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By David Shamah
 Starcom Systems makes one of the most advanced tracking systems in the world – with applications for cars, merchandise, and even people. Using a combination of almost all communication protocols out there today, Starcom users can rest easy, knowing that their property or family members will get where they have to go safely.
By David Shamah
 If a picture is worth a thousand words, how much is an icon on a cellphone that saves you the trouble of having to tap out words on tiny keyboards worth? For kids who are looking to express themselves creatively, as well as adults who want to save time and effort sending SMS messages, those icons are priceless; and as a result, Israeli startup Zlango’s SMS icon service has captured the imagination – and loyalty – of users in Europe, the Carribean – and now the Far East.
By David Shamah
 Israel company Tactile World’s new mouse, the Tactile Explorer, is the first major development to enhance computing for the blind in over two decades. Far cheaper and easier to use than existing solutions – with prices under $500 for the equipment and software, instead of the minimum $5,000 for current solutions – the Tactile Explorer will be able to put millions of blind people around the world online – and put them to work, as well.
By David Shamah
 For the first time, IT departments can trace the “dots” that lead to problems in their computer systems or networks, from the first click by a user on a PC, following the results of that click throughout the chain of servers, databases, and applications it goes through until an action takes place. Correlsense’s patented SharePath system is the only one in the world that shows administrators how the IT dots connect!
By David Shamah
 Israel’s N-trig is a world leader in touchscreen technology for laptops, and by the end of 2010, the company expects to ship tens – if not hundreds – of thousands of its DuoScreen LCD touchscreen overlays each month. It’s no wonder that some of the biggest laptop makers in the world have beat a path to N-trig’s Kfar Sava offices to work with the company.
By David Shamah
 Like a startup, an R&D center is expected to be innovative, flexible, and to generate new investments for its owners, which essentially acts as a combined VC fund and angel for the R&D “startup.” And that’s how Avraham Credi, Director of the local Motorola Design Center and a Vice President of Motorola Israel, sees it.
By David Shamah
 If you think “mixer” and “microwave” when you hear the name General Electric, you are lacking behind the times. The company’s healthcare division, which employs nearly 50,000 people worldwide, has a broad range of products and services that include medical imaging and information technologies, medical diagnostics, patient monitoring systems, performance improvement solutions, drug discovery, and biopharmaceutical manufacturing technologies.
By David Shamah
 Dr. Barry Lynn of Weather-It-Is has a better way to predict the weather – and can pinpoint a forecast specifically for your neighborhood. Successful weather prediction is a function of two things, says Dr. Lynn – processing power, and an accurate forecasting model. And he’s got both!
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All articles appeared in the Jerusalem Post, written by me, David Shamah. Questions or comments? Write me at
ds @ newzgeek.com
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