This week President Obama visits Israel. According to the Mideast Dispatch Archive website,
During his visit, Obama will also be shown a special exhibit put on for him highlighting a few of the technological breakthroughs made by Israeli universities and start-ups -- in the fields of renewable energy, the fight against traffic accidents, medicine, search and rescue, and robotics.Israel was recently ranked first country in the world in “research and development intensity” in a comprehensive study published by the Bloomberg news agency.
The innovations that Obama will see are outlined below, with accompanying videos.
TCHAIKOVSKY FLASHWALTZ AT HADASSAH HOSPITAL
But before that, you may also wish to view this remarkable “Tchaikovsky Flashwaltz” performed last week by forty students from the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance, who adopted a classical approach to the flashmob trend as they flashwaltzed Tchaikovsky’s Waltz of the Flowers at the new wing at Jerusalem’s Hadassah hospital. Doctors, patients and passers-by joined in the fun.
The surprise concert was part of Good Deeds Day, an annual event that originated in Israel in 2007 and now takes place in over 50 countries worldwide.
The Academy students enjoyed the performance so much that they have decided to schedule regular concerts at the hospital. The Hadassah Medical Organization treats over one million patients annually, without regard to race, religion or national origin.
Here are innovations President Obama will see:
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In the field of energy alternatives – Phinergy: revolutionizing how we drive
- In the field of the struggle against traffic accidents – Mobileye
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In the field of medicine – Rewalk
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In the field of search and rescue – robot snake
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In the field of medicine – BNA technology by ElMindA
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In the field of medicine – MiniDesktop
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Israel develops the next generation operating room
Visit the website for videos and explanations. Below is #3 - "Rewalk"