The Technion’s story has been intertwined with Israel’s for more than a century, from laying the foundations for a new nation to shaping its future.
Israel is no stranger to defending itself against existential threats. When the war in Gaza revealed that GPS-based drones could be disabled through cyberattacks, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology alumni in the defense establishment got straight to work. Hear from Brigadier General (res.) Prof. Jacob Nagel, head of the Center for Security Science and […]
Generations of faculty, students, and alumni have helped build the technologies, companies, and industries that earned Israel its reputation as the “Startup Nation,” with Technion – Israel Institute of Technology graduates founding hundreds of startups and driving breakthroughs in fields ranging from AI and cybersecurity to semiconductors and robotics. Here’s a look at some recent […]
Since the founding of the State of Israel, protecting the nation has been a defining focus for Technion faculty, students, and alumni. Across generations, they’ve helped shape the country’s defense and security ecosystem through breakthrough science and engineering. Here’s a look at recent innovations that are making a real-world impact in the defense sector.
As robots enter hospitals and care facilities, questions remain about whether they actually make care easier for the people who give and receive it. A new Cornell Tech-led study approaches that challenge by inviting healthcare workers, long-term care residents, and community members to help design the robots themselves. Presented at the 2026 Association for Computing Machinery CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, the research documents a 14‑week “co-design” project in which nurses, doctors, nursing center residents, artists, engineers, computer scientists, and craftsmen worked side by side to imagine and physically build robots that could ease daily burdens in…
According to a recent report, government officials in the United States and Israel are considering a joint effort to develop a large-scale research and development campus for artificial intelligence in Israel’s Western Negev desert. The plan, which is called Project Spire, would create an advanced fabrication and design center to produce, assemble, and test a new generation of computer chips to meet the demands of the rapidly developing artificial intelligence era. The report in the Wall Street Journal was written by two members of Hudson Institute’s Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East, a conservative think tank based…
Consider pancreatic cancer – the disease that killed Steve Jobs, e.g., despite the best medical technology money could buy. Approximately 467,000 to 500,000 people die from pancreatic cancer worldwide each year. It is the sixth most common cause of cancer death globally. Due to its high mortality rate and lack of early detection, the number of deaths is projected to rise significantly in the coming decades. And no new drug to treat it has gained FDA approval – for 30 years! Moreover, survival rates are bleak: Metastatic (Stage IV): 3–6 months, though recent advancements may improve this. Locally Advanced (Stage…
When Gal Harari ’06, M.S.’12, Ph.D. ’17 speaks about the Technion, it’s with admiration and gratitude. “The Technion has made me a man of technology,” said the chief technology officer of Israel’s Directorate of Defense Research and Development (DDR&D), a joint body of the Israel Ministry of Defense (MOD) and the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) […]
Coral reefs are facing extinction, but a revolutionary combination of 3D printing and ceramics, pioneered by Technion Prof. Ezri Tarazi, might be the solution we’ve been waiting for. In this visionary TEDx talk, Prof. Tarazi demonstrates how “Deep Design” is being used to rebuild the world’s crumbling marine ecosystems. From the Red Sea to the […]
The Technion – Israel Institute of Technology — established a quarter of a century before Israel became an independent nation — has been inexorably linked to the State’s security since its inception. For over 100 years, the Technion has been the technological backbone of Israel. Nearly all aspects of the nation’s industrial, agricultural, scientific, […]
Though invisible to the naked eye, every light wave contains tiny points of complete darkness. For half a century, scientists have theorized that these “dark points” move even faster than the light waves in which they’re formed. Thanks to a group of researchers from the Technion’s Andrew and Erna Viterbi Faculty of Electrical and Computer […]
Israeli startup Q-Factor had operated largely under the radar until today, but it has already attracted significant attention within the industry due to its unusually strong academic pedigree. The company, which is developing a full-scale quantum computer based on neutral atom technology, was founded by four leading physicists from the Weizmann Institute of Science and the Technion, each of whom heads a prominent laboratory in the field. It is now emerging from stealth with a $24 million Seed round, completed just months after its founding. The round was led by NFX and TPY Capital, with participation from Intel Capital, Korea…