A brain scanner, a robotic snake: Obama views Israeli gadgets of the future
As part of his tour of Israel, the American president was presented with a selection of Israeli technological innovations.
By Haaretz Staff | Mar.21, 2013
United States President Barack Obama was shown an array of cutting-edge Israeli technological innovations at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem on Thursday.
Among the technologies – selected by a special professional committee headed by the chairman of the National Economic Council in the Prime Minister's Office, professor Eugene Kandel – was an aluminum-air battery developed by high-tech startup
Phinergy.
Designed to power electric vehicles, the low-cost battery has zero emissions, is fully recyclable and is expected to have three times the capacity of electric car batteries currently on the market.
Another transport-related innovation on display was
a camera developed by Mobileye
along with the Hebrew University, which warns automobile drivers of potentially dangerous situations and can also operate the brakes. The system has been installed in over a million vehicles worldwide and is used by major automakers like Volvo, GM, Ford and BMW.
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