Innovating Healthcare Together – BME-HACK 2025
As part of Technion’s Centennial, we proudly hosted a flagship 24-hour International Hackathon celebrating healthcare innovation and industry collaboration.
Theme: “Innovating Care: From Emergency to Recovery”
Students from across Technion tackled real medical challenges they proposed for themselves.
Leading up to the Hackathon, they joined: Entrepreneurship & research lectures, “How to Pitch” masterclass, Prototyping makers workshop, Innovation & info research tools session and more.
The experience culminated in a full night of teamwork, creativity, and rapid problem-solving.
Winning Teams:
1st Place – Shpritz – Upgrading emergency first-aid kits
2nd Place – CLEAR – Preventing battlefield hearing loss
3rd Place – DRE+ – Enhancing digital rectal exams
Teams were awarded prizes and accepted into the Technion BizTech accelerator, which provides them with dedicated funding for project development!
A heartfelt thank you to our outstanding mentors from the biomedical industry and clinical community:Dr. Shlomo Lewkowicz, Yaakov Diminsky, Ronit Marco, Tsafrir Ozer, Dr. Yonatan Prat, MD, David Maimon, Dr. Rotem Halevi, PhD, Ido Yohanan, Boaz Drori, Anatoly Dvorsky, Dr. Ronza Najjar-Debbiny, Dr. Miri Golos, Dr. Charlie Chaim Haber, Prof. Eyal Fruchter, Hila Eshkol, Dr. Eyal genisin Dr. Vered Tal, Dr. Yoav Yanir
Thank you to our expert panel of judges:Prof. Yael Yaniv, Zohar Gendler, Dr. Liat Tsoref, Anat Hersch, Dr. Lior Lev Tov
Special thanks to our academic advisors: Prof. Yael Yaniv and Dr. Yael Rozen
Thank you to our generous partners and sponsors:Philips פיליפס, Technion Human Health Initiative, Carmel Medical center, Edwards Lifesciences, Johnson & Johnson medtech (Biosense Webster), Technion Mehudar Center for Inventors, NGT Healthcare, Technion BizTech, Technion Dean of Students Office, Technion International, Biodesign Israel, החממה החברתית בטכניון Social Hub Technion
Organizing Team:
Huge thanks to our amazing faculty team- your support made it all possible!This event highlights our strong industry ties and commitment to empowering future MedTech pioneers.
Wishing all participants success as they continue developing their ideas. The future starts with you!
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