Posted on April 25, 2008 by Dani Dechter
There isn’t much connection between the ultra-orthodox community in Israel and aircraft, especially the military kind. Nevertheless, Bashalva, a Haredi VC fund, has invested NIS 1.1 million in Aviv Tzidon’s new startup, Verifuel, which is valued at NIS 7 million. Aviv Tzidon is the founder of BVR Systems, a company that develops and manufactures training [...]
Filed under: Defense, Hi-Tech, Optical Solutions | Tagged: aviv tzidon, bashalva, bvr systems, fuel tank, haredi, netron, verifuel, yosef boimgarten | No Comments »
Posted on March 23, 2008 by Dani Dechter
Bio-Sense Technologies Ltd. is a Beer Sheva-based company established in 2000 that has created a novel security device called DogGaurd which allows the ability to distinguish between a regular dog bark from one that is trying to register real alarm. The firm, which was incubated at Maayan Ventures, has now raised $0.5 million from [...]
Filed under: Biotech, Defense, Hi-Tech, Security | Tagged: barks, bio-sense, dogguard, dogs, eyal zehavi, maayan ventures, prisons | No Comments »
Posted on February 29, 2008 by Dani Dechter
One of the more interesting inventions coming out of Israel recently is Olive Engineering’s Elcopter, which can be seen in animated action here. It’s a new contraption designed to rescue survivors who are stranded in a burning building with no way of getting rescued. The helicopter flies over the building, far enough from [...]
Filed under: Defense, Security | Tagged: elcopter, elevator, helicopter, nehemia cohen, olive engineering, rescue, september 11, spider, survivors | No Comments »
