Wheels Up: Boeing’s Next-Gen Passenger Jet Enters Service
When passengers on the short, regular Malindo Air flight 803 from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, to Singapore took off into the cloudy skies on May 22, they may have admired the new cabin of their plane. But...
View Article18 Science Facts We Didn’t Know At The Start Of 2017
We’ve learned so much already. 1. Lungs don’t just facilitate respiration – they also make blood. Mammalian lungs produce more than 10 million platelets (tiny blood cells) per hour, which equates to...
View ArticleHelping Europe Do Its Interconnected Supergrid The Right Way With Digital
In March, Gerhard Seyrling, General Manager of Grid Automation at GE Energy Connections was elected to his second term as President of the European Association of the Electricity Transmission &...
View ArticleThe Power Of Data: How Software Is Helping Keep Iceland’s Lights On
There are many reasons to visit Iceland. This former Viking stronghold is now the most peaceful country and home to the happiest and most literate people in the world — one in 10 Icelanders on average...
View ArticleSupercharge Me: The Case For The European Energy Supergrid
In March, Gerhard Seyrling, General Manager of Grid Automation at GE Energy Connections was elected to his second term as President of the European Association of the Electricity Transmission &...
View ArticleThis Device Helps Cancer Patients Fight Radiation’s Side Effects
Tammy Woodhams was desperate to get back to her job at the National Criminal Justice Association in Washington, D.C. But there was a problem. Part of her face and neck had swollen up so much that she...
View ArticleHow 3D Printing Could Bend The Cost Curve In Healthcare
Imagine if any patient could be at the top of any donor recipient list. As Baby Boomers reach their retirement years, policymakers and leaders in medicine are scrambling to find better health outcomes...
View ArticleGeneration Next: Wind Already More Powerful Than All Nuclear Plants Combined
May 16, 2017, was a bright day for renewables in California. America’s most populous state hit a new renewable energy record, generating 42 percent of its electricity from wind and solar that day and...
View ArticleGE, Partners Sign $5.5 Billion In Agreements With Vietnam
As recently as the 1990s, it wasn’t unusual to walk into a home in Vietnam and find people living without electricity. Children did homework by the light of oil lamps and candles, and parents cooked...
View Article5 Coolest Things On Earth This Week
Synthetic biologists at Boston University hacked human cells and made them add and subtract numbers, their peers at MIT bioprinted a bacteria-ridden fabric that will keep sweaty gym rats cool, and a...
View ArticleGet Smart: Utilities Can Benefit From Connected Homes
The smart-home business had a value of $47 billion globally in 2015, and it’s expected to grow at 14 percent annually. But utilities need to move particularly fast in this business, according to Oliver...
View ArticleGE: 3D Printing Opens A ‘New, Unlimited Dimension’ For Manufacturing
Carlos Haertel, who runs the GE Global Research center in Munich, says additive manufacturing technologies like 3D printing are opening a “new, unlimited dimension” to how we make products as varied as...
View ArticleHow Would Engineers Build The Golden Gate Bridge Today?
It’s been 80 years since the Golden Gate Bridge opened to San Francisco traffic. While technology has advanced, the beloved landmark’s upkeep costs remain high – is there a better way to span this...
View ArticleHow The Digital Grid Can Help Save The Planet
New solutions are enabling a cleaner and more efficient global power system, write Debora Frodl, Global Executive Director at GE Ecomagination, and Juan M. de Bedout, Chief Technology Officer at GE...
View ArticleGE’s “In The Wild” Series Goes Under The Hood of a CT Machine
In the time it takes for your heart to beat once, GE Healthcare’s Revolution CT scanner can capture a detailed picture of your body. What sorcery is this? Alie Ward and Adam Savage, the hosts of GE’s...
View ArticleSea Change: This Software Is Making Offshore Choppers Fly Safer
Automation and technology have made working on an oil rig easier, but it’s still a tough job — in no small part because of the weather. In the North Sea, for example, many rigs face howling gales,...
View ArticleYes, You Can: Engineer Molly Stieber Tells Women Interested In Tech To “Get...
Molly Stieber has wanted to build robots since she joined her Oconomowoc, Wisconsin, high school robotics team 14 years ago. But she’s had to push back against assumptions about women in science for...
View ArticleThe Biggest Tech To Hit Wall Street Since The Internet is Not Yet Ready For...
It’s not an overstatement to say that blockchain is one of the most evangelized technologies out there today. Everywhere you look new companies are promising that blockchain will be a game changer for...
View ArticleSoftware Will Help Cambodia’s Newest Coal-Fired Power Plant Cut Emissions
It’s been almost 40 years since the brutal rule of the Khmer Rouge ended and many Cambodians started returning from exile to start a new life at home. As a result, Cambodia is an extremely young...
View ArticleThe Metal Head: How A High School Dropout Built A Pioneering 3D Printing...
Frank Herzog was still in elementary school in the historic Bavarian city of Bamberg when he fell in love — with metals. So ardent was his passion that he later quit high school to pursue it. “I was...
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