Wheelchairs of Hope, from Israel with love
Virtually every household in Israel has a few Keter brand plastic chairs, so why not use a similar seat as a base for lightweight, inexpensive but sturdy kid-friendly wheelchairs?After 30 years as a...
View ArticleHoneyBook high-tech wedding planner
Naama Alon planned her wedding during a stressful academic year at Tel Aviv’s Shenkar College of Engineering and Design. Soon after the nuptials, but before finishing her degree in graphic design and...
View ArticleEvoz, one system to keep tabs on everything at home
Evoz, an advanced software system for cloud-based home monitoring, has its origins in a barbecue and a baby.When Avishai Shoham and his wife and infant moved into the graduate student village of...
View ArticleHoly Capoeira!
Bet you’ve never seen Capoeira artists doing their flips and spins wearing white shirts and black pants, with ritual fringes peeking out the waistband.Click on this video to see brothers Miki and...
View ArticleThe internal bra that supports on the inside
Women’s breasts naturally sag over time. Held up by little more than skin, they are victims of gravity – especially when they are naturally large or have been augmented with implants in cosmetic or...
View ArticleHotel for the pampered Israeli pooch
Forget the vet or the kennel. Click here to see how KelevLand, a one-of-a-kind dog hotel in the Judean Hills, keeps vacationing pooches in tip-top shape with a daily exercise and swim regimen developed...
View ArticleIsraeli company rolls out ‘smart’ emoticons
A smiley face, a thumbs-up, a beating heart and myriad other emoticons are a fun way to add fuller expression to mobile chats. What if they could also add value?Yoav Degani answered that question by...
View ArticleClowning around in the delivery room
The woman’s water had just broken when Dream Doctor Shoshi Ofir poked her clown nose around the curtain at Baruch Padeh Medical Center (Poriya Hospital) near Tiberias.The mother-to-be was a bit...
View ArticleCat2See lets you play with your cat remotely
Cats, unlike their more feeble-minded canine counterparts, would probably never fall for Pavlovian experiments. Ring a bell, salivate and get fed? Yeah, right, says the cat. But play with me on a...
View ArticleMake your own playhouse with MegaDo
What’s better than a playhouse? A playhouse kids can make themselves, and transform into a boat, a car, a tent, a puppet-show stage and other fun structures.That’s the idea behind MegaDo, a new...
View Article3D print magic in Israel
If you can imagine it, you can make it yourself at Israel’s first DIY three-dimensional printing shop. Click here to see how industrial designers Oded Marcus and Shaul Cohen are on the crest of a...
View ArticleTel Aviv’s glamorous bag ladies
Eco-chic fashion blog Granola Glamour gushes about Tel Aviv-made MeDusa plastic handbags: “Their rad structured clutches are full of tactile floral elements that are almost Museum of Modern Art...
View ArticleTop 10 apps for touring Israel
Now is the time to jump on the bandwagon as record-breaking numbers of tourists are entering Israel — 776,000 people in the first three months of 2014, three percent more than the same period in...
View ArticleHow to learn Hebrew in a hurry
Jackie Gebel, 24, of New York spontaneously decided to move to Israel for a month in November 2013. “I needed a change of scenery,” she explains to ISRAEL21c. “I had only been to Israel once before, on...
View ArticlePostcard from Israel: Tel Aviv boardwalk
There are lots of ways to traverse the boardwalk that lines the beaches on the Tel Aviv coast: on foot, bike, blades or Segway – or even in a stroller or on Mom’s shoulder if you’re a little one. Any...
View ArticlePostcard from Israel: Alexander Stream
You probably never heard of the Alexander Stream, a nature reserve along Israel’s Mediterranean shore. But you’ll want to go there to bike, hike, ride horses – or even pose for wedding portraits —...
View ArticlePostcard from Israel: Yarkon Park
Like New York’s Central Park, Yarkon Park in Tel Aviv makes you forget you’re in the middle of a very busy city. Watch here to see how Israelis from all walks of life enjoy activities such as...
View ArticleThe 10 greatest mysteries in Israel
If you’ve ever seen Raiders of the Lost Ark, you know that the history of the Holy Land is filled with intriguing mysteries. Despite Indiana Jones-style explorers’ best guesses, we don’t know where the...
View ArticleThe newest force in Israeli high-tech – women (audio)
http://traffic.libsyn.com/israel21c/21c_show_7_Women_24.6.14.mp3With chutzpah, smarts and impressive multi-tasking abilities, Israel is witnessing a transformation as women move into Israel’s high-tech...
View ArticleTop 10 apps for touring Israel
Now is the time to jump on the bandwagon as record-breaking numbers of tourists are entering Israel — 776,000 people in the first three months of 2014, three percent more than the same period in...
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