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By Mark Chisholm

Automotive
Industry Feels
Israel's Impact
A number of startups and
investments in Israel are
beginning to catch the
attention of the global automotive industry. Companies
such as Israeli-developed
Waze - purchased by Google
for $1 billion - and Tel Avivbased MobilEye are focused
on automotive and driver
safety solutions. MobilEye,
developer of advanced safety
systems, has ties to every
major automaker and has
worked to develop deeper
ties with GM, Nissan and
Volkswagen. General Motors,
for its part, has a major
research center in Israel dedicated to the development of
autonomous vehicles.

Clockwise from top: istock (2); Courtesy of Nano Dimension; Elior Rave

Middle Eastern
Accessories Market
Expected to Grow
A recent report from
Future Market Insights,
Middle East Industry
Analysis and Opportunity
Assessment, 2015 - 2025,
forecasts a compound
annual growth rate of
5.4 percent for the Middle
East electronics accessories market.

I N T E R N AT I O N A L FO C US

ISRAEL

CHINA LOOKS TO ISRAEL
FOR SMART CITY TECH
Chinese venture capitalist firm Kuang-Chi has
launched a $300 million VC fund based in Tel Aviv,
in hopes of using Israeli technology to build China's
smart cities of tomorrow. Such technologies would be
focused on water management and pollution reduction
efforts, but Kuang-Chi is also looking at technologies
including robotics, aviation and virtual technology.
Kuang-Chi, valued at more than $10 billion, will
partner with Israel's Indigo Global.

Tech

3D Printing
Company
Testing Stem
Cell-based
Printing
According to a report
from Digital Trends,
Israeli company Nano
Dimension, in partnership with Israel-based
stem cell research
company Accellta,
recently ran a number
of successful tests with
a bioprinter capable of
using stem cells in the
3D printing process.
The collaborative effort
could signal a major
step in the 3D bioprinting of human tissue and
organs. Research firm
IDTechEx predicts the
bioprinting industry will
grow to an estimated
$6 billion by 2024.

Chinese investment into Israel is growing by 50 percent annually

Accelerator Focused on "Ability Tech"
A3i, an Israeli program that is bring together more than a dozen entrepreneurs in
hopes of developing enabling technology for people with disabilities, has dubbed
itself the world's first and only "ability tech" accelerator. The accelerator in late May
began its third round accepting candidates working on technology to help disabled
individuals see, hear and interact with others physically. Among graduates of the
first two rounds was Sesame Enable, a system that uses a modified smartphone to
allow nearly completely paralyzed users to interact with the device through voice
and minor gestures. Sesame Enable recently earned a $1 million top prize in a
competition sponsored by Verizon Wireless.
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