The country's military has long been credited with helping to fuel the thriving tech industry.
while serving in the Israel Defense forces, soldiers, especially those in intelligence units, can also build the networks they need--be it access to potential investors
or other aspiring business owners--to get a startup off the ground. However, it's this same successful entrepreneurial ecosystem that has excluded largely the Arab citizens of Israel.
and discrimination but that isn the reason the Israeli Arabs aren trying out entrepreneurship in high tech,
a technology incubator. sking an Arab guy about high-tech entrepreneurship is like asking how to serve in the Israeli military.
"Frid wants to change that by giving startups founded by Israeli Arabs access to money and expertise.
"sees the Arabic-speaking students at Israeli universities as both a business opportunity and a way to bring Israeli Arabs into the country new economy.
The Haifa, Israel-based technology incubator, which closed a $4. 5 million series A round this week,
plans to invest hundreds of thousands of dollars in each venture. Unlike Palestinians in the Israeli-occupied parts of the West bank
Israeli Arabs have equal rights under the law. But they have complained long of discrimination in employment
and government services, including the lack of funding for their separate school system. Israeli Arabs have a higher dropout rate, according to government data.
Those who do attend university favor professions such as medicine, pharmacy, nursing and teaching, and they have been less present in business schools.
The government is trying to improve job prospects of the country's Arab population by promoting higher education and offering scholarships for advanced degrees.
Chemi Peres, son of former President Shimon Peres and cofounder of venture capital firm Pitango said Takwin fulfills a vision he shares with the two people who joined him in establishing the Israeli Arab incubator--Labor parliamentarian and former venture capitalist Erel Margalit and Imad Telhami,
who started Babcom Centers, a recruiting and training company. he integration of Israeli investors and entrepreneurs, Arab and Jews alike,
in the Israeli high-tech industry will boost Israel GDP, growth which could reach 30 billion shekels a year within a decade
if we are able to realize the human potential of Arab Israelis as part of Start-up Nation
and expand our target markets to the regional, Arab-speaking Internet market, Peres said in an e-mailed statement.
Takwin's investments will focus on mobile, Internet and media technologies, where t is easy to accelerate a startup from zero to impressive in a year to a year
-and-a-half, said Frid, who worked at the Finance Ministry, AOL and was CEO of mobile game publisher Playscape before taking on the incubator.
Arabic-language users are the sixth largest community on the Internet and could move into fourth place as early as next year,
said Frid. There are more than 350 million Arabic-speaking mobile users and more than 120 million Internet users in 22 countries
according to a Takwin a
#Bloomberg the Company Daniela Perdomo credits the absence of basic communication services after superstorm Sandy for inspiring Gotenna Inc. a do-it-yourself wireless network that can carry text
messages to Androids and Apple iphones. Perdomo 29 a Sao paulo native and Tufts University grad started Gotenna in Williamsburg Brooklyn with her brother Jorge in March 2013.
She spent the months after the storm bouncing her idea for a low-fi communications network off telecom
and technology experts until she had a theoretical product. That led to a prototype cigar-sized antenna that connects phones via public unlicensed airwaves.
Gotenna's sales debut is today. The antennas are sold in pairs for $149. 99 with no additional service charges.
The antennas make up the network and the service operates independently from cellular or Wi-fi networks.
The signal range is anywhere from 50 miles to several blocks depending on interference.````This is completely different.
There's no market for what they do now the closest category would be walkie-talkies. But there are a number of uses for this technology
which really drove our interest''said Alberto Escarlate with Collaborative Fund an early investor in Gotenna.
Some of the uses for the point-to-point communication include outdoor adventurers who travel beyond the reach of cellular networks concertgoers who want to coordinate locations
and even survivalists who may stow it in their emergency packs said Charlie O'Donnell with Brooklyn bridge Ventures also an early Gotenna investor.
The devices also offer privacy for groups who want to communicate off the grid he said.
Bloomberg Beta backed by Bloomberg News parent Bloomberg LP is also an early-stage investor.
