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Israel is the only country in the world that entered the 21st
century with a net gain in its number of trees. |
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Israel is one of only eight countries in the world capable of
launching their own satellites. |
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Israel has the third highest rate of entrepreneurship
in the world, and the highest rate in the world among
women and people over the age of 55. |
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Israel as a country holds the largest concentration of High-Tech
industries in the world per capita, and as a region it is
second only to California’s Silicon Valley. |
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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.
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Israel has the world’s second highest per capita output
of new books. |
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Israel has more museums per capita than any other country.
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Israeli scientists developed the first fully computerized,
radiation-free, diagnostic instrumentation for breast cancer. |
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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. |
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Israel’s Given Imaging developed the first ingestible
video camera, so small it fits inside a pill. Used to view
the small intestine from the inside, the camera helps doctors
diagnose cancer and digestive disorders. |
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Researchers in Israel developed a new device that directly
helps the heart pump blood, an innovation with the potential
to save lives among those with congestive heart failure. The
new device is synchronized with the heart’s mechanical
operations through a sophisticated system of sensors. |
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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. |
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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. |
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An Israeli company was the first to develop and install a
large-scale solar power plant, fully functional in southern
California’s Mojave desert. |
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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,
GE Medical, Dow Chemical and Charles Schwab. |
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ICQ - The technology for AOL Instant Messenger was developed
in 1996 by a company called Mirabilis, founded by four young
Israelis. |
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The first PC anti-virus was developed in Israel in 1979
by the same company that developed the Melissa anti-virus program. |
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Israeli engineers developed the first cell phone at Motorola's
lab in Haifa, its largest research center in the world. |
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Most of the Windows NT operating system was developed by
Microsoft’s Israel labs. |
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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. |
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Intel’s new high-speed Centrino processor – which
doubles battery life on laptops – was developed entirely
in Israel. |
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New, paper-thin, super-light-weight batteries for laptops
and cellular phones are pioneered at the Israeli company Electric
Fuel. |
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Checkpoint, an Israeli Company, pioneered Internet and network
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. |
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The Israeli companies Amdocs, Comverse and Nice Systems all
pioneered Voicemail, SMS and many other telephone and
cellular phone services. |
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When the U.S. Embassy in Nairobi, Kenya was bombed in 1998,
Israeli rescue teams were on the scene within a day - and
saved three victims from the rubble. |
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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. |
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Iraqi children who suffered severe burns in the recent
war are being treated at the world-renowned burn center at Hadassah
Hospital in Jerusalem. |
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