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A Technion Earth Day Webinar With the health of our planet failing, we need big ideas and innovative solutions to reverse the current environmental crisis. In this enlightening webinar, a distinguished panel of Technion scientists share their insights and research on topics that include sustainable development, renewable energy solutions, sustainable material innovations, and eco-friendly alternatives for chemical processes. Be inspired when you learn how Technion science can help forge a healthier planet and a better future for all. Executive vice president for research at the Technion Prof. Noam Adir moderates this can’t-miss webinar.
A sensor that measures the “heartbeat” of a plant is being used by farmers around the world to optimize the growing process, most notably how much water it needs, at a time when weather patterns are shifting and becoming unpredictable due to climate change. Almost all plants, big and small, rely on the process of photosynthesis (using light, carbon dioxide and water to produce oxygen and energy), and the correct conditions are crucial for its survival. But for farmers, knowing how much water to give each plant can be an inexact science, with agriculturalists generally relying on experience and intuition…
That the world’s bee population is in crisis is no secret. Scientists, conservationists and agriculturalists have been scrambling for a solution to a situation that could be catastrophic for humans who rely on these stripy natural pollinators and their winged cohorts to propagate much of the food that we eat. Israeli company Edete says it has a unique solution, giving the insects – and those who benefit from their hard work – a helping hand in the form of mechanical artificial pollination, which it says is vital if we wish to ensure food security for future generations.
Cornell researchers’ “leaf-level” visualization of every tree in New York City – and how much shade each provides – could inform new strategies for mitigating extreme heat there, and in other cities coping with record-breaking temperatures. Tree Folio NYC creates a “digital twin” of New York’s urban canopy. The high-resolution, 3D model not only details trees’ location, type and size, but simulates how local conditions such as street orientation, street width and building height influence their shading benefits. For decades, cities have planted trees in uniform rows along streets. But improved understanding of how tree placement impacts shading could help planners…
Tevel Aerobotics, an Israeli ag-tech startup with a novel drone-based harvesting solution, demonstrated the latest edition of its harvesting solution at the 2023 World Ag Expo. The company has partnered with S&S Metal Fabrication to build an autonomous tree fruit harvesting solution called the Alpha-Bot that is ready for deployment this upcoming growing season. Tevel Aerobotics is a 2021 recipient of an RBR50 innovation award for fruit-collecting drones. The partnership with S&S Metal Fabrication is critical to the overall success of this solution. The drones are tethered so that they can work continuously all day gathering ripe fruit from the trees in an orchard. The drones…
For almost two decades, agriculturalists around the world have been sounding the alarm about the global disappearance of entire bee colonies, a vital link in the food chain whose absence is threatening the world’s food supply. Scientists have determined that one of the primary causes of colony collapse disorder (CCD) is the Varroa mite, a pest that attaches itself to bees as they develop in their cocoons and feeds on them, transmits viruses to them and can even kill them. Israeli startup ToBe has developed a device that releases precise amounts of miticides in beehives to rid them of these parasites without…
A unique “coworking space” for farmers in drought-stricken Rwanda will soon offer local growers a sustainable way to produce crops. Agriculture accounts for a third of landlocked Rwanda’s GDP but relies on rainfall and suffers low levels of productivity. The unique site, including its purpose-built water source and an energy network, was designed by Israeli precision irrigation pioneer Netafim and built in cooperation with the government, which provided $50 million in funding.
“When we say agriculture, we think green and plants and land, it sounds very sexy. But the reality is that agriculture is one of the major contaminants in the world, both in terms of groundwater contamination and greenhouse gas emissions,” says Rafi Levi. “And fertilizers are the No. 1 contaminant in agriculture.” Levi is the CEO and cofounder of DOTS (Data of the Soil), an Israeli startup bent on helping farmers cut down on the use of excess fertilizers by providing them with real-time monitoring of fertilizer in the soil. This can save them a lot of money and, of course, protect…
Colony collapse disorder, a phenomenon where bees die for mysterious reasons, caused alarm in recent decades and spurred a flurry of “save the bees” campaigns — because honeybees are needed to pollinate the plants that provide our food. But the bigger problem, according to Emily Speiser, VP of marketing for BloomX, is that honeybees, which have become the default bee for pollination in commercial agriculture because they’re easier to transport and manage — is that they aren’t as efficient as wild bees in pollinating specific fruits and vegetables like blueberries and avocados. In addition, says Speiser, there aren’t enough honeybees as…
Growing up in a kibbutz and working in agriculture from a young age, Adi Nir, founder of Israeli startup MetoMotion, left the fields, as many others did, to make a living in the tech industry. The widespread global shortage of fruit and vegetable pickers is what brought him back to his roots to develop the world’s first robot for picking tomatoes. Fewer and fewer people work in agriculture, which employs just 5% to 10% of the workforce in the European Union and euro area, and 6% in OECD countries, according to World Bank data. In Israel, only 1% of all…
Bees are crucial to our survival. Did you know they pollinate one in every three bites of food we eat? Or that without bees, more than 100,000 species of plants would become extinct? But bees are in danger, as more than half of just North America’s native bee species are declining in size with a quarter of the 4,000 species at risk of extinction. In the hopes of combating this global problem, Israeli startup BeeHero – led in part by Co-founder, CTO, and Technion alumnus Yuval Regev – is using sensors to monitor beehive health and conducting bee-related research. BeeHero’s…
Clean water is crucial for survival, but it is in short supply, with 771 million people living without access to it. It is also a necessity for places that help society function, including power plants, oil refineries, pharmaceutical companies, dairies, breweries, municipalities, textile factories, fish farms, and more. Israeli company Atlantium Technologies, led in part by CTO and Technion alum Ytzhak Rozenberg, is working to help mitigate this widespread issue, by combining old technology developed by a Nobel Laureate with new findings to create their patented disinfection process. Atlantium has combined ultraviolet radiation, or the process of using sunlight to…