While the target customer base seems limited and the amount of information that can be carried on Gotenna is limited to text messages
and GPS locations O'Donnell said it could catch on.````If you put enough of those niche users together you could get to a critical mass in a city''O'Donnell said.``
``You could have density enough to reach lots of people
#Japanese Inventor Says His Machine Can ID Even the Best'Super S'$100 Counterfeits The latest generation of counterfeit U s. hundred dollar bills are so close to the real thing they are impossible to detect with the human eye.
Yoshihide Matsumura machines catch them. Using ultraviolet and infrared rays as well as magnetic field sensors, the founder of Matsumura Engineering Co.,is targeting the fake U s. bills that are popping up in countries from South america to Asia and the Middle east.
Matsumura calls the new counterfeits uper S, which stands for uper special Theye a forgery of the Series 1996-2003a $100 note that features an image of Benjamin Franklin. The Series 2009a $100 notes introduced in October 2013 have a 3
and most of the detectors used in financial institutions are useless against themsays Matsumura. he paper
Matsumura, who also works as a counterfeit advisor for law-enforcement agencies in Japan and the U s.,first detected the new counterfeits last fall.
Tomohiro Ohsumi/Bloomberg A counterfeit 100 U s. dollar bank note is placed on a Matsumura Engineering Co. Ltd...
According to a study listed in the Federal reserve website, at the end of 2011, roughly 62 percent of U s. hundred dollar bills were in circulation outside the United states
the country's economy minister, said at the conference on May 22.""We are shifting our economic resources to Bangalore, Africa and China, China, China."
Tel aviv University announced last week that it's teaming up with Tsinghua University in Beijing to establish the XIN Center for research into areas like nanotechnology.
Last week, China's Bright Food Group finally reached a preliminary agreement to buy a majority stake in Israel's largest foodmaker, Tnuva Food industries, for an estimated $1 billion.
The panel allocated 49 million shekels ($14 million) a year to execute the program.""China is Israel largest trading partner in Asia,
#Samsung Sticks It to Apple With Swiss Railways Deal (Updates with comment from SBB in fifth paragraph.
Samsung Electronics sent out a press release last week saying its gadgets had been chosen for a technology buildout at Swiss Federal Railways.
Starting this month the South korean giant will begin to supply 30000 mobile devices to Switzerland's state-owned rail company.
Shortly after Apple introduced ios 6 in September 2012 with a redesigned clock app on the ipad SBB said the software infringed a trademarked design created in 1944.
By the time ios 7 came out in 2013 The swiss clock was gone. The history wasn't mentioned in Samsung's press release
but you can bet the timing of the announcement was no coincidence. A new trial kicked off on March 31 in Silicon valley where Apple is accusing Samsung of copying its designs for the iphone and ipad.
Apple's lawyers are trying to portray a culture of fast following at Samsung and to highlight Apple innovations.
Needless to say The swiss clock probably won't be part of Apple's legal argument. Samsung declined to comment
and Apple didn't respond to a request for comment. Reto Scharli a spokesman for SBB said the railway operator's decision to team up with Samsung was unrelated to the issue with Apple in 2012.
Swiss Railways publicly asked for bidders for the project and Samsung made the best offer he said.
Concerning Apple: We were proud that they had chosen our watch Scharli wrote in an e-mail.
Swiss Railways will use a smattering of Samsung gadgets#the Galaxy Note 3 Galaxy S4 Galaxy S4 Mini
and Galaxy Tab 3#for employee communication as well as for ticket purchasing and other train services Samsung said.
#Cengage Learning Unveils Digital Study and Assessment Tool Cengage Learning's 4ltr Press has launched 4ltr Press Online,
a digital learning tool featuring personalized study and assessment resources. Designed for use on PCS or mobile devices,
4ltr Press Online is built around student"learnflow,"the workflow behind learning, according to information released by the company."
"4ltr Press Online uses a two-pathway approach to learning to include the pedagogy of a printed textbook and the concept mapping and functionality of an Internet search engine,"according to a news release."
"To render the results of the printed textbook, 4ltr Press Online was designed to ensure that end-users are always aware of their place within the text.
