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5 Coolest Things On Earth In Science This week
This week brought a plethora of news from the bleeding edge of research. Monkeys learned to drive wheelchairs with their thoughts, scientists used stem cells to regenerate the lens of the eye and...
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Karim Wassef: Why Collaborating Outside Your Bubble Fosters Innovation
Asking the right question — and expanding the circle of collaboration — can often lead to real innovation. Think how the 20th century would have been different if Thomas Edison had set out to brighten...
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Here’s How Digital Electricity Will Change The Power Industry All The Way To...
When the large Pakistani textile maker Sapphire Group wanted to secure a reliable supply of electricity for its mills recently, it didn’t just build a new power plant. The company used a technology...
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Ali Bongo Ondimba: Africa’s Role in the 4th Industrial Revolution
Africa faces a “bold revolution,” in which some of our biggest challenges can become unique opportunities. As global leaders met at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting, the focus was on how the...
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Comeback Kid: The Next Sound-Barrier-Busting Passenger Jet Could Be Quietly...
The Concorde was the first and last supersonic jet in passenger service. But that claim comes with a caveat.The plane could accelerate above the speed of sound only over the ocean. The prospect of...
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This Machine Can Cut Titanium Like A Hot Knife Slicing Through Butter
Metal-cutting technology hasn’t changed a great deal in the last 60 years. Operators still clamp metal parts to the support bench and use drill bits or some other tools to achieve the desired shape....
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The Many Faces Of π: This Artist Has Painted Pi To See The Language Of The...
Artist Stewart Kenneth Moore is best known for his surreal canvases, etchings and comic strips depicting everyone from James Joyce and Vaclav Havel to Macbeth caught in a nightmare of the everyday. But...
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Jared Weiner: How the Industrial App Economy Will Drive the 4th Industrial...
The Industrial Internet is leading to the development of an industrial app economy that has the potential to have a bigger impact than consumer apps. Here’s how. Thanks to disruptive technology, the...
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This Scientist’s Got The Power (Plant) In His Hands
A picture may be worth 1,000 words. But this one is also worth 10,000 kilowatts.Though small in stature, the turbine in the photos could contribute to solving some of the world’s biggest energy...
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Translating the Paris Climate Deal into Action — Q&A with Christina Hood of...
Following the climate breakthrough in Paris, there’s reason to be more optimistic about curbing emissions. Renewables can play a key role in that effort. The Paris climate talks were widely hailed as a...
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5 Coolest Things On Earth This Week
In this week’s haul of news about scientific discoveries, we found stories about a pregnant dinosaur, the oldest decoded “ancient human” DNA and how selfless driving could lead to fewer traffic jams....
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Czechmate: This Advanced Turboprop Engine Could Create A $40 Billion Market
When GE Aviation bought the storied but obscure Czech turboprop builder Walter Aircraft Engines in 2008, the American company hadn’t developed a new propeller engine in decades. Companies like Pratt...
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GE Is Building America’s 1st Offshore Wind Farm
New wind farms added more than a quarter of total new power generation capacity in the United States between 2010 and 2014, reaching 75,000 megawatts at the end of last year. No other country with the...
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It Takes a Village to Power Africa: Q&A with Andrew M. Herscowitz
Three years into the U.S. Power Africa initiative, a roadmap is in place to connect 60 million to electricity by 2030 — and empower people across the continent. Africa boasts some of the world’s...
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How Big Data Can Tackle Traffic
Big Data shows how “selfless” driving could ease traffic congestion. It’s easy to see why motor cars are such a popular form of transport: they’re private, comfortable and convenient. But the...
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Employing An Untapped Resource In Saudi Arabia: Women
Sara AbdulAziz al-Omran is climbing the corporate ladder in a country where many women used to stay home. She leaves her parents’ home early every morning to head to her job at the All-Women Business...
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Bloomberg Businessweek: How GE Became A 124-Year-Old Startup
The cover story in the new issue of Bloomberg Businessweek takes stock of GE’s transformation into a digital-industrial company and explains how “GE became a 124-year-old startup.” The magazine writes...
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5 Essential Things to Know About the Accelerating Future
In this era of hyperconnectivity, transformation is happening faster and impacting every industry. To thrive in this environment, you need to understand these five things. Someday, we will look back...
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This “Digital Twin” Of A Car Battery Could Lead To New Hybrid Vehicles
While Prius and Tesla cars might be thick on the ground in some well-off neighborhoods, the truth is that alternative fuel vehicles account for just about 5 percent of the automobiles on the road in...
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This Massive Magnet Will Generate Power At America’s First Offshore Windfarm
Offshore wind farms can tap into a bounty of wind that allows them to work twice as productively. But that efficiency comes at a cost. Like any sea-based technology, wind farms are difficult to build...
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