WatchLock system sends owner text message if someone tries to pry it open A new alert system developed by Israel’s MultiLock and Starcom Systems aims to tattletale on thieves – literally. The WatchLock – a lock enforced with special GPS and cellular chips – allows owners to track its location anywhere in the world, and […]

Israeli advertising agency which sought creative solution to Israeli-Palestinian conflict wins UN commendation For the first time in history, the United Nations has granted an Israeli firm a gold medal for its efforts in seeking an end to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, Yedioth Ahronoth reported. The winner is Baumann Ber Rivnay (BBR Saatchi & Saatchi), an […]

L’Oreal and UNESCO have named a Weizmann Institute biologist working in the field of probiotics for the award. Multinational cosmetics firm L’Oreal and UNESCO have named a Weizmann Institute biologist working in the field of probiotics, commonly referred to as beneficial bacteria, “Europe’s top young researcher.” For her work in researching probiotics to treat disease, […]

Father of murdered journalist Daniel Pearl wins Turing Award for artificial intelligence research which laid foundation for iPhone’s Siri, Google’s driverless cars Judea Pearl, a pioneer in the field of artificial intelligence, has been awarded the prestigious Turing Award this week. Pearl, 75, was being honored for “innovations that enabled remarkable advances in the partnership […]

Israeli President Shimon Peres will receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom this spring, President Obama announced at the American IsraelPublic Affairs Committee conference in Washington. “Shimon once described the story of the Jewish people by saying it proved that, ‘slings, arrows and gas chambers can annihilate man, but cannot destroy human values, dignity and freedom,’” Obama said as he announced […]

Best Museum Herta & Paul Amir Building, TelAviv Museum of Art Designed by Preston Scott Cohen Wedged into a tight, triangular site within the city’s central cultural complex, this piece of architectural origami uses a soaring, twisting, 87-foot-tall atrium, called Lightfall, to link a series of refreshingly uncomplicated galleries. In contrast to many dramatically shaped new […]