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This is another example of an Israeli invention that could change peoples lives, giving them the opportunity to walk once again

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This invention gives opportunities to people who have issues with sight, and can change many peoples lives

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The creation of a working 3D printed heart creates new possibilities for people in need

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The drone dome alongside the iron dome creates good protection for Israel, with the drone dome being more cost effective against attack drones

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It's impact on Israel has been its protection from incoming missiles with high precision, saving many lives

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Watergen could help countries all over the world that have water shortages, but it is especially important in Israel where there is a water shortage

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OrCam allows people that are blind or have impaired vision to be able to see more clearly

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Rewalk is impactful because it allows people who were previously paralyzed to walk again

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The iron Dome is one of the most important Israeli inventions in the past decade. Most notably in 2014, the Iron Done was able to prevent 700 rockets from lading on Israeli soil

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The 3D printed heart is significant because it could lead to scientists being able to 3D print different vital organs in the future

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Israeli inventor Alexander Zarchin came up with desalination which proves really beneficial in countries wheres there's an excess of salt water but no drinkable water.

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Alexander Zarchin (1897-1988) was a Ukrainian-Israeli chemist and inventor. He is most noted for inventing a process of sea water desalination.

Born in Ukraine to a family of religious Zionists, as a young man, Zarchin studied industrial chemistry and specialized in metallurgy. In 1934, he was arrested by the authorities for the crime of Zionism (he patented a chemical process using magnesium as "LCLA" an acronym for the phrase " L'ma'an Tzion Lo Achsheh" ("for the sake of Zion I will not hold my peace") from the Book of Isaiah) and was sentenced to five years in prison. Zarchin was then recruited into the Red Army, and by the end of World War II, he managed to reach West Germany, and from there he immigrated to Palestine in the summer of 1947. Since his arrival and settlement in Israel, his work was in the area of sea water desalination, petroleum production from bitumen stone, wind operated generators, and other areas.

In 1964, Alexander Zarchin obtained a patent for seawater desalination. Zarchin's method of sea water desalination involved freezing sea water in a vacuum, forming pure water crystals which are then melted to produce salt-free water. The salt is drained off in the vacuum stage. One of Alexander Zarchin's main contributions to the vacuum freezing vapor compression (VFVC) system was the incorporation of a compressor having a rotor with nexible unmachined Hades,[clarification needed ] made of thin stainless strip.

In 1965, Zarchin founded IDE Technologies.

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Alexander Zarchin (1897-1988) was a Ukrainian-Israeli chemist and inventor. He is most noted for inventing a process of sea water desalination. Born in Ukraine to a family of religious Zionists, as a young man, Zarchin studied industrial chemistry and specialized in metallurgy.

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This invention is impactful because it can save people's lives and be a quicker solution to waiting on an organ donor list.

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This is a very significant invention because it can help decrease mass consumption of meat. It could help fight climate change as well.

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I think the Iron Dome is one of the most significant inventions in Israel. It protects citizens from rockets and it also has the ability to deescalate violence.

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This invention is significant because it makes them a strong competitor in space related fields and breeds a culture of problem solving within Israel.

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This invention could be significant because a lot of Jews suffer from cataracts and this could drastically improve their lives.

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Waze is a commonly used maps software that was invented in Israel.

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Driving directions, live traffic & road conditions updates - Waze

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Realtime driving directions based on live traffic updates from Waze - Get the best route to your destination from fellow drivers

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This invention is significant because it helps those who are visually impaired and even blind to be able to take part in activities that they once believed were impossible.

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This innovation is impactful because it helps people in need of an organ transplant—a long-lasting process—to receive one in a faster manner.

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This invention is influential because it plays a key role in Israel's safety, as it protects Israelis from drone aggression.

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This invention is impactful because it helps paralyzed people to walk again for the first time—something they once never believed was possible.

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I think the iron dome is a significant invention because it is crucially important to Israel's wellbeing, as it protects Israeli civilians.

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This is important because it helps people who have lost their ability to walk or struggle with it to be able to walk again

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This one is important because it brings hope to those who have been told that they may never see again and it allows those who have been living without perfect vision to be able to see again

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This is important because finding an organ donor can be so hard and can take many years but now that they can 3-D print them people can get the organ that they need faster and have a higher chance of living

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Waze is a popular navigation app that has been used world wide

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Noam Bardin, the CEO of the crowdsourced navigation firm Waze, spent seven years at Google growing his Israeli-founded firm after it was acquired by the tech giant for over $1 billion in 2013. Two weeks ago, he quit.

