Simbionix and USF Receive Grant to Support Development of Laparoscopic Hysterectomy Simulation
Simbionix Ltd., a subsidiary of Simbionix USA Corporation, the world’s leading provider of medical education and simulation training products for medical professionals and the healthcare industry, and USF Health, an organization dedicated to creating a model of health care based on understanding the full spectrum of health, are proud to announce that together they received a BIRD Grant to support the development of a Laparoscopic Hysterectomy simulation module.
August 9, 2010
USF Health
KarmelSonix (Israel) successful in securing the American Medical Association Approves CPT™ Codes for KSX WheezeRATE™ and CoughCOUNT™ Technology.
On June 2008 the Board of Governors of the BIRD Foundation approved the project entitled: “WIM-GER™ - A novel Gastro-Esophageal Reflux (GER) / Cough / Wheeze Monitor” based on R&D collaboration between Sandhill Scientific Inc. and KarmelSonix (Israel) Ltd. The announced achievement is an important precursor to the successful completion of the project.
June 28, 2010
KarmelSonix
Desalitech has successfully completed the commercial pilot of its reverse osmosis seawater desalination technology
In 2009, as the company was installing its first facilities, it announced a collaborative venture with General Electric Company, funded by Israel-United States Binational Industrial Research and Development Foundation (BIRD-F), to develop an integrated low-cost reverse osmosis seawater desalination system
June 24, 2010
Globes
PV Power Enhancer Tigo Energy Raises $10m:
Tigo has developed the Maximizer, a smart module that can boost energy production from photovoltaic solar arrays by up to 20%
Tigo president and COO Ron Hadar said, "Our relationship with Inventec Appliances assures that Tigo Energy can meet the rapidly growing demand for our products in any geography around the world."
Last November, the US Department of Energy and Israel-United States Binational Industrial Research and Development Foundation (BIRD-F) provided a grant for a joint venture between Tigo and Architectural Glass Inc., to develop a building covered in photovoltaic panels.
June 09, 2010
Trading Markets
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USA Hockey takes gold at Brain Fitness Innovation Awards, Allstate & Nationwide Mutual Insurance runners-up
USA Hockey National Team Development Program (NTDP), with the help of Applied Cognitive Engineering (ACE) and the BIRD Foundation developed an
Innovative cognitive training system designed to help hockey players develop perception and decision-making skills.
Dave Ogrean, Executive Director of USA Hockey. “Together with ACE and the BIRD Foundation, we’re proud to have developed what is a truly innovative training product that helps enhance the decision-making skills of our athletes.”
May 24, 2010
Alvaro Fernandez
SharpBrains
Axxana will showcase the Phoenix System RP, its disaster-proof “Black Box,” at EMC World 2010
Axxana’s first product, the Phoenix System RP for the CLARiiON, is available through EMC Select. The Phoenix complements EMC RecoverPoint™ and EMC CLARiiON®, together providing customers with the ability to achieve 100% data protection over any geographical distance.
This project was funded by the BIRD Foundation.
May 04, 2010
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Nano Retina Announces BIRD Foundation Grant
Grant to Help Fund Development of the Bio-Retina, a "Bionic Retina" Designed to Restore Full Sight to the Blind
Nano Retina announced today that it has received a grant for just under three-quarters of one million dollars from the Israel-U.S. Binational Industrial Research and Development (BIRD) Foundation. The financing will be used to further develop the Bio-Retina, a "bionic retina" designed to return full sight to those blinded by retinal degenerative conditions
April 14, 2010
Business Wire
Texas Instruments Collaborates with Human Monitoring for its High Quality H.264 Encoders
Human Monitoring Ltd. (Israel), a leading provider of advanced video and image processing solutions for embedded platforms and PCs, announced that Texas Instruments Inc. (Dallas, Texas) is collaborating with HM for further enhancement of its high quality H.264 encoders for the broadcast market.
The enhanced cooperation between the two companies follows the successful completion of a BIRD (Binational Industrial R&D Foundation).
April 13, 2010
PR Newswire
Human Monitoring Ltd.
InFocus Cuts More Cords to Projectors, Now also for MacBooks
The InFocus DisplayLink™ Wireless system, which is based on wireless technology from Wisair, allows presenters to easily connect to InFocus DisplayLink-enabled projectors and share HD content on the big screen without wires.
This project is funded by the BIRD Foundation.
February 8, 2010
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ReWalk™, a cutting-edge robotic device that lets a partially paralyzed person stand, walk and even climb stairs is being tested at a Philadelphia Rehab hospital.
ReWalk™ is a product of Argo Medical Technologies Ltd. and technical support for the clinical trials is provided by Allied Orthotics & Prosthetics. Argo Medical received a grant from the BIRD Foundation to develop ReWalk™ with Allied Orthodics and Prosthetics Inc., headquartered in New Jersey
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February 4, 2010
NY Daily News
Ministers of Finance and Industry to Allocate $55 Million to Israeli-U.S. R&D Foundations in Areas of Industry, Science and Agriculture
The Minister of Finance, Dr. Yuval Steinitz, and the Minister of Industry, Trade and Labor, Benjamin (Fuad) Ben-Eliezer, decided to allocate an additional budget of $55 million to increase the size of the three Israel-U.S Foundations involved in research and development (R&D) collaboration: BIRD, BSF and BARD, operating in the fields of industry, science and agriculture, respectively.
January 04, 2010
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