Yourish.com (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Norway’s second-largest university is considering boycotting Israeli academics. And if they do, here is what they will be boycotting: Israeli scientists have identified a substance that can kill cancerous cells without harming healthy ones, paving the way for more effective cancer treatment. The findings by researchers at Tel Aviv University and Sheba Medical Center, Tel...
Antony Loewenstein (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago
The US Ambassador to Israel, James B. Cunningham, spoke a few days ago at Tel Aviv University. Promised Land blog reports on proceedings and it’s an utterly depressing affair: Ambassador Cunningham read a prepared lecture for 30 minutes, and than took questions for an additional half hour. I will report here some of the things the [...]
My Right Word (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago
... and religious groups aimed at silencing "nonloyal" voices inside and outside the Universities (for example, the pipe bomb that exploded on September 25, 2008, at the gate of Professor Ze'ev Sternhel's house, wounding him slightly, or the threats on the Israel-Academia-Monitor.com web site); second, a process of "commodification" - political and administrative pressures...
The Web Scene (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009
Tel Aviv University (TAU) researchers and European scientists have succeeded in wiring an artificial hand to the existing nerve endings in the stump of a person with a severed arm. The bionic hand, called the SmartHand, resembles a real hand in function, sensitivity, and appearance. It features four electric motors and 40 sensors to replicate [...]
Economist's View (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009
What’s Wrong with Modern Macroeconomics? CESifo Conference Centre, Munich 6 - 7 November 2009 Programme Friday, 6 November 2009 Session I Chair: Gerhard Illing 09:00 – 09:50 The Roles of Ideology, Institutions, Politics and Economic Knowledge in Forecasting Macroeconomic Developments ALEX CUKIERMAN (Tel-Aviv University) (via video link) Discussant: Panu Poutvaara (University of...
TaxProf Blog (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Tsilly Dagan (Bar-Ilan University, Israel) & Talia Fisher (Tel Aviv University, Buchmann Faculty of Law, Israel) have posted A Market for Public Entitlements on SSRN. Here is the abstract: Individuals enjoy a host of rights in relation to the government, including voting rights, the right to trial, the right against...
Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
When paramedics rush to the scene of a multi-car pileup or a terror attack, their first task is to assess who needs immediate care. But blood hemorrhaging can obscure damage, and the gruesome mess means paramedics can't always determine who should be treated first. Tel Aviv University's new LifeFlow device, currently in development, could become the paramedic's new best friend - and save...
Al Fin (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
... jumped a level -- thanks to the EU built SmartHand, and its neurally wired interface developed at Tel Aviv University. [Hand recipient] Ekenstam told a television interviewer, " I am using muscles which I haven't used for years. I grab something hard, and then I can feel it in the fingertips, which is strange, as I don't have them anymore. It's amazing ." This particular...
Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
In one sense, our hands define our humanity. Our opposable thumbs and our hands' unique structure allow us to write, paint, and play the piano. Those who lose their hands as a result of accident, conflict or disease often feel they've lost more than mere utility. A new invention from Tel Aviv University researchers may change that. Prof.
TG Daily (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
Tel Aviv University researchers have successfully connected a prosthetic hand to existing nerve endings, allowing the user to actually feel it.
Eurekalert (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
LifeFlow, a new device from Tel Aviv University's Professor Ofer Barnea, applies a sophisticated algorithm to a computer-controlled IV drip to improve the efficiency of disaster response in the field
Red Orbit (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
TAU's man/machine interface is essential link in groundbreaking prosthetic handIn one sense, our hands define our humanity. Our opposable thumbs and our hands' unique structure allow us to write, paint, and play the piano. Those who lose their hands as a result of accident, conflict or disease often feel they've lost more than mere utility.A new invention from Tel Aviv University researchers...
PaleoJudaica.com (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
... Editor: - Prof. Shamma Friedman Jewish Theological Seminary of America, Bar Ilan University Editoral Board: - Prof. Isaiah M. Gafni The Hebrew University of Jerusalem - Prof. Myron Bialik Lerner Tel Aviv University - Dr. Rami Reiner Ben Gurion University of the Negev Managing Editor: - Peretz Rodman Hebrew College Oqimta is a publication of Paran Publishing, P.O....
Eurekalert (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
( American Friends of Tel Aviv University ) Professor Yosi Shacham-Diamand of Tel Aviv University's Department of Engineering, working with a team of European Union scientists, has successfully wired a state-of-the-art artificial hand to existing nerve endings in the stump of a severed arm. The device, called "SmartHand," resembles -- in function, sensitivity and...
Physorg (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
The details of your personal life, such as grocery purchases and pizza topping preferences, are collected every day ― online and by club and discount cards from the gym, department store and supermarket. Though this data seems innocent enough, when it's put together it can tell a whole lot about your health, finances and behavior. That information, a Tel Aviv University researcher...
