Solution Nation™
Table of Contents
- Author’s Letter to Readers
- xix
- Israeli Companies are Working Towards Food Security
- xxiii
- Enhanced Milk Production Techniques from the Land of Milk and Honey
- 1
- Transplanting Embryos in Cows in India
- 7
- Protecting Crops from Fruit Flies in India
- 11
- Delivering More Post-Harvest Corn to East African Markets
- 16
- Prolific Prawn Propagation
- 22
- Ending the Wholesale Slaughter of Baby Male Chicks
- 27
- Recycling Water Used in Fish Farming
- 32
- Grasshopper Gastronomy
- 38
- Reducing Discarded Produce
- 44
- Israeli Companies are Developing Water Solutions
- 50
- Transforming Dialyzers Into Water Purification Devices
- 51
- Converting All-Terrain Vehicles Into Water Purification Delivery Devices
- 56
- Extracting Water from Air
- 61
- Using Clean Technology to Deliver Clean Water Throughout the World
- 66
- Detecting Water Pipe Leaks
- 72
- Powering Water Sensors from In-Pipeline Water Flow
- 77
- Israeli Companies Are Combatting Diseases
- 82
- Treating Hydrocephalus with Micro-Robots
- 83
- Screening for Cervical Cancer with Smartphones
- 88
- Love Bombing Mosquitoes Into Oblivion
- 94
- Vanquishing Influenza with Vaccines
- 100
- Removing Blood Suckers from Our Midst
- 105
- Arresting Hospital-Borne Infections
- 110
- Boosting Calcium’s Bioavailability
- 105
- Reducing the Need for Amputations
- 120
- Stimulating Blood Flow from the Legs to the Heart
- 126
- The Anti-Bullying App
- 131
- Promoting Active Aging
- 136
- Feeding People Too Sick to Eat
- 142
- Restoring Vision to the Blind
- 147
- Helping Locked-In Patients Communicate
- 152
- Detecting Heart Failure
- 158
- Virtual House Calls
- 163
- Collecting 20 Biomedical Markers Remotely and Simultaneously
- 168
- Searching for Signs of Cancer in Feces
- 171
- Detecting Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Via a Phone App
- 174
- Filling in the Gaps: Democratizing Dental Implants
- 179
- Healing Chronic Wounds
- 184
- Preventing the Elderly from Falling
- 189
- Helping the Paralyzed Become Ambulatory
- 195
- Zipping Special Needs People Around Southeast Asia
- 200
- Israeli Companies are Pursuing Clean Energy Solutions
- 204
- Generating Energy from Ocean Waves
- 205
- Converting Wind Power Into Storable Energy
- 210
- Lighting Up the Dark Continent
- 215
- Helping the Environment Self-Heal
- 221
- Reducing Carbon Dioxide Emissions at Airports
- 226
- Removing Mercury from the Ecosystem
- 231
- Converting Carbon Dioxide Into Valuable Fuels
- 236
- Reducing the Usage of Hydrochloric Acid and Sulfuric Acid
- 240
- Making Algae Affordable
- 243
- Converting Household Trash Into Environmentally Safe Manufacturing Material
- 248
- Repurposing Cardboard
- 253
- Israeli Companies are Working Towards a Safer World
- 260
- Protecting First Responders from Nuclear Radiation
- 261
- Preventing Piracy on the High Seas
- 267
- Surveilling the Streets for Bad Actors
- 272
- Protecting Facilities and Sites with Fully Autonomous Drones
- 277
- Thwarting Collisions with Construction Cranes
- 283
- Fighting Wildfires with Laser Technology
- 287
- Rescuing People from Burning Buildings
- 292
- Converting Elevators from Death Traps to Rescue Vehicles
- 296
- Making Drivers Focus on the Road
- 301
- Protecting Connected Cars from Cyberattack
- 306
- Preventing Collisions Between Automobiles and Motorcycles, Bicyclists and Pedestrians
- 311
- Equipping Vehicles with Object Detection Systems
- 317
- Appendices
- 324
- Appendix A: Questionnaire for Readers
- 325
- Appendix B: Dalliances with Divestment
- 334
- Appendix C: Interview with Author
- 348
- Appendix D: Acknowledgments
- 365
- Appendix E: Dramatis Personae
- 368
- Index
- 371