In a news conference Friday, the Akron Global Business Accelerator announced the attraction of two new Israeli technology companies.  Executives from the two companies suggested that up to 80 new jobs could be created over the next couple of years.  The technologies involved are:

• Remote-monitoring systems with diverse applications; e.g. allowing medical professionals to monitor the health of and speak to a home-based patient using a watchlike device
• Products around a terahertz radiation power source which dramatically amplifies current detection capabilities.   One application is a scanning device that would pick up trace elements of explosives from a distance, perhaps ending the need for airline procedures such as passenger shoe removal.

Congratulations AGBA – two exciting new technology companies creating jobs in our region.  Read the entire story here.