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The Burning Man For The Airborne Set: A Day At The Greatest Airshow In The World
Think of it as Burning Man for aviation enthusiasts.There will be 500,000 people walking around the Wittman Regional Airport in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, this week—including 10,000 pilots who fly in their...
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Next-Generation Cessna Denali Will Have A 3D-Printed Turboprop Engine
Many people would prefer flying in a private plane to dealing with the hassle at the airport. Those with $4.8 million in their pocket may soon have that choice. Textron Aviation just unveiled a new...
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Galaxy Quest: We Went Inside A Plane Large Enough To Carry A Tank Around The...
The latest model of the gigantic C-5 Galaxy military transport jet galumphed into the Oshkosh fly-in on Tuesday. The plane, which was the world’s largest aircraft when it first took off in 1968, helped...
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These Next-Generation Batteries Could End Energy Poverty
More efficient renewables can not only power factories, but they can act as “mini-grids” in connecting rural communities. Could more affordable and scalable batteries be a remedy to poverty? Solar and...
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The Sky Was Totally His: Jeff Beam Flew His Red Biplane 800 Miles To Be At...
On a typical day, aviation engineer Jeff Beam builds and fixes engines for commuter and private jets at GE Aviation’s plant in Strother Field in Kansas. But last week, the 30-year GE veteran climbed...
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The Great Oshkosh Fly-In Scavenger Hunt For GE Tech
GE made big news with its advanced turboprop engine built from 3D-printed parts at this week’s EAA AirVentures fly-in in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. But GE technology has been popping up all over at the...
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How Boeing Planes Helped GE’s Aviation Business Take Off
When Bill Boeing opened his Seattle factory in 1916, his first product was a seaplane made from wood and canvas called Bluebill. That biplane could seat a pair of flyers and cover 320 miles. Boeing...
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Why Robots Aren’t a Real Threat to Jobs: Q&A With Rethink Robotics Founder...
Rodney Brooks, founder of Rethink Robotics, introduced the concept of cost-effective and collaborative robotics in manufacturing. He explains why he believes robots like Rethink’s Baxter and Sawyer...
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North By Northwest: What It Takes To Fly A Two-Seater Plane 500 Miles To The...
Brad Mottier can’t leave his job behind. Then again, he doesn’t want to.Mottier runs GE Aviation’s business and general aviation division, the unit responsible for aircraft engines and other technology...
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5 Coolest Things On Earth This Week
This week we learned about German bacteriologists who picked a powerful new antibiotic made by a microbe that lives in people’s noses, a leaf-like solar cell that turns CO2 into usable fuel and an...
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We Need To Learn To Live In Digital Cities
Building true digital cities will need more than investments in infrastructure technology. The education that students receive in schools will determine who will build and benefit from the Smart City...
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Brussels Is Sprouting Digital Grid For A Green Boom
There is plenty of uncertainty in Brussels this summer, the home to a number of European Union institutions. But one safe bet in the Belgian metropolis is that the lights will stay on.That’s because...
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A Call To Arms: Scientists Use Biotech Tools To Crack Open Zika’s Genetic Code
Officials have begun spraying insecticide in a 10-square-mile area north of downtown Miami this week to eradicate Zika-carrying mosquitoes, but researchers still must answer many of the most...
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Tech Eases Strain in Costliest Cities For Expats
Global mobility may be glamorous and adventurous for those who want to work abroad. But for companies, an expanding workforce across borders can have its price, especially in the 10 most expensive...
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New Digital Company Attacks Hard-To-Kill Cancer With Software
No one illustrates the promise of cell therapy better than a little girl named Emily Whitehead. She was just 5 years old when she got sick with a common type of childhood cancer called acute...
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En Garde!: Chris Holmes’ Daughter Is Ready To Fight Olympians With A Steely...
Of the many GE employees traveling to Rio for the 2016 Olympic Games this month, few are as anxious and as hopeful as Chris Holmes.Sure, Holmes’ co-workers will be under plenty of pressure. GE machines...
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A Call To Arms: Scientists Use Biotech Tools To Crack Open Zika’s Genetic Code
Officials have begun spraying insecticide in a 10-square-mile area north of downtown Miami this week to eradicate Zika-carrying mosquitoes, but researchers still must answer many of the most...
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Inaction On Climate Change Is Costing Us Lives And Money
Peter LaPuma, professor of environmental and occupational health at George Washington University, sits down with GE Reports to discuss society’s “inevitable transition to cleaner energy sources,” and...
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Good Pill Hunting: How Biotech Fell In Love With Beantown
Boston has a long history of medical breakthroughs going all the way back to Onesimus, an African slave who introduced Cotton Mather to inoculation during a smallpox epidemic in 1721. This was seven...
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5 Coolest Things On Earth This Week
This week we learned about an ingenious English bar owner who built a Faraday cage around his watering hole to disconnect customers’ cellphones, plus a tool developed at Brown University that can study...
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