Nine Israeli innovations that helped shape the world, from Waze to the Iron Dome

A feature article enumerates nine Israeli innovations that have had global impact, including the solar water heater, drip irrigation, semiconductor memory, the implantable cardioverter-defibrillator, the PillCam, Waze, and Watergen. The piece frames these achievements as stemming from Zionist initiative and the creativity of the Israeli people, set against the country's founding challenges of barren land and scarce resources.

A feature article enumerates nine Israeli innovations that have had global impact, framing them as products of Zionist initiative and the creativity of the Israeli people. The innovations listed are: the solar water heater, based on Dr. Zvi Tabor's selective surface from the 1950s, now used in 95% of Israeli households; drip irrigation, developed by Simcha Blass in the 1960s and commercialized by Netafim, operating in 110 countries; semiconductor memory, invented by Dov Frohman at Intel Israel in 1971, which paved the way for flash memory; the implantable cardioverter-defibrillator, invented by Michel Mirowski and first implanted in 1980, now installed in over 4 million people; the PillCam, a disposable pill-sized camera developed by Gavriel Iddan and approved by the FDA in 2001, used in over 80 countries; Waze, the navigation app founded in 2008 and acquired by Google in 2013 for $1.3 billion, with 151 million monthly active users as of early 2026; and Watergen, an atmospheric water generation company founded in 2009. The article's narrative voice is promotional and celebratory, using language such as 'staggering' contribution and 'improving the world and enriching lives everywhere.'

Nine Israeli innovations that helped shape the world, from Waze to the Iron Dome