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L Israel is one of only eight countries in the world capable of launching their own satellites. L Israel has the third highest rate of entrepreneurship in the world, and the highest rate in the world among women and among people over the age of 55. L Israel as a country holds the largest concentration of HighTech industries in the world per capita, and as a region it is second only to California’s Silicon Valley.
radiation-free, diagnostic instrumentation for breast cancer. L An Israeli company developed a computerized system for ensuring proper administration of medications, thus removing human error from medical treatment. Every year in U.S. hospitals 7,000 patients die from treatment mistakes.
L Israel has the world’s second highest per capita output of new books. L Israel is the only country in the world that entered the 21st century with a net gain in its number of trees. L Israel has more museums per capita than any other country. L Israeli scientists developed the first fully computerized,
L An Israeli biologist developed an all-natural mosquito and fly control that saved millions from death and blindness in China and in Africa. L Israeli scientists are developing a nose drop that will provide a five-year flu vaccine.
L More Israeli companies are traded on Wall Street than any other country except the US and Canada. L Israel has more engineers and scientists per capita than any other country. Israel also produces more scientific papers per capita than any other nation – 109 per 10,000 people.
L One-half of all technologies in development at Israeli government-supported incubators are related to medicine.
L Israel’s Given Imaging developed the first ingestible video camera, so small it fits inside a pill. Used the view the small intestine from the inside, the camera helps doctors diagnose cancer and digestive disorders. L A new acne treatment developed in Israel, the ClearLight device, produces a high-intensity, ultraviolet-light-free, narrow-band blue light that causes acne bacteria to self-destruct – all without damaging surrounding skin or tissue.
L In response to serious water shortages, Israeli engineers and agronomists developed a revolutionary drip irrigation system to significantly minimize the amount of water used to grow crops. This technology is now exported and used worldwide. L An Israeli company was the first to develop and install a largescale solar power plant, fully functional in southern California’s Mojave desert. L Mercury Interactive, an Israeli company that leads the world of software quality assurance tools, was named "one of the hottest software firms in the world" by Forbes Magazine in October 2003. Mercury's 7,500 customers include Cisco Systems,
www.israelfm.org
GE Medical, Dow Chemical and Charles Schwab L ICQ - The technology for AOL Instant Messenger was developed in 1996 by a company called Mirabilis, founded by four young Israelis.
L Intel’s new high-speed Centrino processor – which doubles battery life on laptops – was developed entirely in Israel. L New, paper-thin, super-lightweight batteries for laptops and cellular phones are pioneered at the Israeli company Electric Fuel. L The Israeli companies Amdocs, Comverse and Nice Systems all pioneered Voicemail, SMS and many other telephone and cellular phone services. L Israeli engineers developed the first cell phone at Motorola's lab in Haifa, its largest research center in the world.
L The first PC anti-virus was developed in Israel in 1979 by the same company that developed the Melissa anti-virus program.
L American industry giants such as Ford, GM, Boeing, GE Aircraft Engines, Lockheed Martin, all manage their manufacturing processes using software from the Israeli company Tecnomatix.
L When the U.S. Embassy in Nairobi, Kenya was bombed in 1998, Israeli rescue teams were on the scene within a day and saved victims from the rubble. L When an earthquake struck Western India in January 2001, Israel sent an entire field hospital, including medical staff and equipment, to help treat injured civilians. L Iraqi children who suffered severe burns in the recent war are being treated at the worldrenowned burn center at Hadassah Hospital in Jerusalem.
L Most of the Windows NT operating system was developed by Microsoft’s Israel labs. L ZIP compression, commonly used today, was developed by two Israeli professors in the Technion
security technology such as the Firewall, and is considered the world leader in the field. Since its founding in 1993, the company has installed its products at more than 250,000 sites, including 90 percent of the Fortune 500 companies.
