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The Illuminated Heart

A recent Technion study describes a novel optogenetic approach for pacing and resynchronizing the heart in case of heart rhythm disorder.

Professor Lior Gepstein
Professor Lior Gepstein from the Rappaport Faculty of Medicine and Research Institute at the Technion.

Technion researchers have developed a new approach for the treatment of abnormal heart rhythms by using a light based therapy. This technology has been reported in the journal Nature Biotechnology. The study was conducted at the laboratory of Professor Lior Gepstein from the Rappaport Faculty of Medicine and Research Institute at the Technion. Professor Gepstein is the director of the Department of Cardiology at Rambam Health Care Campus. Continue reading The Illuminated Heart

Dr. Bob’s TechnoBrain Competition, 2015

Two teams tied in first place at the 2015 Techno Brain ‘boating’ competition, which was held at a special 72-square-meter pool erected in the heart of the Technion campus.

Much creative genius was demonstrated by Technion students, and great fun was had by all, at yesterday’s annual “Dr. Bob’s TechnoBrain Competition”, sponsored by Robert J. Shillman, in memory of Neev-ya Durban. Continue reading Dr. Bob’s TechnoBrain Competition, 2015

Student Noa Yehezkel wins iSocial Video Challenge award

Noa Yehezkel
Noa Yehezkel

Noa Yehezkel, a BSc student at the Technion Electrical Engineering department, has won the iSocial Video Challenge award!

iSocial is a consortium that envisions the emergence of distributed and scalable overlay networking and distributed storage infrastructures that will provide support for open social networks and for innovative social network applications, preserving end-user privacy and information ownership. Continue reading Student Noa Yehezkel wins iSocial Video Challenge award

“GumPool” TechnoBrain Competition at Technion

This Wednesday (June 17) at 12:30, in the heart of the Technion campus, the Technion will host the “Gumpool 2015 race”

This year the race is being held in the spirit of “green energy”: elastic-band powered boats, built in advance by the competitors, will be required to travel a distance of eight meters, anchor by means of a magnet and fire a jet of water into a funnel from a distance of three meters – all this is in the shortest possible time. Continue reading “GumPool” TechnoBrain Competition at Technion

Transformational Gift for Electrical Engineering

Transformational Gift from Visionary Leader of Digital Age for the Technion Faculty of Electrical Engineering.

Dr. Andrew J. Viterbi – a seminal figure in today’s digital society – has announced a gift of $50 million to secure and enhance the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology’s leadership position in electrical and computer engineering in Israel and globally.

This transformational gift will be recognized by the Technion through the naming of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering. The announcement was made on June 13, during the Technion Board of Governors meeting in Haifa, Israel. Continue reading Transformational Gift for Electrical Engineering