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A team of students from the Technion and the University of Missouri won second place at MedHacks — a hackathon for developing medical technologies hosted by Johns Hopkins University. They were awarded for developing the Scan&Sound application, which detects strokes at early stages and alerts the victims. One in four people in the United States experiences a stroke at one point in their lives. There are many different levels of severity, ranging from a stroke that one is not even aware of experiencing to an event that results in serious cognitive and motor impairments, and even death. In addition to…
Jordan Fung Tsz Chun was just 9 years old when he tried to teach himself coding. But he wasn’t happy with the online tutorials, so he did what few people three times his age would: he launched a startup to help fix the problem. A few years later he started another company. And today, at age 17, he is a freshman at Technion International, the international school of the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology. “Israel is a very nice place, and they’re also very nice people — innovative people, known for their startup ecosystem,” the Hong Kong teen recently…
The coronavirus pandemic didn’t stand in the way for the Technion-trained Israeli Chemistry Team to win medals at the International Chemistry Olympiad (IChO), including Israel’s first gold in a decade. The annual competition tests the world’s most talented high school students on their chemistry knowledge and skills in a five-hour laboratory practical and a five-hour written theoretical exam. Israel’s four team members were among 240 young students from 60 countries around the world to compete in this year’s 52nd competition, hosted by Turkey but held virtually. “Israel’s students, the country’s future generation, reach extraordinary international achievements in science competitions time…
“I grew up mostly with my mom, mostly learning how to survive. I got an education at home, but I also got an education with my friends,” said Sean Meir, an undergraduate student in the Technion’s Henry and Marilyn Taub Faculty of Computer Science who expects to graduate in May 2020. “They did horrible stuff, stuff that I’m not proud of. Most of them have criminal records.” Meir grew up in Nof HaGalil, an underserved community in Israel’s periphery. His life could have taken a different trajectory, one similar to his childhood friends’, but he was given a fresh start…
Aircraft technology has come a long way since Wilbur and Orville Wright’s Kitty Hawk. Technion students have now conducted their first test flight using aircraft printed entirely on a 3D printer. The unmanned A3TB, Active Aeroelastic Aircraft Testbed, which won the student competition in the Israel Annual Conference on Aerospace Sciences, will serve as a cost-effective, experimental platform for testing wing flexibility and future aircraft design. The research addresses the goal of designing aircraft that are lightweight and have a large wingspan, reducing the drag forces to cut consumption and pollution. But current methods often require complex, multidisciplinary R&D simulations…
Inspired by the remarkable attributes of human skin, a Technion doctoral student is inventing an artificial skin that can heal itself in the event of injury and is sensitive to the environment. The skin could one day be applied to prosthetics such as hands, giving wearers a natural feeling. During millions of years of evolution, […]
Following the spirit of Technion President Uri Sivan’s message of “community is immunity,” the Technion Student Association (TSA) has mobilized hundreds of students to minimize the human cost of COVID-19 in Israel. While coping with a rigorous academic workload as well as the hardships brought on by the coronavirus, the student volunteers are eagerly contributing their time and skills to help those most affected by the crisis. The efforts began in late February when approximately 15 students were self-quarantined in the dorms of Technion City. Many didn’t have family in Israel, so the TSA quickly stepped up to support them…
Webinar with Ron Brachman, Server Ertem, Rebecca Brachman, and Tomer Morad What happens when industry intersects academia? Join Ron Brachman, director of the Joan & Irwin Jacobs Technion-Cornell Institute housed at Cornell Tech in New York City, for this special webinar. Learn about the unique collaboration that has led to 28 startups incubated at the Jacobs Institute’s Runway Startup Postdoc Program, and the many Runway Fellows who tackled the coronavirus pandemic. Runway Fellows Server A. Ertem and Rebecca Anne Brachman discuss developing a test to determine if a patient has developed sufficient immunity against the coronavirus to safely return to…
Video Transcript: Ben Gido, Environmental Engineer and Technion Student: Hi, I’m Ben Gido, an environmental engineer and working as a global wash coordinator for Israel. It is an Israeli-based international humanitarian organization. As part of my role in Israel, I encounter communities which are experiencing water stress and water shortage. I see the burden which […]
Fulbright. Rhodes. Marshall. These programs represent the pinnacle of achievement for young scholars, and have long served as a launching pad for many of the world’s greatest leaders and brightest thinkers. Late last month, I was proud to be present at a major ceremony in New York City as a new name was added to this prestigious international group — the Zuckerman Scholars Program — which will put Israel on the map in unprecedented ways for the most talented, up-and-coming American researchers. The program is the brainchild of Mortimer Zuckerman — a renowned business leader and visionary philanthropist — who…