In a post on the website paygo, Bardin explains why he left, and the difficulties of bridging the gap between an Israeli and a US company, a startup and a corporation, and the Israeli culture of immediacy and corporate political correctness.

When Bardin started at Waze, the company had some 14,000 users. As of November 2020, Waze had grown to 140 million monthly active users who drive more than 24 billion miles (40 billion kilometers) every month.

In the post, Bardin talks about the draw of being bought up by a tech giant like Google.

"I saw independence as a critical aspect of our decision to sell," he wrote in the post. "We loved our brand, mission and team and imagined continuing to work on it without the financial stress of fundraising. Being able to take more, not less, risk and experiment with new things on a longer time horizon."

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It helped that Google promised autonomy within the larger corporation. "This model of independence was not very popular in 2013 but very quickly became the model for tech acquisitions of branded products. Instagram, WhatsApp, Nest, Waze - we were all granted autonomy and retained most of our team. In all these cases, the founders stayed for quite a while," he wrote.

Being part of a large corporation brought with it challenges too, though. Waze was constrained in what it could do, and which third parties it could work with, due to corporate policies, Bardin said.

"All of our growth at Waze post acquisition was from work we did, not support from the mothership," he wrote. "Looking back, we could have probably grown faster and much more efficiently had we stayed independent."

And external noise increased dramatically, he said, making it difficult to stay focused on the mission. "The amount of time and effort spent on Legal, Policy, Privacy - on features that have not shipped to users yet, meant a significant waste of resources and focus."

This led to "zero value" for Waze users and changed the DNA of the company from "customer focused to corporate guidelines focused."

Personality was also an issue, with Bardin collecting Human Resources complaints for using four-letter words at speaking events and not being politically correct enough.

"I began watching what I said, what I discussed and began wearing a corporate persona (I was still probably one of the less PC characters at Google but this was my cleaned up act...)," he wrote.

He also had little patience for work-life balance requirements. "When I was growing up in Tech in the '90's - there was no such thing as work life balance. We loved what we did and wanted to succeed so we worked like crazy to achieve great things," Bardin wrote.

"Today, in Silicon Valley, work life balance has become sacrificing Work for Life - not a balance. Young people want it all - they want to get promoted quickly, achieve economic independence, feel fulfilled at Work, be home early, not miss the Yoga class at 11:00am etc."

"The worst thing is that this was inline with the policies and norms," Bardin wrote. "I was the weirdo who wanted to push things fast and expected some level of personal sacrifice when needed. I don't believe long hours are a badge of honor but I also believe that we have to do whatever it takes to win, even if it's on a weekend."

Entitlement

The feeling of entitlement also became an issue, Bardin said. "Everyone working in the tech space is SUPER LUCKY. If you happen to work for one of the tech corporations - you are even luckier. You get unbelievable conditions (food, gym, offsites, travel), amazing economic wealth creation, can work on amazing things surrounded by the best and the brightest. But many of the people I met did not understand or appreciate it."

Tech workers who left college and immediately joined a tech corporation ended up spending time complaining about the wrong things, he wrote. "When COVID hit and we moved to work from home - a huge amount of complaints began around why can't employees expense food since they are not in the office. While most 'real' people were worried about keeping their jobs or finding one, many employees were complaining about expensing their food on top of their salaries/stock/bonuses" instead of appreciating "the hand they have been dealt."

So, what can be done, Bardin asks.

The independent model "is a must for acquisitions," he wrote. But "how to retain the start-up magic is extremely difficult."

"I would recommend to the 2013 me to not try and innovate within but rather focus on exiting the company as fast as possible and building the right team/structure/succession plan to make it happen instead of fighting the nature of the beast."

"This is easy to say but extremely hard to do if you love your company and mission," Bardin wrote. "When you decide to sell a company, you need to be honest with yourself that this is the end of your era, and not pretend that you will be able to continue to build the company," just with different shareholders. "This will make the selling decision harder and looking back, would have forced us to be more honest about what selling means."

