Report Card - Inventive Israelis

Without straw: Yuri Margolis of Mamash, in Kiryat Gat, has reinvented the brick; his "Jerusalem stone," made from building dust, rubble, and special glue, is stronger and lighter than the real thing. Sightless surfing: Amit Friedman, a student at Tel Aviv's Vital Center for the Study...

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Published in:The Jerusalem report 1999-07, p.52
Main Author: Dafna Hochman and Erik Schechter
Format: Magazinearticle
Language:English
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Summary:Without straw: Yuri Margolis of Mamash, in Kiryat Gat, has reinvented the brick; his "Jerusalem stone," made from building dust, rubble, and special glue, is stronger and lighter than the real thing. Sightless surfing: Amit Friedman, a student at Tel Aviv's Vital Center for the Study of Design, hopes his concept for a Braille computer monitor will eventually enable the blind to surf the Internet.
ISSN:0792-6049