Israeli mom’s invention gets cerebral palsy kids walking
Debby Elnatan’s Upsee, designed to help her own son walk tethered to an adult, could be the answer to many parents’ prayers for children with disabilities.
Abigail Klein Leichman, a writer and associate editor at ISRAEL21c from August 2010 until her retirement in March 2024, moved to Israel in 2007. She has freelanced for a variety of newspapers and periodicals since 1984.
Debby Elnatan’s Upsee, designed to help her own son walk tethered to an adult, could be the answer to many parents’ prayers for children with disabilities.
An Israeli plastic surgeon invented Orbix, an ‘internal bra’ to help heavy breasts fight the pull of gravity.
Israel’s Sol Chip and Tadiran companies are collaborating on an advanced solar battery to power the wireless devices of today and tomorrow.
Two innovative college programs are making inroads in preparing Ethiopian-Israelis for professional careers.
Community Hebrew Academy of Toronto teacher Mahra Hart uses ISRAEL21c as her primary resource for inspiring pride in the Jewish state’s accomplishments.
ISRAEL21c looks at two new made-in-Israel shoe technologies to help people avoid falls and regain proper gait after stroke and other injury.
A star plays a rare game of ‘hide-and-seek,’ and it was visible from nowhere but the Wise Observatory in the Negev.
Israel has more serial entrepreneurs per capita than any other nation. ISRAEL21c uncovers some surprising motivating factors pushing them to succeed.
Revolutionary shock-absorbing SoftWheel technology is rolling out for wheelchairs, bicycles and eventually everything else on wheels.
Not just the ‘Waze of buses,’ this Israeli app seeks to make the world’s bus and train systems better, faster and more responsive to commuters’ needs.
Launched in 2010 with a single storybook app, Tel Aviv-based TabTale has rocketed to the top 10 list of global publishers of mobile games.
Twelve 9,000-year-old stone masks unearthed in the Judean Hills and desert are exhibited together for the first time ever, at the Israel Museum.
After a mastectomy, Michelle Kolath-Arbel of Israel learned to make lifelike silicone nipples, and founded Pink Perfect to sell them worldwide.
New disruptive technology developed by Israeli startup Azure PCR could make diagnosis of illness – whether it’s viral, bacterial or even fungal – instant.
A selection of companies previously featured on ISRAEL21c traveled to Washington to wow the largest gathering of America’s pro-Israel community.