New Generation of Water-From-Air Machines

Despite New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s past calls to boycott Cornell Tech because of its partnership with Israel’s Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, city officials and Jewish community leaders on Wednesday announced a $250,000 investment in a Cornell Tech research initiative aimed at expanding New York City’s tree canopy to combat rising temperatures. New York City Council Speaker Julie Menin, the first Jewish woman to hold the post, and other officials unveiled the funding for Cornell Tech’s Urban Tech Hub at the Jacobs Technion-Cornell Institute on Roosevelt Island. The grant will launch the Generative Tree Canopy Project, which will use…

As climate change increases the frequency and intensity of wildfires, Israel is testing a new autonomous drone system designed to spot fires before they grow into large-scale disasters, combining long-endurance aviation, artificial intelligence and advanced imaging technologies. The system completed its first flight test this week as part of a joint project involving the Israeli […]