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RetiSpec COO Roy Kirshon, left, and CEO Eliav Shaked. (Robert Sarner/ Times of Israel)
November 21, 2020, 4:18 am
Israeli duo’s early Alzheimer’s detection test brings cure one step closer
Toronto-based biomedical engineers Eliav Shaked and Roy Kirshon are working on a quick, non-invasive retinal diagnostic for patients decades away from showing symptoms of dementia
By Robert Sarner
Illustrative image of a race, ranking or competition. (SARINYAPINNGAM; iStock by Getty Images)
October 29, 2020, 12:33 pm
Israel losing ‘Startup Nation’ image, needs rebranding, study shows
Under 1% of businesspeople in survey associate Israel with startups; pandemic is the time to position country as forward-thinking and problem-solving, urges nonprofit Vibe Israel
By Shoshanna Solomon
Two men play backgammon while smoking a shisha water pipe at a restaurant overlooking the canal and the Dubai Marina neighborhood in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, May 1, 2015. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili, File)
August 31, 2020, 11:01 pm
UAE and Israel deal opens doors to business
From coronavirus cooperation to oil sales: The key areas where the Jewish state and its new Arab partner share economic interests
By AFP
Illustrative: Medical tech (ipopba; iStock by Getty Images)
June 26, 2020, 8:30 am
Israel wields startup tech against coronavirus second wave
Using thermal cameras, data-scanning algorithms and more, innovators from hi-tech sector seek balance between controlling infections and allowing daily life to go on
By Guillaume LAVALLÉE
Senior German politician Armin Laschet, center, the minister-president of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, attends the opening of his state's new cultural and business office in Tel Aviv, March 1, 2020. (Ralph Sondermann/ NRW)
March 1, 2020, 9:19 pm
Germany’s most populous state opens culture and trade office in Tel Aviv
Office inaugurated by North Rhine-Westphalia’s minister-president Armin Laschet, leading contender to succeed Chancellor Angela Merkel as head of country’s ruling party
By Raphael Ahren
Illustrative image of a race, ranking or competition (Dekdoyjaidee; iStock by Getty Images)
September 26, 2019, 3:02 pm
Startup Nation slips four spots in global ranking of ‘digital readiness’
Ranked 16th in the world, Israel shows declines in knowledge, tech and readiness for the future; UAE climbs five places to No. 12
By Shoshanna Solomon
A visitor uses a joystick to navigate through a virtual heart at a display by RealView Imaging, at the Israeli Expo technology exhibit at the Peres Center for Peace and Innovation in the Israeli coastal city of Tel Aviv on September 3, 2019 (JACK GUEZ / AFP)
September 10, 2019, 9:56 am
Israeli tech looks to the future — whoever wins the election
The success of the industry is one of the few subjects not up for debate ahead of September 17 elections
By Mike Smith
Illustrative: Participants at the DLD Tel Aviv Digital Conference, Israel's largest international Hi-tech gathering, featuring hundreds of start ups, VC’s, angel investors and leading multinationals, held at the Old Train Station complex in Tel Aviv on September 8, 2015. (Miriam Alster/FLASH90)
July 24, 2019, 7:30 pm
Israel among world’s top 10 most innovative countries — global index
Switzerland tops list, followed by Sweden and US; Jewish state has climbed steadily in rankings since 2015
By TOI staff and AFP
The deck overlooking views of Tel Aviv at new headquarters of Start-Up Nation Central (Amir Geron for Start-Up Nation Central)
April 5, 2019, 6:35 pm
‘Start-up nation’ expects no change of course after elections
Whether Likud or Blue and White come out on top, businesses expect a continued focus on bolstering Israel’s high-tech sector
By Stephen WEIZMAN
North Rhine-Westphalia leader Armin Laschet (left) is welcomed to Jerusalem by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, September 2018 (Amos Ben-Gershom/GPO)
September 5, 2018, 5:06 pm
Seeking deeper tech ties, German state to open office in Israel
North Rhine-Westphalia hub in Tel Aviv will be state’s first ever venture of its kind
By Raphael Ahren
Idan Peretz, a former member of the Israeli army special forces and co-founder of the tactical solutions start-up Highnovate, holds up his "Roof Access Fast Anchor" (RAFA) tool during a demonstration at the Wingate Institute near Netanya in central Israel on June 11, 2018 (AFP PHOTO / JACK GUEZ)
July 22, 2018, 10:42 am
Israeli ex-commandos innovating tech for campers, hikers and rescuers
The military is known as an incubator for high-tech firms started by former soldiers, but some entrepreneurs are using their military knowledge to develop physical tools as well
By Jonah Mandel
Britain's Prince William poses for a group photo with Jewish and Arab children at the Neve Golan Stadium in the Israeli Mediterranean coastal city of Jaffa on June 26, 2018. (AFP PHOTO / POOL / Heidi Levine)
June 26, 2018, 11:31 pm
Hailing best ever ties, Prince William praises innovative Israel, urges peace
Future king highlights Tel Aviv’s ‘flair and diversity,’ commits himself to uphold the memory of the Holocaust
By Raphael Ahren
Now outdated neonatal intensive care unit.(Jacoplane Jaap Vermeulen, Wikipedia)
June 17, 2018, 12:49 pm
WeWork and Blue Fairy Med: Changing the way we care for our babies
By Merav Vax and Sharon Tomer
Hilary Faverman
June 6, 2018, 3:36 pm
Hilary Faverman
On a conference call from my kid’s piano recital
1,000 women who know how tough it is to hold all the pieces together and do it anyway, at the Temech conference
Inbal Arieli
April 19, 2018, 11:52 am
Inbal Arieli
Wisdom from 70 of Israel’s tech wizards
Behind the numbers and statistics is the complicated mosaic of the people who drive industry
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