Major headings are provided easily in the front of each section so that students can navigate the text as easy as the flip of a page."
"The second pathway attempts to discourage student use of search engines, which can point them to inaccurate resources,
by using concept tags and indexing learning resources to mimic search engine results, allowing students to find related content aligned with course goals.
Concept tags are used also in 4tlr Press Online's Studybits and Studyboard features, which aim to help students personalize their study.
As students read, they can collect bits of information to create their own Studybits, which are sent then to the Studyboard where they are filtered by concept tags, understanding and category to aid in organization.
From the Studyboard students can create flashcards using their personal bits or chapter quizzes.""Print textbooks have been successful for hundreds of years because of their scope and sequence,
and the pedagogy and convenience that they provide but often that scope and sequence gets lost in digital products,
"said Neil Marquardt, vice president and general manager at 4ltr Press, in a prepared statement.""At Cengage Learning, we're squarely focused on the needs of the today's students.
The 4ltr Press Online experience redefines digital learning and addresses the tension of scope and sequence based on input and product testing with students.
We understand that everyone learns in different ways. That's why we constantly gather feedback to ensure that our products evolve with today's students
so they're engaged and primed for success."4ltr Press Online will be available for introductory marketing and psychology courses beginning in fall of 2015 at the same price for digital only and digital and print versions.
More information is available at solutions. cengage. com/4ltr-Press e
#UCLA Researchers Develop Device To Turn Smartphones into Fluorescence Microscopes Researchers at the University of California,
Los angeles have developed a small, lightweight device that allows users to turn a smartphone into a fluorescence microscope capable of imaging objects 1, 000 times smaller than the width of a human hair.
The optical device is 3d printed and"includes an attachment that creates a high-contrast, dark-field imaging setup using an inexpensive external lens, thin-film interference filters,
a miniature dovetail stage and a laser diode that excites the fluorescently labeled DNA molecules"for the demonstration.
An app connects the phone to the university's servers to measure the molecules which are labeled
and stretched on disposable chips that fit the device. The results can be seen on both the smartphone
and external computers connected to the UCLA servers. The device was developed by team led by Aydogan Ozcan, a professor of electrical engineering and bioengineering at the Henry Samueli School of engineering and Applied science and director of the California Nanosystems Institute."
"The ability to translate these and other existing microscopy and sensing techniques to field-portable, cost-effective and high-throughput instruments can make possible myriad new applications for point-of-care medicine
and global health,"said Ozcan, in a news release. Ozcan also suggested that the device could be useful for research and education in developing countries or institutions with limited resources.
The project, the results of which were published in ACS Nano, was funded by an Early Concept Grant for Exploratory Research (EAGER) from the National Science Foundation n
#Microsoft Open Tech Integrates Office 365 Moodle Moodle partner Remote-Learner. net has teamed up with Microsoft Open Technologies to integrate Office 365 with Moodle.
The integration is designed to create"a more productive experience to teachers and students by harmonizing login credentials, calendar management and course content creation,
in addition to other workflow improvements for education institutions and other Moodle users,"according to a news release. As a result of the integration, single sign-on will be easier for institutions using both Moodle
and Office 365 and students and teachers who create events in Moodle will have stored those events in their Office 365 calendars.
Teachers will also be able to create assignments in Onenote where students can complete them,
then submit them through Moodle, in turn receiving teacher feedback in the same document. The integration will also allow"instructors to easily embed interactive online lessons created in Powerpoint with Office Mix through an open format standard,"according to information released by the companies."
"These lessons may contain audio, video, digital ink, interactive simulations or assessments. Documents stored in Onedrive for Business can be associated automatically with Moodle courses.
Updates to those documents will appear automatically in links in Moodle, streamlining version control and simplifying integration of content stored in the cloud.""
""We are thrilled to be able to work with Microsoft to integrate Moodle with the Office 365 platform.
