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ply to improve people's quality of
life. "We develop technology that
allows manufacturers to introduce
premium products and to elevate
the 'Consumer Experience, while
eliminating the stress, discomfort
and health problems associated with
exposure to noise."
Their technology reduces disturb-
ing noise in the environment by
capturing it and canceling it out
to ensure what Barath refers to as
"Zones of Quiet" around an indi-
vidual.
Silentium collaborates with com-
panies to figure out how to use their
technology to improve their own
products. They also teach companies
how to utilize this unique technology.
While they don't sell their product
directly to consumers, we may have
the opportunity to experience the
Quiet Bubble as soon as this technol-
ogy becomes a feature in new cars.
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24 August 15 • 2013
ORT's Rub-A-Dub Event
Set For Franklin Hills
Rub-a-Dub, ORT America Michigan
Region's annual fundraiser, will
begin at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, Aug.
21, at Franklin Hills Country Club,
31675 Inkster Road, Farmington
Hills.
For 30 years, the Michigan
region has raised significant funds
through this annual event, which
last year drew 550 people. This
year's theme is "ImpORTed from
Detroit" The event includes live
music, raffle, and silent and live
auctions.
Event co-chairs Robert Colburn,
Seth Rogers and Randy Wertheimer
and members of the Rub-a-Dub
committee have a live auction
lineup that includes a three-month
lease of a Jaguar F-type convertible,
a private jet for the day for up to six
passengers, a chance to throw out
the first pitch at a Tigers game and
a seven-night's stay in a penthouse
at Beaver Creek.
Raffle prizes include a $5,000
shopping spree to the Somerset
Collection and a 60-inch flat-screen
TV from ABC Warehouse. Tickets
are one for $100, three for $200 or
10 for $500, and you do not need to
be present to win.
ORT America supports a global
network of schools and train-
ing programs that boasts more
than 3 million graduates to date.
ORT educates 300,000 students in
more than 60 countries annually,
including the former Soviet Union,
Argentina, Israel, Latin America
and the United States.
of the 20th and 21st centuries has
come a lot of unwanted noise. Sound
can be a great thing that we should
appreciate — like when we're watch-
ing a high-definition movie with
crystal clear, theater-quality sur-
roundsound. But we don't want our
ears to pick up the constant noise of
the Blu-Ray player, the air condition-
ing and the lights in the ceiling, too.
This technology, another example of
impressive Israeli innovation, allows
us to silence the noises we don't
want and to focus our ears on the
quality sounds we do want.
Silence is golden, and Yossi Barath
and his team at Silentium are com-
mitted to helping us achieve it.
❑
Rabbi Jason Miller, president of Access
Computer Technology, is an educator,
entrepreneur and blogger. He is a
frequent writer and speaker on the
intersection of technology and Judaism.
Follow him on Twitter at @RabbiJason.
The David B. Hermelin ORT
Resource Center in the Jewish
Community Center in West
Bloomfield provides a local exam-
ple of ORT's capability to change
lives for the better through educa-
tion. To learn more about ORT pro-
grams, visit www.ORTamerica.org.
Tickets for the event are $150
per person. To purchase an ad in
the ad book, event or raffle tickets,
make a donation to the silent or
live auction or for more details, call
the office at (248) 723-8860, email
nmiller@ORTamerica.org or go to
www.ORTMichigan.org .
Put On Tefillin
And Google Glass
A tefillin stand utilizing Google
Glass will be set up on Friday, Aug.
16, 11 a.m.-2 p.m., in the parking
lot on Monroe Street at Campus
Martius in Downtown Detroit.
Google Glass is a wearable com-
puter not available to the public yet.
In March, Google selected 8,000
people who got the opportunity to
purchase the computer eyewear for
$1,500 to experiment. The blessings
panel was custom-designed by a
Stanford grad who works at Apple,
creating a small app that functions
with the glasses.
Thanks to Rabbi Yisrael Pinson,
a Downtown activist, and Jake
Steinerman, owner of the Google
Glass to be used, Lubavitch Yeshiva
students will assist visitors to put
on the Google Glass to see a prayer
or blessing appear before them.
They can then recite and wear the
tefillin.