The Iron Dome defense system is the winner of the Economic ministry competition

 The ministry of Economy and Industry salutes 70th anniversary of the State of Israel and the Israeli innovation.

The Iron Dome defense system is the winner of the competition of the Ministry of Economy - the invention of the state. In second place, Internet surfers chose waze technology, and in third place Netafim with the irrigation sparkle using drippers.

On the occasion of the State of Israel's 70th anniversary, the Ministry of Economy and Industry has chosen the pioneering products and technologies initiated and developed in Israel throughout its existence. In the last few weeks, the public has chosen 70 of the inventions on the Internet, from which the public chose the Iron Dome system as the leading invention.

The competition took place in two stages: In the first stage, more than 52,000 surfers and surfers chose from the 70 inventions the 9 inventions that reach the final from a variety of categories. In the second stage, more than 63,000 surfers and surfers chose the invention of the state in the following order The second):

Iron Dome - 28% of the vote
Waze - 17.77%
Droppers - 17.75%
Disk On Key - 10.96%
Robot for Surgery Assistance - 8.18%
WATERGEN (WATER PRODUCTION) - 8.08%
Sandals - 4.38%
Check Point - 2.69%
Ofek - 2.18%

70 inventions stood for the public's choice of the chain in the "Innovations of Israel" competition were chosen from a long list of inventions developed and created over the years of the State's existence, and from a variety of industries and fields.

In order to select the list of breakthrough inventions, a steering committee was set up with the authority for innovation, which defined criteria for its selection. The list of these inventions appeard in the book "Israeli Innovation - Breakthrough Products That Change the World" which was bepublished by the Ministry of Economy and Industry for the internet surfers to choose.