An Israeli firm, 3DTVision, has come up with a way to create and display 3D content that does not require the viewer to wear 3D glasses. According to David Ohayon the firm’s founder and CEO, the technique is similar to the 3D that requires glasses in that two images are displayed – one for each eye to see. However, there is no need for the glasses: the human brain does the work of ‘deciding’ which eye sees which image. The firm also makes laptops with screens that can toggle from 2D to 3D display – the first such laptop in the world, according to Ohayon.
2.Israel setting up missile defense center
Defense News: Israel's Ministry of Defense is working to integrate all four of the anti-missile defense systems developed in the country into a national command and control center for the interception of enemy missiles.
Pentagon Missile Defense Agency director Lt. General Patrick O'Reilly told Defense News that the Israeli national command and control center for intercepting missiles would also help the US and its partners in the region to defend themselves against the Iranian threat. He said that all sides benefited from the maneuvers, trials and hundreds of simulations of hardware systems that were being funded jointly by the Israel and US.
COMMENT: This is not a slip of the tongue. Its time to acknowledge the Israeli contribution to US interests.
3.Airbus, Israel join forces on early-warning plane
Airbus says it's joining forces with state-run Israel Aerospace Industries to develop a new airborne early warning and control aircraft. Spokeswoman Barbara Kracht said Tuesday this is the first time that Airbus will jointly work with an Israeli company on a military project. (AP)
4.IMI tank defense system succeeds in US test
Israel Military Industries Ltd's (IMI) Porcupine Quill tank defense system has succeeded in a series of tests in the US. The system intercepts antitank missiles and RPGs. The tests were conducted at the US Army Aberdeen Proving Ground in Maryland. The Porcupine Quill can operate in all weather conditions and at night. It can identify the source of the incoming missile enabling the defense to accurately fire back at the source.
COMMENT: This is the second similar system coming out of Israel successfully tested (the other is "Trophy"). It looks like all those years of US aid are now paying off for the US. I wonder how US aid to other countries has played out?
5.Unemployment hits historic low
The rate of unemployment in Israel fell in April to 5.8%, the Central Bureau of Statistics reported today. This is an all-time low, beating the previous historic low for unemployment of 5.9% in the summer of 2008. Israelis over the age of 15 are part of the workforce - 62% of men and 53% of women.
6.Elbit's civilian aircraft first ever
Elbit will unveil for the first time, in full size, its advanced C-Music pod carried in the hold of a civilian aircraft and designed to protect it from shoulder-launched missiles. The system, the first of its kind in the world, is based on a laser that disrupts the missile's flight. Aircraft of Israeli airlines are due to be equipped with the system.
Change is inevitable. Its direction that counts - Gil Atkinson
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