L The price of phone calls, and especially long distance and overseas calls, dropped significantly over the past decade thanks to voice over IP and DCME technologies which were invented in Israel. L Checkpoint, an Israeli Company, pioneered Internet and network
L Israeli doctors formed Save a Child's Heart (SACH), to perform corrective heart surgery on children in developing countries. The organization not only performs the medical operations, but also trains local doctors and, together with MASHAV donates equipment. L Israel ranks 3rd in the world, after Norway and Denmark in GDP expenditure per primary and secondary school student. www.israelfm.org
radiation-free, diagnostic instrumentation for breast cancer. L An Israeli company developed a computerized system for ensuring proper administration of medications, thus removing human error from medical treatment. Every year in U.S. hospitals 7,000 patients die from treatment mistakes.
L Israel has the world’s second highest per capita output of new books. L Israel is the only country in the world that entered the 21st century with a net gain in its number of trees. L Israel has more museums per capita than any other country. L Israeli scientists developed the first fully computerized,
L An Israeli biologist developed an all-natural mosquito and fly control that saved millions from death and blindness in China and in Africa. L Israeli scientists are developing a nose drop that will provide a five-year flu vaccine.
L More Israeli companies are traded on Wall Street than any other country except the US and Canada. L Israel has more engineers and scientists per capita than any other country. Israel also produces more scientific papers per capita than any other nation – 109 per 10,000 people.
L One-half of all technologies in development at Israeli government-supported incubators are related to medicine.
L Israel’s Given Imaging developed the first ingestible video camera, so small it fits inside a pill. Used the view the small intestine from the inside, the camera helps doctors diagnose cancer and digestive disorders. L A new acne treatment developed in Israel, the ClearLight device, produces a high-intensity, ultraviolet-light-free, narrow-band blue light that causes acne bacteria to self-destruct – all without damaging surrounding skin or tissue.
L In response to serious water shortages, Israeli engineers and agronomists developed a revolutionary drip irrigation system to significantly minimize the amount of water used to grow crops. This technology is now exported and used worldwide. L An Israeli company was the first to develop and install a largescale solar power plant, fully functional in southern California’s Mojave desert. L Mercury Interactive, an Israeli company that leads the world of software quality assurance tools, was named "one of the hottest software firms in the world" by Forbes Magazine in October 2003. Mercury's 7,500 customers include Cisco Systems,
www.israelfm.org
GE Medical, Dow Chemical and Charles Schwab L ICQ - The technology for AOL Instant Messenger was developed in 1996 by a company called Mirabilis, founded by four young Israelis.
L Intel’s new high-speed Centrino processor – which doubles battery life on laptops – was developed entirely in Israel. L New, paper-thin, super-lightweight batteries for laptops and cellular phones are pioneered at the Israeli company Electric Fuel. L The Israeli companies Amdocs, Comverse and Nice Systems all pioneered Voicemail, SMS and many other telephone and cellular phone services. L Israeli engineers developed the first cell phone at Motorola's lab in Haifa, its largest research center in the world.
L The first PC anti-virus was developed in Israel in 1979 by the same company that developed the Melissa anti-virus program.
L American industry giants such as Ford, GM, Boeing, GE Aircraft Engines, Lockheed Martin, all manage their manufacturing processes using software from the Israeli company Tecnomatix.
L When the U.S. Embassy in Nairobi, Kenya was bombed in 1998, Israeli rescue teams were on the scene within a day and saved victims from the rubble. L When an earthquake struck Western India in January 2001, Israel sent an entire field hospital, including medical staff and equipment, to help treat injured civilians. L Iraqi children who suffered severe burns in the recent war are being treated at the worldrenowned burn center at Hadassah Hospital in Jerusalem.
L Most of the Windows NT operating system was developed by Microsoft’s Israel labs. L ZIP compression, commonly used today, was developed by two Israeli professors in the Technion
security technology such as the Firewall, and is considered the world leader in the field. Since its founding in 1993, the company has installed its products at more than 250,000 sites, including 90 percent of the Fortune 500 companies.
L The price of phone calls, and especially long distance and overseas calls, dropped significantly over the past decade thanks to voice over IP and DCME technologies which were invented in Israel. L Checkpoint, an Israeli Company, pioneered Internet and network
L Israeli doctors formed Save a Child's Heart (SACH), to perform corrective heart surgery on children in developing countries. The organization not only performs the medical operations, but also trains local doctors and, together with MASHAV donates equipment. L Israel ranks 3rd in the world, after Norway and Denmark in GDP expenditure per primary and secondary school student. www.israelfm.org
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