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Major Laser: These Scientists Are Writing The 3D-Printing Cookbook For GE
It would be a stretch to say that Joe Vinciquerra is the Julia Child of GE. But Vinciquerra, the manager of the newly formed Additive Materials Lab at GE Global Research, is creating a cookbook that...
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The Temple Of Turbine: One of These Wind Turbines Can Power 5,000 Homes
The French port of Saint-Nazaire lines the northern shore of the Loire estuary as the river empties its muddy waters into the Atlantic Ocean. The city may not be large, but the 70,000 people who live...
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How Investing In Infrastructure Lifts The Global Economy
The benefits of private capital infrastructure investments are clear, the key is following best practices to allow such investments to flow. In Britain, they’ve used it to expand railways. In India,...
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5 Coolest Things On Earth This Week
This week’s haul features stories about a paralyzed man who regained control of his fingers with a brain implant and the power of his thoughts, a drone-like helicopter that can fly humans and a journey...
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Catch Me If You Can: How Alaska Airlines Flight 870 Intercepted A Total...
Here’s a tricky word problem: A scheduled commercial jet carrying a bellyful of astronomy geeks takes off hours before a total solar eclipse from Alaska’s Anchorage International Airport heading to...
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The Art of Engineering: The World’s Largest Jet Engine Shows Off Composite...
Nick Kray is no Picasso, yet his work is on display at New York’s Museum of Modern Art. A decade ago, MoMA’s design collection picked up a composite fan blade from the GE90 jet engine that Kray helped...
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GE Started Testing The World’s Largest Jet Engine
How large is the world’s largest jet engine? So large that Shaquille O’Neil would fit inside it with Kobe Bryant sitting on his shoulders. Engineers at GE Aviation just assembled the first of these...
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Jennifer McNelly: It’s Not Your Grandfather’s Manufacturing
A key demographic could help close the skills gap in manufacturing: women. We need to do a better job of attracting and retaining this untapped resource. U.S. manufacturers today face a tremendous...
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Can You Make Pigs Fly? New Science Challenge Seeks To Disprove Impossible...
Thomas Edison cofounded GE 124 years ago and the company celebrated his birthday this winter by proving that — scientifically speaking — the “impossible” was possible. Its engineers took a literary...
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Boston Startup Will Help GE Make Coal-Fired Power Plants Cleaner With Software
You’ve heard the story before. Uber, the world’s most valuable cab company, owns no taxis. Airbnb, the world’s busiest accommodations business, owns no hotels and Facebook, the world’s largest social...
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James Stewart: What Sustainable Development Can Teach Us About Infrastructure
The private sector can learn from the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals by prioritizing people, the planet and prosperity when it comes to infrastructure investment. Nothing touches people’s lives...
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5 Coolest Things On Earth This Week
NASA is looking at bioengineered microbes that could recycle and print new electronics on Mars, researchers in China built solar panels that work in the rain, and an engineer in Belgium made a smart...
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Power With A Purpose: Current, Powered by GE, Is Building The Internet Of Energy
There are no dumb bricks in John Gordon’s world, only buildings with the potential to be intelligent. “If you deploy smart lights with sensors to gather data and digitize the energy system, you’ll end...
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Airbus Gets 1st Production Jet Engines With 3D-Printed Parts From CFM
The European aircraft maker Airbus received the first two production models of the LEAP-1A engine for the next-generation Airbus A320neo passenger jet on April 2. The delivery is a milestone both for...
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How California Broke Partisan Gridlock And Embraced Sustainable Energy
California’s energy storage development shows how, through collaboration, the private and public sector can work together to achieve sustainable energy goals. Gridlock in government is considered...
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GE 1Q Earnings: GE Delivers Strong Results With Diverse Portfolio
GE released first-quarter results today, with industrial operating plus verticals earnings reaching $0.21 per share, up 5 percent compared to last year. The company said it remained on track to earn...
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GE Started Testing The World’s Largest Jet Engine
How large is the world’s largest jet engine? So large that Shaquille O’Neil would fit inside it with Kobe Bryant sitting on his shoulders. Engineers at GE Aviation just assembled the first of these...
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Jay Rogers: Why Making Things Locally Is The Key to Sustainable Manufacturing
For manufacturing to benefit both consumers and the planet, it must be truly sustainable. Local manufacturing is leading the way. The concept of sustainable manufacturing is difficult to pin down. To...
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How The Third Wave Of The Internet Is Stoking The Second Machine Age
There are few people with better first-hand knowledge of the Internet’s history than AOL founder Steve Case. That’s why it’s so surprising when he proclaims we haven’t seen anything yet. “The Third...
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Inside GE’s Brainy Factory Of The Future: What Happens When You Link 3D...
The industrial fringe of Greenville, South Carolina, isn’t the most obvious place to go looking for a glimpse of things to come. But tucked behind railroad tracks and boxy factories you’ll find GE...
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