Bardin left, he said, not because of any "confrontational disagreement" with Google, but rather because he was "worn down by the nature of the beast."

"I have only positive things to say about the Google leadership that gave me all the independence it could," he wrote. "If I had to summarize it, I would say that the signal to noise ratio is what wore me down."

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I think this one is impactful because it protects citizens from drone attacks

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I found the iron dome to be important because it is one of Isreal’s main defenses mechanisms. It has also helped to save the lives of many Israelis

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This technology is very interesting as organ donation is so important in medicine. It is impactful because it allows those who are on waiting lists for many years that are in need of organs to be able to get one safely and in a timely manner.

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Aleph Farms is very impactful because it addresses the growing issue of the impact that meat and fish consumption has on the environment. This technology is impactful because it allows for meat without harm to animals or extensive water use or large environmental impact.

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The Iron Dome is probably Israel's most important innovation. It is amazing to realize how many Israeli lives have been saved by it. The Iron Dome was also produced in record time at the shock of the United States. Without this technology we probably would not be able to visit Israel this summer.

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I think Watergen is fascinating because this company has found an incredibly innovative and accessible way to make clean water, one of the most important resources today. This technology could help so many people and countries in need of clean water.

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ReWalk is very impactful because this technology allows paralyzed and disabled individuals to walk again even when doctors thought it was not possible.

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Zebra Medical Vision is very impactful because it can pick up on diseases or cancers that X-rays can't pick up, which not only saves lives, but also makes the treatment go faster

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The 3D printed heart is incredibly impactful, because there aren't many heart donors, and there are a lot of complications that go with heart transplants. Having a 3D printed heart that is also made using tissue from the patient probably helps lessen the probability of rejection

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Aleph Farms is extremely impactful, because it eliminates animal cruelty, while also creating meat without harming the environment or the ecosystem

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Watergen is incredibly efficient and impressive because it's able to convert air into clean water, and especially for countries where water sources are limited, it can really help

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I found ReWalk not only impactful, but also really helpful. I think it's really amazing that it gives people who can't move their legs a second chance, and helps them complete daily life activities they weren't able to complete before

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I found this invention to be very interesting. The impact that the food industry has on the environment, as well as the conditions for animals has always been a concern of mine, and this invention addresses those concerns in a way I had never thought about.

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This invention is also extremely impactful. Donating organs is very difficult, there are long wit lists, certain conditions that can make organs not viable, and organs not to be a correct match. With this invention all of these problems could be remedied.

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I found this invention to be extremly impactful because water is one of the most important resources for humans, and there are many people who suffer from not having enough.

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I found ReWalk to be very impactful. This technology was very advanced and inspired to me, and can make a huge impact on other peoples lives.

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I find the Iron Dome to be very impactful as it is a staple to Israeli defense, and Israel faces many threats making it even more important.

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I found Zebra Medical Vision to be very impactful because it can help save the lives of many people. It can help diagnose illnesses and can help people get treatment faster.

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I found OrCam very impactful because it can help those who have either lost their vision or were just not able to see at all, see. It can improve the quality of life for many visually impaired people.

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I found Watergen really impactful because of how it has the ability to save so many lives. To be able to get water to disaster places or just places without water can seriously improve the lives of many many people.

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I found ReWalk to be impactful because it gives people who were told that they would never walk again a chance to walk again.

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The Iron dome is very impactful. It is impactful because it stops incoming rockets from striking and has saved countless lives.

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This is so impactful because if this were to become commonplace you would no longer need to wait and hope for an organ match if you need a transplant, you would just be able to create one that is already a perfect match.

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Aleph Farms is impactful because it can allow you to create more food for people as well as reduce the number of recourses that go into raising cows.

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The Iron Dome is very important because it helps save the lives of so many people.

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Watergen is really impactful because water is the most important recourse that you could have. Being able to create water from air would allow it to be distributed to places with little to no water, providing for the people there.

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ReWalk is super impactful because it can allow people who have spinal chord injuries, which most of the time are not fixable, to walk again.

