Category: Technology

BMW R18 The Crown is a one-off motorcycle to celebrate 100 years of BMW Motorrad’s division. To mark 100 years of BMW Motorrad, he has now created the R 18 The Crown, a big boxer motorcycle that has it all. Designed by Dirk Oehlerking, is to be seen live at BMW Motorrad Days on the […]

European smart T-shirt developer AccYouRate will establish a data analysis center based in Israel, the company announced on Sunday. The new center will utilize AI technologies including machine learning and deep learning to analyze the extensive big data collected by AccYouRate’s wearable devices. The ultimate goal is to derive meaningful patterns and correlations from the […]

Can socially awkward situations be made less awkward and in turn lead to better interactions, with the help of humorous robots?  The Jerusalem Report met up with Viva Sarah Press to discuss her MA thesis on humor and robotics, in Tel Aviv, in the middle of a storm. Despite the gray weather, the meeting was […]

Can our brains sense electromagnetic waves? – Taye, aged 10, London Electromagnetic waves are packets of energy travelling all around us. Some of these waves have lots of energy, and some have less. We call the lowest energy electromagnetic waves radio waves. There’s a good chance radio waves are moving around you right now, shining […]

Porsche celebrates its 75th anniversary with Vision 357, a 718 Cayman-based recreation of the car that started it all for the German brand. Porsche marks the 30th anniversary of the famed Goodwood Festival of Speed debuting the Vision 357 Speedster, an open-top version of the Vision 357, with which the sports car manufacturer launched its […]

Something has to change. Politicians and environmental organisations have invested millions trying to influence people’s behaviour and tackle the climate crisis. But it’s not working. No G20 country is on track to meet their climate goals. So instead, researchers are turning their attention to the link between people’s perception of time and the action they […]

A typical west African menu is not complete without a fermented food or drink. These are foods that have been transformed by natural processes involving “friendly” microorganisms like bacteria or yeast. The microorganisms break down the sugars and other substances in the food, which changes the taste and texture, and sometimes even preserves the food. […]

Have you ever tried to build IKEA furniture with your partner only for it to go horribly wrong? How about planning a wedding or other big party and realising you have wildly different visions of the event? In my research, I investigate what it takes to successfully work together as a pair. And as reported […]

It has been nearly 100 years since the skeletonised remains of nine people were removed from their graves on a farm near the town of Sutherland in South Africa’s Northern Cape province. They were donated to the University of Cape Town’s (UCT) anatomy department by Carel Gert Coetzee, who had unearthed them and was a […]

The Israel Innovation Authority has announced its strategic focus on bio-device innovation as part of the National Bio-Convergence Program. The authority has also announced a NIS 113 million tender for the establishment of a center that will provide research and development infrastructure for bio-devices based on bio-chips. The tender is directed at companies dedicated to […]