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An Epiphany Of Disruption: GE Additive Chief Explains How 3D Printing Will...
Jet engines are large and complicated machines. But sometimes surprisingly small parts can make a big difference in how they work.A decade ago, engineers at CFM International, a joint venture between...
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Back To The Future: This Plane Will Make The Jet Set Feel Supersonic Again
The Concorde, the iconic pointy-nosed supersonic jet that shuttled passengers between Paris, London, New York and other choice destinations, landed for the last time 14 years ago, after 27 years in...
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GE Is Building The World’s Largest ‘Additive’ Machine For 3D Printing Metals
3D printing is growing up. Literally. GE Additive, a new GE business dedicated to supplying 3D printers, materials and engineering consulting services, announced today it is developing the world’s...
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The Great Paris Air Show Scavenger Hunt for GE Technology
If Paris is a moveable feast than the Paris Air Show is an airborne one. The show, which takes place every two years at Le Bourget Airport, is the world’s largest and oldest aerospace event that brings...
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How Free Trade Agreements Affect You, Even If They Don’t Affect Your Country
In this increasingly connected world, the number of trade agreements is expanding globally, not contracting, despite political rhetoric. Evaluating current trade agreements, even those that don’t...
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Comeback Kids: This Company Gives Old Wind Turbine Blades A Second Life
At 16 years old, Fenner Wind Farm, near Syracuse, New York, is one of the oldest wind farms in the United States. While the towering wind turbines show little sign of slowing down — they churn out...
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5 Coolest Things On Earth This Week
This week, researchers unlocked the secrets of underwater stickiness by reverse-engineering octopus tentacles, mended broken bones with a pioneering new stem cell therapy and built a silicon chip that...
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Engines With 3D-Printed Parts Lift GE, Partners Over $31 Billion In Paris Air...
Next-generation passenger jets powered by engines with 3D-printed parts dominated the 2017 Paris Air Show.GE and its partners have received more than $31 billion in new business at the show, which...
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Reverse Engineering Mysterious 500-Million-Year-Old Fossils That Confound Our...
With no identifiable body parts, it’s hard to know how these fossilized creatures lived. A new approach models how the ocean’s water would interact with their unique shapes – hinting at their...
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Let’s Upgrade NAFTA To Compete With The World
International trade agreements typically only pique the interest of trade experts, economists or diplomats. One trade agreement, however, has become a household name in the United States – the North...
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Learning By Heart: 3D Printing Could Help Save Lives One Day
As a cardiothoracic surgeon at the Royal Brompton Hospital in London, Richard Trimlett knows a few things about the heart. He and his colleagues in the U.K. perform 35,000 heart surgeries every year on...
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Dirty Jobs: How Baltimore’s ‘Mr. Trash Wheel’ Collected 1 Million Pounds of...
Mr. Trash Wheel— the world’s first sustainably-powered trash collector— has removed over 9 million cigarette butts, nearly 500,000 polystyrene containers and close to 400,000 plastic bottles from...
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The Fixer: Rebuilding Medical System In Cambodia Includes A Lesson In Mechanics
It was almost midnight Dec. 7, 2015 when Phil Camillocci got off a plane in Phnom Penh, Cambodia — the last leg of a 20-hour journey from West Palm Beach, Florida. He was carrying a large suitcase...
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5 Coolest Things On Earth This Week
A real flying car landed at the Paris Air Show, Michelin unveiled a vision for 3D-printed tires you will never have to replace, and a team in North Carolina developed a smart patch that “harvests” body...
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Laser Focus: See How One 3D-Printing Pioneer Is Heating Up Industry
Frank Herzog is the founder and CEO of Concept Laser, a pioneering maker of 3D printing machines. Concept Laser’s printers can produce precise hip joint replacements and surgical tools as well entire...
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New Manufacturing Jobs Require New Manufacturing Skills—It’s That Simple
Making spare parts doesn’t sound like ground zero for a technological revolution. But at a time when the entire manufacturing workforce is bracing itself for the changes sweeping the industry, the...
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Forget The Insight Of A Lone Genius – Innovation Is An Evolving Process Of...
Scientific discovery is popularly believed to result from the sheer genius of intellectual stars such as Darwin and Einstein. Their work is often thought to reflect their unique contributions with...
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Comeback Kids: This Company Gives Old Wind Turbine Blades A Second Life
Some wind farms across the U.S. are growing older. While their towering wind turbines show little sign of slowing down, their blades are coming up short with new advances in materials and design....
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Looking For The Unknown: Artificial Intelligence (AI) Could Find New Patterns...
Men in Brazil, diagnosed with colorectal cancer, usually refuse the surgical removal of the colon, one of the recommended treatments. After surgery, patients are required to have a colostomy bag for...
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Baker Hughes, A GE Company, Brings New Efficiencies To The Oil And Gas Industry
When oil prices plummeted in 2014, it was a boon to consumers but a hurdle for the oil and gas industry. Over just a few months, prices dropped from $112 per barrel to $62 per barrel and continued to...
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