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Rummikub is a very cool invention because I would play it a lot with my grandparents and it is played throughout the world.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rummikub

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This is extremely impactful because so many places in the world suffer from not having clean drinking water abd this uses a recourse that everyone has acces to in order to solve that problem

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This is extremely impactful because it can save lives using technology that is unimaginable

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Aleph farms is impactful because one of the biggest contributors to climate change is meat production and we can get people to stop eating meat so it provides a solution to creating more sustainable meat production.

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Rewalk is impactful because it helps individual people who have a disability overcome it and probably drastically changes their lives

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This is impactful because the technology helps a specific group of people have the ability to see the world when they probably felt as though they wouldn’t have that opportunity.

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I found this very impactful because it's innovative and can help countries with a limited water supply get water out of something that is in abundance and is all around them.

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I found OrCam very impactful because it is helping those who are visually impaired to see and get a sense of what the world really looks like.

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ReWalk is helping those who were told they would never walk again to walk.

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The Iron Dome is extremely important in protecting Israel from its enemies and to not only protect the country, but the citizens, as well.

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I found this very impactful because it is a major innovation in the medical world. This could help patients with heart conditions get a new heart without the need to wait for a transplant match.

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Moovit is a smartphone app that helps people figure out the best ways to get to their desired destinations using public transportation. This is cool because it can be used by residents and tourists alike, and saves time.
https://moovitapp.com/israel-1/poi/en

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The Iron Dome helps save lives from incoming rockets. It is impactful because it helps Israeli residents to feel safer, and it may reassure people who are considering making aliyah that they will be safe when they arrive.

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Watergen is impactful because it allows for people to have access to clean water in situations where they otherwise would not be able to. Whether it be after natural disasters or in regions in the world where clean water is just not easily accessible, access to this device may even help to decrease pollution, as there may be a decreased reliance on water from plastic bottles.

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Beresheet allowed for Israel to send a spacecraft into the Moon's orbit. Since Israel was only the seventh country who was able to do this, it was impactful because it was proof to countries around the world that Israel is just as capable of innovation, on Earth and in space!

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ReWalk allows people with spinal injuries whom have been paralyzed to walk again. ReWalk is most impactful because it has been FDA approved in the United States. This global outreach allows for more people around the world to have access to technology that they know is safe.

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I find OrCam most impactful because it has a direct effect on the lives of the individuals who use them. Additionally, since the company offers a 30 day money back guarantee, it allows for the people using it to experiment, monetarily risk free, to see if it would work for them.

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This invention is impactful because it protects Israel from enemy rockets and threats, while also saving lives. Rather than getting destroyed and killed by rockets, this invention prevents death and destruction.

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This invention is impactful because it saves lives. For those who don't have access to clean air and water, this must be life-changing. But what's amazing is that Israel shares this invention with poor countries that don't have the luxury of drinkable water and helps them thrive.

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This invention is impactful because it motivated scientists to continue to journey into space and discover new territory.

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This invention is impactful because those who previously couldn't walk or stand now have the ability to. It must feel amazing to be able to do things you could never do before. I can only imagine that it touched the lives of so many who had only been dreaming of walking.

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This invention is impactful because it changes the lives of the blind and visually impaired. People who haven't been able to see can now look around at the world and see colors, faces, and to even read books.

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The use of artificial intelligence in medicine is very important because it can makes diagnosis more efficient. It can allow trained professions to focus on more important cases ultimately saving people's lives.

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This is very important because it is the beginning of a medical breakthrough that can be expanded. By figuring out the technology to create a heart from someone's cells this can lead to other organ creates, which I believe that have already began.

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I think this invention will be very impactful now and in the future. As our population continues to increase the desire for meat increases with it.This sustainable way to create meat without killing the animals could change so many parts of our world. It could reduce the need to farms that breed cows to consumption.

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This is very impactful because it has saved many people against recurring attacks. For years Israel has had this problems with being attacked by rockets and this invention has significantly reduced the destruction.

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I think this invention was impactful because it can be used all around the world. Lack of water is an issue for many people. This is also interesting because it was created by a former combat commander with the intention for militaries to have water easier access.

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I also chose the pillcam which allows for doctors to more easily view your insides and check to find diseases easier and cheaper.

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Overview

More detail. More efficiency. More confidence to treat your patients.*,,

The PillCam™ SB 3 system allows for direct visualization of the small bowel, supporting greater confidence when monitoring lesions ³ that may be related to Crohn's disease, obscure bleeding, or iron deficiency anemia. The system features advanced optics and imaging designed to deliver exceptional images of the mucosa.

