Author: OurCrowd

We’re Hiring! Career opportunities at OurCrowd (November 2016)

We’re Hiring! Career opportunities at OurCrowd (November 2016)

Oct 26, 2016 | , ,

OurCrowd is growing and currently looking for extraordinary people to join the team behind its leading, innovative and industry-altering crowd investing platform. So, if you’re hoping to get your foot in the high-tech industry door, are dreaming about growing your career in the exciting startup ecosystem, or know someone looking for a job in the hottest markets, you’ve come to the right place! OurCrowd offers competitive benefits and salary with opportunities to grow in a fast-paced work environment. Take a look at the full job descriptions for the following positions below: Senior Full-Stack SW Developer; Herzliya. Senior Bookkeeper; Jerusalem. Junior Financial Analyst; Jerusalem. Business Development Facilitator; Jerusalem. Join us and become a part of our unparalleled team! ———- Senior Full-Stack SW Developer Location: Herzliya OurCrowd is looking for an outstanding senior full-stack developer to join our team in Herzliya, to develop an innovative and industry-changing crowdfunding platform. As a senior developer, you will design, develop, and enhance our new products, as well as investigate and help us assimilate new technologies (AngularJS, Ionic, E2E Mobile testing, and more). The role will require tight collaboration within the development team...

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[Surgical Theater in PRWeb] Florida hospital Tampa integrates virtual reality into surgical planning and patient education

Oct 25, 2016 |

Florida Hospital Tampa is now offering a breakthrough technology that produces three-dimensional virtual reality (VR) models of a patient’s brain. Florida Hospital Tampa’s Surgical Reality program allows neurosurgeons and patients to see inside the body with a precision never before available. Using the same advanced VR technology used in military flight simulators, Surgical Reality combines magnetic resonance (MR), computerized tomography (CT) and diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) scans of patients to provide personalized, three-dimensional views of their brain tumor or aneurysm. Access to this technology was made possible by the Florida Hospital Tampa Foundation, whose goal is to ensure the most innovative and groundbreaking technologies, equipment and resources are available for the Tampa Bay community. Read more on PRWeb...

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[VocalZoom in Forbes] Are Microsoft and VocalZoom the Peanut Butter and Chocolate of Voice Recognition?

Oct 23, 2016 | ,

Effective voice recognition in real-world environments is hard for at least two reasons. First, the voice-recognition system has to be able to recognize words with a very high degree of accuracy. Second, the system has to be able to identify and isolate the speaker in environments where there is a good deal of ambient noise. Microsoft has recently published a technical paper in which they present a system that is capable of solving the first problem. VocalZoom has developed an intriguing approach to solving the second. Read more on Forbes...

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[Maniv Portfolio Company in Forbes] Good Optics: Oryx Vision wants your robot car to see very, very clearly

Oct 19, 2016 |

Led by Menlo Park-based Bessemer Venture Partners, Oryx raised $17 million in a Series A round to accelerate R&D for sensors based on its “coherent optical radar” system. Additional investors included Maniv Mobility and Trucks Venture Capital, while Bessemer partner Adam Fisher joins Oryx’s board as it staffs up and moves out of the lab to commercialization. If all goes well, that happens around 2020, according to CEO and co-founder Rani Wellingstein. Read more on Forbes...

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