Intel and Haifa’s Technion Join Forces to Help Machines Think Like Humans
Machines have for centuries worked for humankind, but can they also think for us? It seems they can, and this amazing but potentially frightening development is called artificial (or machine) intelligence (AI). Unlike natural human or animal intelligence, AI devices survey their surroundings and take aim at a target, imitating human learning, problem solving and carrying out other types of cognitive functions.
7 Special Foods Praised in the Bible Have Miraculous Health Benefits
The Bible praises the Land of Israel for its seven special foods. Each food contains a special “holiness” as well as unique health benefits. By consciously eating these foods, you can connect to the land of Israel and improve your health.
Israeli Engineers and Surgeons Collaborate to Make Artificial Implants
God created Adam, and then Eve, with perfect bodies. Thus He didn’t provide spare parts. But in recent decades, due to aging and people’s abuse of their own bodies because they are obese, smoke and do not exercise or eat properly, researchers have developed 3-dimensional (3D) printers to create some artificial parts to extend human […]
Haifa Medical Team Teaches Kenyan Colleagues to Save Children’s Lives
Sometimes, all it takes to make a change that saves lives are two physicians and one nurse from Israel. Haifa’s Rambam Medical Center recently sent two senior physicians and a pediatric nurse to Nakuru, Kenya, to teach the local medical teams advanced resuscitation skills. Just a few days of lectures, practice, simulations and individual training […]
Can Pomegranate Juice Reduce Brain Damage in Fetuses?
The pomegranate is one of the most-mentioned fruits in the Bible. It is one of the seven species that are abundant in the Land of Israel, and the High Priest’s robes had golden pomegranates hung around the hem.
Two Israeli Universities in World’s Top 100 Institutions
The prestigious Shanghai Ranking of world universities on Tuesday listed two Israeli academic institutions in the world’s top 100, marking an impressive rise since last year.
The Nose Knows
A biochemical engineer from Israel used special sensors combined in his “Nano-Electric Nose” to reach a diagnostic accuracy rate of 86 percent!
Israeli Universities Rank on International List
Three Israeli universities have featured prominently on the 2016 QS World University Rankings list ranking more than 900 higher education institutions around the world.
Italian Professors Urge Academic Boycott of Technion for Supporting “Occupation”
A group of Italian academics is circulating a petition to end cooperation agreements with Haifa’s Technion Institute on the grounds that it promotes Israeli occupation of Palestinian lands.
Israelis Develop World’s First Molecular Sensor That Can Scan Almost Anything
Two Technion graduates developed the world’s first molecular sensor that scans the chemical makeup of materials and sends the information to your smartphone.