This system includes innovative features like adaptive frame rate technology, which supports image acquisition that is uniquely suited to each patient's motility, as well as the tools you need to record and interpret study results. The software contains our most advanced algorithms, providing you with the tools you need to efficiently read and interpret study results.

The PillCam™ SB 3 system optimizes tissue coverage with the most advanced capsule endoscopy technology.

Capture image rate changes from 2 to 6 fps when the system determines the capsule is moving more quickly.

Increased frame rate flexibility maximizes mucosa coverage and supports tissue acquisition that is uniquely suited to each patient's motility.

High-quality imaging supports greater diagnostic confidence-In one survey, 100% of GIs ranked the image sharpness, natural tissue colors, balanced illumination, and overall image quality provided by the PillCam™ SB 3 system higher than that of the previous generation.³

Proprietary software algorithms enable smarter video compilation that is 40% more efficient than the PillCam™ SB 2 system.²

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More detail. More efficiency. More confidence to treat your patients.*, , The PillCam™ SB 3 system allows for direct visualization of the small bowel, supporting greater confidence when monitoring lesions 3 that may be related to Crohn's disease, obscure bleeding, or iron deficiency anemia.

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This is impactful because it allows for meat to be created without actually hurting a cow and maybe they would be able to scale this up drastically in the future to help prevent against global warming

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I found this to be impactful because it helps keeps residents safe from missile attacks

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This invention was impactful because it was a probe that helped promote the STEM field for young learners

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I found this interesting because it allows the visually impaired to get a sense of the outside world through the use of sound and artificial intelligence.

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I found this interesting because it gave those who were unable to previously the ability to walk.

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Obviously I chose the Pillcam which I feel from a former jewish day school student's perspective is one of the most famous Israili inventions. It is a camera that is designed to look like a pill that you swallow so that the doctor can see your insides.

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Overview

Capsule endoscopy is a procedure that uses a tiny wireless camera to take pictures of your digestive tract. A capsule endoscopy camera sits inside a vitamin-size capsule you swallow. As the capsule travels through your digestive tract, the camera takes thousands of pictures that are transmitted to a recorder you wear on a belt around your waist.

Capsule endoscopy helps doctors see inside your small intestine - an area that isn't easily reached with more-traditional endoscopy procedures. Traditional endoscopy involves passing a long, flexible tube equipped with a video camera down your throat or through your rectum.

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Why it's done

Your doctor might recommend a capsule endoscopy procedure to:

Find the cause of gastrointestinal bleeding. The most common reason for doing capsule endoscopy is to explore unexplained bleeding in the small intestine.

Diagnose inflammatory bowel diseases, such as Crohn's disease. Capsule endoscopy can reveal areas of inflammation in the small intestine.

Diagnose cancer. Capsule endoscopy can show tumors in the small intestine or other parts of the digestive tract.

Diagnose celiac disease. Capsule endoscopy is sometimes used in diagnosing and monitoring this immune reaction to eating gluten.

Examine your esophagus. Capsule endoscopy has also been approved to evaluate the muscular tube that connects your mouth and your stomach (esophagus) to look for abnormal, enlarged veins (varices).

Screen for polyps. People who have inherited syndromes that can cause polyps in the small intestine might occasionally undergo capsule endoscopy.

Do follow-up testing after X-rays or other imaging tests. If the results of an imaging test are unclear or inconclusive, your doctor might recommend a capsule endoscopy to get more information.

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Risks

Capsule endoscopy is a safe procedure that carries few risks. However, it's possible for a capsule to become lodged in your digestive tract rather than leaving your body in a bowel movement within several days.

The risk, which is small, might be higher in people who have a condition - such as a tumor, Crohn's disease or previous surgery in the area - that causes a narrowing (stricture) in the digestive tract. If you have abdominal pain or are at risk of a narrowing of your intestine, your doctor likely will have you get a CT scan to look for a narrowing before using capsule endoscopy. Even if the CT scan shows no narrowing, there's still a small chance that the capsule could get stuck.

