Life is about to get a lot quieter thanks to an Israeli company, Silentium, that has developed an award-winning noise cancelling technology that can be applied to almost everything – from home appliances to airplane seats.

An Israeli ornithologist is utilizing barn owls to rid large cities of rodent problems.

Israeli company Project RAY has developed the world’s first smartphone for people with visual disabilities, opening up the benefits of digital access to a population excluded up to now. Already in use in Israel, the smartphone is now launching in the US.

An artificial pancreas developed in Israel could revolutionize diabetic care by monitoring blood sugar levels and delivering insulin automatically, even at night.

An Israeli company M-Systems was the first to patent and introduce the disk on key.

Israeli research has shown that dancers display consistent differences from the general population in two key genes.

Amazon’s Kindle device was largely developed in the heart of Israel’s high-tech center in Herzliya.

New Yorkers are finding parking in their city a great deal easier with a new Israeli app called Pango that lets users locate, book and pay for parking spots via their smartphone. Other US cities in Arizona and Pennsylvania are also using the system.

An Israeli company Myndlift has developed an app that can improve attention disorders without negative side effects.

For many years, conservationists believed Israel's Hula painted frog was extinct after its swampy habitat was drained in the 1950s. Now, the frog has been found alive and jumping in the Hula valley after massive conservation efforts.