With the Office 365 plugins for Moodle, Microsoft continues to demonstrate its commitment to open source software
and education,"said Jason Cole, CEO of Remote-Learner, in a prepared statement.""Educators and trainers who have both Moodle
and Office 365 create new learning experiences that leverage the power of both platforms. Moodle administrators can deploy these new features knowing they have the support of both Microsoft and the Moodle Partner community
#Marist Beefs Up Cloud and Virtualization Tools in SDN Lab Clooud Computinga New york college that runs a testing lab for cloud computing will be adding new technology from two private partners to expand
what students can do. Marist College, which runs the New york state Cloud computing and Analytics Center, is teaming up with IBM
and Brocade to add computing capabilities in its Software Defined Networking Innovation Lab. The lab works on projects that enable data center operators to control operations more efficiently between the physical and virtual networks.
The college is bringing in IBM's Cloud Orchestrator an interface that reduces the work involved in managing public, private and hybrid clouds in the areas of configuration, provisioning and deployment of services.
IBM is a sponsor for the SDN lab at Marist. The institution is also adding Brocade's Vyatta 5400 vrouter,
a virtual router that provides routing and security functionality for physical, virtual and cloud networking environments."
"Partnering with Brocade and IBM gives students an unprecedented opportunity to conduct research and learn how the rise of cloud computing is changing
what is happening on the network, "said Robert Cannistra, a Marist lecturer of computer science and IT."
"The network is critical to the cloud. We are ensuring the proficiency of students by providing them access to the latest networking technology skills due to the rise of cloud models,
and at the same time, are advancing our program as a center of technological innovation.""IBM noted that as clients"embrace cloud computing,
"they're using software defined networking and virtualization of network functions to"lower their networking costs,
improve agility and offer differentiated services.""By training Marist students"on the latest in networking and architectures,
we will help provide a strong career path, "said Marisa Viveros, vice president in IBM's global telecommunications industry division.
The collaboration, she said in a prepared statement, "exemplifies the unlimited possibilities of cloud computing and the importance of the development of students on cutting-edge technology
#A Bio Sensing Helmet Would Take control When the Pilot Can Elbit Systems is developing new applications for smart helmets for pilots that will be able to sense life-threatening developments during flight.
The helmet is fitted with unique biosensors that measure physiological life signs. Monitoring the pilot heartbeat, blood flow and oxygen level in the blood stream.
The system can identify developing conditions that could lead to hypoxia or G-induced loss of consciousness (GLOC.
he best way to monitor oxygen level is to measure oxygen saturation in the blood,
similar to the measurement done on patients. But, to do that, you need a different sensor,
Kranz explained. For this application Elbit Systems adapted a commercial sensor developed by Lifebeam, an Israeli start-up company that developed such a sensor to monitor peak performance for extreme sportsathletes such as marathon runners, bicyclists and mountain climbers.
The sensor measures oxygen concentration in the blood, heartbeat and blood perfusion (the volume of blood that flows through to the tissues.
e are working with AFRL to study such applications. We will soon start the second phase
and expect to complete development in less than a year, Kranz added. e embedded the sensor in our new-generation helmets that have integral processing capability on the helmet.
Helmets with integrated sensors were tested in a centrifuge under high G loads with pilots wearing G-suits.
On other tests pilots flew with them under loads of up to 6g. he test results we have collected so far have shown that the sensors performed predictably and reliably, monitoring the pilot condition
collecting data in flight, and providing sound physiological data that will be able to support further decisions and advanced applications in the future, Kranz noted.
We discovered that hypoxia can develop in different conditions. In non-pressurized cockpits, for example, when flying helicopters over high mountain ranges, hypoxia can develop slowly over the course of an hour.
When caused by oxygen supply failures or human condition, blood oxygen levels can drop, from 90 to 60-70 percent.
GLOC also occurs abruptly when pilots are subjected to excessive loads without the recommended preparation. Usually a pilot would recover from GLOC in 20 seconds
but, during the condition, the aircraft is uncontrolled and could hit the ground. A warning issued just prior to the onset of GLOC could alert the pilot to take precautions,
breath properly, apply pressure to reduce the load or ease the sharpness of the turn to reduce G. The sensor can profile each individual pilot
and assess his or her performance and tolerance on the specific flight. Once the system ecidesthat the pilot is in danger,
it triggers an audiovisual warning alerting the pilot to take action. In case the system ensesthat the pilot is unconscious
the autopilot can be activated to take control
#Machines Making Machines: Printing Missiles Researchers at Raytheon Missile Systems say they have created already nearly every component of a guided weapon using additive manufacturing, more commonly known as 3-D printing.