If the capsule hasn't passed in a bowel movement but isn't causing signs and symptoms, your doctor might give the capsule more time to leave your body. However, a capsule causing signs and symptoms that indicate bowel obstruction must be removed, either by surgery or through a traditional endoscopy procedure, depending on where the capsule is stuck.

How you prepare

Before for your capsule endoscopy, your doctor is likely to ask that you take steps to prepare yourself. Be sure to follow your doctor's instructions in preparing for your capsule endoscopy. Failure to follow the directions may mean that your capsule endoscopy has to be rescheduled.

Food and medications

To help the camera capture clear images of your digestive tract, you'll be asked to stop eating and drinking at least 12 hours before the procedure. In some cases, your doctor may ask you to take a laxative before your capsule endoscopy to flush out your small intestine. This has been shown to improve the quality of the pictures collected by the capsule's camera.

To keep medication from interfering with the camera, your doctor might ask you not to take certain medications before the procedure.

Other precautions

In most cases, you'll be able to go about your day after you swallow the camera capsule. But you'll likely be asked not to do strenuous exercise or heavy lifting. If you have an active job, ask your doctor whether you can go back to work on the day of your capsule endoscopy.

What you can expect

Before the procedure

On the day of your capsule endoscopy, your health care team will review the procedure. You might be asked to remove your shirt so that adhesive patches can be attached to your abdomen. Each patch contains an antenna with wires that connect to a recorder. Some devices don't require the patches.

You wear the recorder on a special belt around your waist. The camera sends images to the antenna patches on your abdomen, which feed the data to the recorder. The recorder collects and stores the images.

During the procedure

Once the recorder is connected and ready, you swallow the camera capsule with water. A slippery coating makes it easier to swallow. Once you swallow it, you shouldn't be able to feel it.

You'll then go about your day. You can drive, and you might be able to go to work, depending on your job. Your doctor will discuss restrictions - for example, avoiding strenuous activity, such as running and jumping - with you.

After the procedure

Wait two hours after you swallow the capsule to resume drinking clear liquids. After four hours, you can have a light lunch or a snack unless your doctor tells you otherwise.

The capsule endoscopy procedure is complete after eight hours or when you see the camera capsule in the toilet after a bowel movement, whichever comes first. Remove the patches and the recorder from your body, pack them in a bag and follow your doctor's instructions for returning the equipment. You can flush the camera capsule down the toilet.

Once the procedure is finished, your body might expel the camera capsule within hours or after several days. Each person's digestive system is different. If you don't see the capsule in the toilet within two weeks, contact your doctor. Your doctor might order an X-ray to see if the capsule is still in your body.

Results

The camera used in capsule endoscopy takes thousands of color photos as it passes through your digestive tract. The images saved on the recorder are transferred to a computer with special software that strings the images together to create a video. Your doctor watches the video to look for abnormalities within your digestive tract.

It might take a few days to a week or longer to receive the results of your capsule endoscopy. Your doctor will then share the results with you.

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I found Aleph Farms interesting because it found a way to grow meat without using actual meat but cells from a cow.

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I found Watergen interesting becuase it found a way to create clean water just from the air. All they need is a good power source and all of Israel will not go thirsty.

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I found the Iron Dome interesting because it is what has kept Israel standing for the last decade from enemy rockets.

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I found the ReWalk interesting because it gives the paralyzed a chance to walk and see the world standing up.

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I found the OrCam interesting because it gives the visually impaired a feel for what it is like or what it was like to see. It helps them be able to reconize people's faces better and read text more clearly.

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this invention is impactful because it is able to grow meat with fewer resources.

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This invention is impactful because it give the opportunity for people to live.  even with out a human heart

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The Drone Dome is impactful because it protects Israeli citizens from hostile drones

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The iron dome is impactful because it protects Israeli citizens from danger on a daily bases

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The ReWalk gives people with the inability to walk the ability to walk again, this invention in impactful because it gives people the opportunity they ever thought they would have again.

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The Automated Beehive is a device that allows for the making of honey to be done while not actually having to come in contact with bees. It allows beekeepers to care for their bees, without any hassle.

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I found this invention impactful because people can now protect themselves from radiation. This makes the lives of first responders, going into dangerous and radiation filled areas, a lot safer, thus saving more lives.

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I found this invention to be useful because it can help the visually impaired to get a feel for what the outside world feels like.