The UK has recently been totally absorbed with the June 23 referendum on whether it should Remain or Exit the European Union. Some say the UK’s economy would collapse if it terminated its EU membership. UK citizens should not panic, however, but instead take a closer look at the ‘Israeli model.’

A road in North Tel Aviv is to be one of the first to test under-the-road electric charging beds; Israel’s Sensifree has developed a unique low-power RF based sensor technology that can accurately monitor biometric data without touching the body, and much more.

Israel’s ElectRoad has won a grant from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 program to develop technology that will charge electric buses from a device under the pavement.

Israeli entrepreneurs have set up a new platform using Edvantage – a combination of venture capital fund and accelerator – to encourage start-ups in informal education, and researchers from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Tel Aviv University have developed a new, cheaper bird tracking device.