With commercially available high-end equipment and specially modified versions of low-cost 3-D printers, company researchers have created nearly every component of a guided weapon using 3-D printing,
including rocket engines, fins, parts for the guidance and control systems, and more. ou could potentially have these in the field,
said Jeremy Danforth, a Raytheon engineer who has printed working rocket motors. achines making machines. The user could print on demand.
That the vision. he progress is part of a company wide push into additive manufacturing and 3-D printing
including projects meant to supplement traditional manufacturing processes. Engineers are exploring the use of 3-D printing to lay down conductive materials for electrical circuits,
create housings for the company revolutionary gallium nitride transmitters, and fabricate fins for guided artillery shells.
The process may reduce costs associated with traditional manufacturing, such as machining of parts. It allows for quick design
and rapid changes because engineers only need change the digital model representing the part. As long as they stay within set parameters,
they can have new parts in hours instead of weeks. ou can design internal features that might be impossible to machine,
said Raytheon engineer Travis Mayberry, who is researching future uses of additive manufacturing and 3-D printing. ee trying new designs for thermal improvements and lightweight structures,
things we couldn achieve with any other manufacturing method. ne of the new areas in weapon 3d printing is warhead design and manufacturing.
Warhead designers attempt to create blast effects that meet specific criteria. nce you get into detonation physics you open up a whole new universe, James Zunino,
a materials engineer for the U s army Armament Research, Development and Engineering Center (ARDEC) said. The limits on what can be produced using machine tools limit warhead shapes.
By lifting limitations through the expanded capabilities that come with additive manufacturing space is used more efficiently. he real value you get is you can get more safety, lethality or operational capability from the same space,
Zunino said. These innovative additive manufacturing processes bring together printed metals, printed energetics and other materials, layered onto substrates into the components that comprise an nitiation trainin explosive warheads. ou can vastly simplify the manufacturing of energetic materials by printing them,
Zunino said. A major contribution of 3-D printing is its potential to streamline the manufacturing process,
said Leah Hull, additive manufacturing manager for Raytheon. hen we print something, we have fewer piece parts,
so your supply chain becomes simpler, Hull said. our development cycles are shorter; youe getting parts much faster.
You can get a lot more complex with your design because you can design angles you can machine into metal.?
Ensuring consistent production integrity will be part of the next steps to realize this vision, said Dr. Teresa Clement,
a Raytheon materials expert who also serves as the chair of the executive committee of America Makes, an initiative of the National Additive manufacturing Innovation Institute.
Other printed elements include complex electronic circuits Engineers at the Raytheon University of Massachusetts Lowell Research Institute are developing ways to print such circuits,
particularly microwave components the building blocks of sophisticated radars. The current method of building microscopic circuits involves removing material to create a circuit pathway.
In contrast, 3-D printing lays down just the material needed to build the electronic pathway. he word rintingimplies lower cost
said Chris Mccarroll, Raytheon director for the institute. t additive manufacturing. When we make integrated circuits now, it all subtractive.
We put down very expensive materials and wash away everything we don need. ircuits can already be printed with inkjet printers.
The goal is to print more complicated circuits in three dimensions, with the very high resolution and performance of silicon. here currently a hierarchy in our manufacturing.
We make the structures, the housings, the circuit cards, with the right materials, and then we integrate them into a system,
said Mccarroll. hat we see in the near future is printing the electronics and printing the structures,
and dielectrics needed for printed electronics. They can even lay down carbon nanotubes, tiny structures made of linked carbon atoms,
and are working to align them to build futuristic circuits, according to Mccarroll. So could soldiers someday print
and assemble missiles on the spot, in the same way that artillery crews custom-load their rounds or weapons handlers mount guidance kits on some types of bombs?
