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IBM Israel and Weizmann Institute:
Improving design of electronic systems
Investment: 7.6 Million Euro
Other Partners: Infineon Technologies, STMicroelectronics,
Fourier University in Grenoble.
The PROSYD consortium, led by IBM Israel, began its work in
January 2004 and will conclude the project in December 2006.
The goal is to improve the efficiency and competitiveness of
the European IT industry by developing a new standart - based
approach to designing electronic systems. This new methodology
will unify and streamline different phases in the development of
electronic systems, including definition requirements, planning,
implementation and verification, into a complete planning sequence.
This project is intended to improve work processes and to achieve
a 30% increase in productivity.
Optibase: Arttic advances a new
appropach to digital rights and management
Investment: 6 Million Euro
Other Partners: France Telecom, Imperial College of London,
NagraViaion (Switzerland), the Industrial Technology Research
Institute of Taiwan and others.
The goal of the TIRAMISU project, led by the Optibase company,
is to develop new methods for copyright protection of digital media,
without damaging the potential distribution, marketing and use of
Most electronic communications is based upon linking up with GEO
satellites located in a distance of 36,000 km (at “C” or “Ku” band) over
the equator. These satellites remain in fixed positions relative to the
earth's movement. Since deployment requires a steady and permanent
link between the device and the satellite, connectivity between a
satellite and an airborne jet, seafaring vessel or high-speed train can
be problematic. The new telecommunication systems developed by
ORBIT give clients fast, reliable broadband internet abilities.
The chief technological achievement of these systems is their high
stabilization capability and ability to maintain line of sight with the
satellite even under the difficult, complicated conditions of mobile
vehicles in which these systems are installed. Business people (or
anyone, for that matter) can continue their routine communications
from a plane or a boat – send and receive e-mail, conduct telephone
conversations and other activities.
ORBIT's latest cutting-edge system is a low profile antenna for
high-speed trains. Thousands of passengers can continue surfing the
net and remain in virtual touch as though they were still at home or
their office. This capability could save thousands of work-hours which
would have been lost without this technology. Supertankers carrying
fuel or other substances can keep tabs in real time of the changing
price of their cargo (during the months they spend at sea).
Other long-term seafarers – tourists on extended cruises or crews on
military ships –can receive real-time information from various landbased
media: they can watch TV, or even see the happy face - sent as
internet files – of their daughter who just passed her driving test… or
Home and Away
the content. The project will investigate Digital Rights Management
(DRM) technologies and develop an approach that utilizes the best
technologies to facilitate the distribution of digital media to TV
sets, DVD players, music players, cell phones and PCs, without
damaging the property rights of the digital media.
Gilat: Satellite Communications
Inter-Operability
Investment: 5.4 Million Euro
Other Partners: Avanti Communications (UK), Tellitec Engineering
(Germany), and the Universities of Helsinki and Salonika
Gilat Satellite Networks leads the VIVALDI consortium, which
focuses on developing architecture, technologies and protocols for
broadband access to satellite applications in hybrid networks. The
goal is to develop inexpensive access technology for applications
and services which demand high quality of service (QoS), such
as VoIP.
Mekorot: Safety for drinking water
Investment: 5.2 Million Euro
Other Partners: University of Barcelona, UNESCO, UWI,
Cranfield University (Belgium), the Aachen Water Research
Institute, the Berlin Technical University and others.
Mekorot is participating in two projects to improve the quality of
water and safely use recycled drinking water. The projects (Switch
and Reclaim Water) investigate re-using urban sewage water to
stem the world water shortage. Both projects investigate methods
use their phone to reprimand their child for not doing homework…
The technology developed by ORBIT is based on a combination of
electronic mechanics and algorithms, embedded in a system capable
of stabilizing, tracking and locking on a satellite even while moving
quickly and erratically.
While these systems are largely for the civilian world, they can be
used for military purposes, since the need for real time information is
a defining characteristic of the battlefield of the future. It's no accident
that systems developed by ORBIT have been integrated in military
carriers developed by all of Israel's defense industries – Elisra, Elta,
IAI, Elbit and RAFAEL.
The fact that the systems are integrated in different carriers requires
technological cooperation between ORBIT and other companies, largely
on the antenna/modem/distribution-system link. This link is an essential
aspect in maximizing the company's technological capabilities.
ORBIT, founded in the 1950's, has subsidiaries in the U.S and Britain.
The Israeli office has some 200 employees, with another hundred or so
at the subsidiaries. The engineers and technologically-trained workers
are graduates of some of the finest institutes of higher education in their
fields. In recent years, the company has achieved considerable growth: It
controls some 25% of the world market for seaborne stabilization, aiming
and tracking systems. Thanks to its unique and powerful technological
capabilities, the company joined the sixth round of the European
Union's R&D Framework Programme, developing communication
systems for use in high-speed trains and aircraft.
These capabilities will continue to attract collaborations between