
How scent is the secret weapon hotels use to hook us in
Scent is often the most ignored sense, but Israeli luxury hotels and upscale retailers are now harnessing it to create an experience that will linger with visitors long after they leave.
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Scent is often the most ignored sense, but Israeli luxury hotels and upscale retailers are now harnessing it to create an experience that will linger with visitors long after they leave.

SPIRITT puts AI to work for making mobile and desktop apps, then charges a monthly subscription fee to host it and make any changes required.

Fully automatic micro-roaster uses AI and provides on-demand roasting just before the cup of coffee is made to provide the freshest taste.

The brainchild of one man, Israel’s Volcani Center Agricultural Research Organization has helped turn Israel into one of the world’s champions for agricultural innovation.

A new digital platform improves focus by helping users resist distractions and procrastination. College students are already trying it out.

No-battery flywheel technology enables a 15-minute charge even in locations with limited electricity infrastructure.

Despite the economic downturn, several Israeli companies announced funding rounds of $100 million or more in August.

Layoffs and devaluations are difficult, but the economic slowdown might bring back some much-needed sanity to the over-hyped tech industry.

Aura Air purifiers are being installed in thousands of American classrooms and school buses using federal Covid-relief funds.

Sheba Medical Center to use Elbit Systems’ military thermal night-vision imaging to detect physiological processes based on energy and heat.

The groundbreaking method could easily be implemented by any staff member in any clinic, without special training.

Israel’s money management companies hope to help clients weather the current fiscal storm.

Joint project of Israel’s Helios and Florida’s Eta Space aims to enable in-orbit refueling for long-term space missions and even colonization.

OncoHost’s prediction platform is geared to help physicians choose the best chemo or immunotherapy for each patient, rather than the hit and miss ‘one size fits all.’

An Israeli energy startup has developed a microturbine that can run on 50% hydrogen gas – next up one that runs on 100% of the clean green gas.