Mccarroll said that still a ways off. efore a warfighter can print a missile in the field,
he said, ou need quality, controlled processes to fabricate all the component materials: the metallic strongbacks,
and the plastic connectors, the semiconductors for processors, and the energetics and propulsion systems. The hard part is then making the connections between these components,
At some relatively near-term point you may have to place chips down and interconnect them with printing.
Or, in the future, maybe youl just print them.?We are printing demos of many of the seeker components.
what would go into a missilesaid Danforth. 3d printing of missiles and warheads will allow engineers to utilize complex geometries
and patterns that previously could not be produced or manufactured, driving missiles and warheads to be lighter, smaller, more compact and more affordable.
It will also enable focused lethality, rendering warheads more effective, thus reducing collateral damage risk o
#Turkey launches airstrikes against Kurds, ISIS in Iraq and Syria Turkish fighter jets have struck Kurdistan Workersparty (PKK) and Islamic State (ISIS) targets in Syria and Iraq yesterday.
This action was followed by the detention of hundreds of suspected Kurdish militants, in a coordinated crackdown,
as Ankara deployed military force for the first time against the terrorist group. Official Turkish sources confirmed Turkish F-16 warplanes based in Diyarbakir,
Incirlik and Adana had attacked five bases of the in Iraq and two ISIS targets in the towns of Hatay and Kilis in Syria as part of the operation.
The main strike force that numbered 20 F-16s struck PKK positions in northern Iraq. The PKK has been fighting against Turkey for more than three decades
but in recent months have obeyed to a truce with Ankara. The leadership of Iraq Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) has condemned Turkish air strikes against positions of Kurdish fighters in its autonomous region,
echoing the remarks of the leadership earlier. In the operation, five PKK camps were attacked: Zap, Basyan, Gare, Avashin and Metina in Northern Iraq.
The Turkish air force said that PKK training facilities, shelters and antiaircraft batteries were targeted in the five camps.
PKK headquarters located on Qandil Mountains in Northern Iraq were targeted reportedly in the attacks as well.
In a coordinated move, Turkish police have been rounding up hundreds of suspected Kurdish fighters in cities
and towns across the country, detaining nearly 600 people. Turkish police fired water cannon and teargas to disperse about 1,
000 demonstrators who had gathered in the capital Ankara to protest against military strikes in Syria and northern Iraq.
The strike Targets attacked included what was described as the group headquarters and an assembly point.
While the airstrikes were launched Turkish heavy artillery located in the border province of Kilis fired at ISIS positions in Syria.
Turkey is also to allow the US-led coalition to use its Incirlik airbase and other bases in the south of the country to conduct strikes against Isis. According to media sources allied combat missions from the base could begin in August.
Additional airbases in the nearby cities of Diyarbakir and Batman will be opened to allied planes for emergencies.
Coalition air forces that have been ongoing for almost a year are operating from bases in Cyprus and the Persian gulf
because until now Turkey has refused to authorise offensive operations from its bases against its neighbours. Apparently, the devastating ISIS linked suicide attacks and PKK-linked assassinations of Turkish policemen last week have changed Ankara attitude.
The US military flatly denied reports in the Turkish media that the deal with the US included the establishment of a no-fly zone in northern Syria, a longstanding demand of the Turkish government
which the US had resisted. Turkey has also been planning to create a buffer zone in Syria, along its border with Syria,
where it planned to settle the Syrian refugees that have fled across the border since the beginning of the Syrian Civil war but the coalition partners have objected such move.
The Turkish move could also be a sign of Ankara resentment of the U s. resorted backing for the PKK-affiliated People Protection Units (YPG),
the Kurdish fighters group operating against ISIS inside northern Syria. he conclusion of an agreement between Turkey and the U s.-led anti-ISIS coalition to open Turkish airbases for coalition aircraft conducting
Nonetheless, a sustained Turkish effort against ISIS networks in Turkey and northern Syria combined with the efforts of local anti-ISIS Syrian opposition forces has the potential to significantly disrupt the foreign fighter flows
suicide bombers, and legitimacy as a global caliphate l
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