Israel invests in education and brain power
Israel has the worlds highest per capita rate of university degrees.
Israel has the worlds highest ratio of scientists and technicians in the workforce, with 135 per 1,000 citizens, as compared to 85 in the U.S.
Israel has the worlds second-highest per capita output of new books annually.
Israel produces more scientific papers per capita than any other nation in the world.
Israel invests more of its Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in research and development than any other country in the world.
While the world spends an average of 1.5 percent of its GDP on research and development (R&D), Israel commits 5 percent of its GDP to R&D.
Israel has the third-highest rate of entrepreneurship in the world, including the highest rate among women and people over 55.
Israel ranks third in the world in per capita patents, behind only the U.S. and Japan.
Israel is at the forefront of hi-tech innovation.
The worlds Silicon Valley and a global source of innovation, Israel has the highest concentration of hi-tech companies in the world, apart from Silicon Valley itself. Israel became the worlds fourth-largest high-tech economy in the 1990s.
Israel has the third-largest number of NASDQ-listed companies in the world, with the U.S. and Canada having the fi rst and second.
Microsoft and Intel built their only non-U.S. R&D facilities in Israel. Over 50 other international giants also established R&D facilities in Israel.
Israeli researchers developed the cell phone (Motorola-Israel), most of the Windows NT operating system (Microsoft-Israel), the technology for AOL Instant Messenger,the first PC anti-virus software (in 1979), voice mail technology, electro-optic chips and nanotechnology.
Israelis developed the Pentium 4 microprocessor for desktop computers and the Centrino processor for laptop computers.
Israel is developing the next generation of Mars Rovers and the first models of theflying car.
Israel is devising protection from disasters, such as an alarm that senses a coming earthquake 30 seconds before it hits, and systems to help people safely exit tall buildings in emergencies, such as collapsible external elevators.
Israel is at the forefront of Biomedical innovation and has developed
- Advanced techniques in helping those who are paralyzed, from motorized robotic arms and legs that respond to brain commands, to procedures for regenerating the spinal cord.
- A Vaccine to treat Anthrax
- Preliminary research for generating molecules that will kill cancer cells but not affect normal cells
- Groundbreaking research for treatments or cures for Type 1 diabetes, Parkinson's and Alzheimer's disease and emphysema.
- Safer methods for diagnosing disease from mini video camera that fits into an ingestible pill and can be used for diagnosing intestinal diseases, to safer imaging techniques for diagnosing breast cancer
- A device that causes acne bacteria to self destruct without damaging the surrounding skin.
The worlds largest Generic Drug company, Teva Pharmaceuticals.
Israel is at the forefront of environmentally friendly innovations
- Israel is the worlds only country that entered the 21st century with a net gain in the number of trees ... lol
- An Israeli scientist pioneered the use of bacteria to clean up oil pollution in oil tankers pipelines and on beaches
- Developed a new technology that eliminates the need for chemicals, pesticides and fungicides in hydroponic agriculture
- The Israeli company Evogene introduced technology that genetically modifies foods naturally through "evolution accelerator Technology" which develops genes from the same plant
- Israeli's developed drip irrigation systems that revolutionized agriculture
- Developed a sun heated water tank, which converts solar energy into thermal energy
- Israeli, American and Canadian researchers formed the nano technology Clean water initiative to work on nanotech-based solution to the water shortages in the middle east and the rest of the world.
Just some Positives.. we all know the negatives... yea its a failed state for sure