Israel is selling snow?!
Posted on July 21, 2008 • By Rebecca Markowitz
Category: Featured, Technology | Tags: Tags: IDE, Israel, ski, Snow, Technology | Leave a Comment
Anyone who’s been to Israel knows that catching a glimpse of snow is rare, and even a welcomed treat. Come to think of it, I’ve never even met anyone in Jerusalem who owns a shovel. Perhaps a longing to play in the snow has pushed IDE Technologies to become a major player in the man-made snow market.
First Tracks , an online ski magazine reports that IDE Technologies , based in Tel Aviv, is introducing unique refrigeration technology to produce man-made snow. The ice technology was originally developed for seawater desalination in the most unlikely place - the hottest, your-face-will-melt-right-off, beach city of Eilat in southern Israel.
So what makes Israel’s snowmaker so much better than the rest? It works regardless of the season or air temperature, ensuring ski resorts can open up the slopes for an early ski season, and obviously early profits are not far behind.
Existing snowmaking technologies spray tiny water droplets into the air, which freeze into crystals before reaching the ground. Such technologies depend upon ambient temperatures being at or below freezing, depending on humidity. IDE’s snowmaking facilities produce large quantities of snow regardless of air temperature.
If you’re interested in getting your own snowmaker, it’ll only cost you a mere $2 million. Now paying the ski resorts doesn’t seem quite as expensive, does it?
[photo by: bevcraigwhite ]
Yad Ezra VeShulamit give thousands of blankets and heaters during Israeli cold spell
Posted on February 7, 2008 • By Miriam Schwab
Category: Non-profit | Tags: Tags: non-profits, Snow, Yad Ezra veShulamit | Leave a Comment
Yad Ezra veShulamit is an Israeli charity organization that helps thousands of needy families throughout Israel. During the recent cold spell that hit Israel, Yad Ezra veShulamit distributed thousands of blankets and heaters to keep those in need warm. They caught this effort on camera, and posted it on YouTube, which is an impressive move to use social media by a non-profit (although they should have put their site URL in the video’s description on YouTube and throughout the movie; but at least it’s a start!)
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