Israel – Land of Milk, Honey and Hi-Tech
Israel is well known worldwide for its revolutionary Hi-Tech industry. Technology giants such as Microsoft, IBM, Intel, Google and many more have utilized the enormous potential of Israel’s creative and innovative people. This success story of the Israel Hi-tech industry has been inspiring us ath the Israel science program, since the first summer of eCamp.
Open the door to Israeli Technology
The eCamp campers have the rare opportunity to explore the Israeli hi-tech. Nothing compares to visiting technology companies like Intel® and Google® and witnessing new technologies in the making. Once a session, the whole camp go on a Tech trip to visit the leading hi-tech companies in Israel.
If you are in the oldest age group in eCamp, the Gigabyte unit, You will visit the best hi-tech companies in Israel, experience the work environment and speak with some of the top engineers in the Israeli Hi-Tech industry. In the past, our campers have traveled to Google’s headquarters in Israel and the “Better Place” visitor center, where campers had a chance to ride the electric car. The trip continues to some of the finest technological units of the Israeli military or higher education institutions. Our campers have visited Israeli Air-Force and Navy bases, and learned how technology is used to defend the state of Israel.
Only in eCamp you will meet with leading innovators and entrepreneurs form Israel’s hi-tech industry. Among our visiting speakers at the Israel science camp you’ll find presentations on Wireless TV, unique cell phones, satellites and even robots demonstrations.
Israel Hi-Tech Fact
Did you know that your AOL instant messenger (or ICQ) was created in Israel? Now, try and guess where major parts of your Windows operating systems were develop? And the answer would be Israel. Does your computer also run on Intel Centrino technology? Where was it developed? The answer would be, again, Israel.
Coincidence? Well, probably not. Israel is well known worldwide for its talented hi-tech industry. Many technology giants such as Microsoft, IBM, Intel, HP, Google, Cisco and many more have large R&D centers in Israel, and they continue to hire more and more talented graduates of Israeli universities, such as the Hebrew University and the Technion, which are also known as prestigious academic institutes, worldwide.
Looking for an Israel Science program that will interest you? At eCamp, the wonders of Israeli Hi-Tech will be revealed!
Made in Israel:
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AIM/ICQ was developed in 1996 by four young Israelis.
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Checkpoint, the world's leader in online security and inventor of Firewall, is an Israeli company.
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Motorola's commercial cell phone was developed in Israel. Motorola has its largest development center in Israel.
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Intel has four major intel centers in Israel. These centers were the origin of Pentium MMX technology, Dothan / Centrino and Pentium 4. Israel was Intel's first development center outside the US.
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Relative to its population, Israel has the largest number of Startup companies in the world. In absolute terms, Israel has the largest number of Hi-Tech companies than any other country in the world, except the US.
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One of Microsoft's three Strategic Development Centers, outside the US, is in Israel. Most of Windows NT technology was developed in Israel.
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The Voice Mail technology, as we know it today, was developed in Israel by Comverse.
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M-Systems, an Israeli company, developed the USB-Flash Drives, used for portable digital information storage all over the world. The company was acquired by SanDisk, the world's leader in the flash storage market, established by an Israeli.
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Quotes About the Israeli Hi-Tech
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"Israel is a major player in the high tech world... We're super-satisfied with the contributions of our R&D center in Haifa. The quality of the people here is quite fantastic. People in high tech are very aware that Israel - compared to its small size - has some amazing technological achievements. There is a greater concentration of talented high tech manpower here in comparison to other countries - almost to the extent of Silicon Valley."
Bill Gates , Founder of Microsoft.
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"This is a cutting edge community. If you look around the world, many of the countries that you visit are a few steps behind the cutting edge. If you come to Israel you feel you are right there."
Richard Lampman, Senior Vice President of Research in Hewlett Packard
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"What sets Israel apart for us is the spirit of the people and the commitment to innovation."
Steve Bolze, President and CEO GE Healthcare
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"Israel is an incredible source of entrepreneurship and brilliant ideas."
Safra Catz, President of Oracle
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