device developed by Theranica Bioelectronics is worn on the upper arm to stimulate the body's neural pathway and fight migraine pain. (Courtesy)
November 24, 2019, 3:09 pm
9 Israeli inventions find place in TIME magazine’s 100 Best Inventions for 2019
OrCam’s AI device for helping blind people ‘see’; Watergen’s water-from-air appliance; a butler robot; and an environmentally friendly plane make the list
By Shoshanna Solomon
OrCam's MyEye 2 can recognize text from any surface (Courtesy)
August 18, 2019, 11:17 am
Israel’s OrCam is one of 38 global healthcare unicorns, report says
OrCam develops devices to assist the blind and visually impared; Jerusalem-based startup is valued at over $1 billion, CB Insights report says
By Shoshanna Solomon
An illustration of how the OrCam machine will be used at 12 polling stations around Israel in a pilot project to create greater accessibility for disabled people in the April 9, 2019 general elections (Courtesy)
April 8, 2019, 2:50 pm
Israel’s OrCam to help blind people cast vote independently
A pilot project makes OrCam’s artificial vision device available at 12 polling stations in Tuesday’s election
By Shoshanna Solomon
OrCam MyMe (YouTube screenshot)
January 9, 2019, 4:20 am
Mobileye founders unveil wearable camera to identify everyone you meet
Known as the OrCam MyMe, device acts as part artificial memory, part personal assistant
By ToI Staff
Mark Riccobono, president of the US National Federation of the Blind (NFB) in OrCam's offices in Jerusalem on Oct. 3, 2018 (Shoshanna Solomon/Times of Israel)
October 11, 2018, 2:54 pm
US lobby urges Mobileye ‘to champion’ message of the blind in self-driving cars
Innovators should make sure the products they develop serve needs of people with disabilities from the get-go, head of US National Federation of the Blind says
By Shoshanna Solomon
OrCam's product can recognize text from any surface (Courtesy)
February 20, 2018, 4:47 pm
OrCam raises $30.4 million, bringing startup to $1 billion valuation
Jerusalem-based firm, set up by the founders of Mobileye, develops smart devices to help the blind and visually impaired ‘see’
By Urvashi Verma
An OrCam device scans text and plays it back as speech for the visually impaired. (screen capture: Youtube/OrcamTechnologies)
March 15, 2017, 7:05 pm
Mobileye sale puts spotlight on founders’ other startup
Amnon Shashua and Ziv Aviram also behind OrCam, which develops devices to assist the blind and visually impaired
By Shoshanna Solomon
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