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Night Watch 2.0: Meet The Digital Ghost In the Machine
Time was, outages on the power grid were the result of downed tree limbs. Trees and branches are still an issue, but power companies increasingly are worried about hackers and computer viruses. To wit,...
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Amazon Turns To Wind To Power Its Business
Amazon may be the largest online retailer in the world, but the company is focused on having a positive impact on the ground as well. With an ever-expanding global network of fulfillment and data...
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Power Play: This Software Takes The Guesswork Out Of Energy Demand
Predicting power demand used to be a simple science: People use more power during certain times — like the morning, when they cook breakfast and turn on their lights — and less during others, like when...
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Laser Focus: Computer Vision and Machine Learning Are Speeding Up 3D Printing
Scientists working at GE labs in upstate New York have spent decades building computer vision systems that can study diseased tissue, and hunt for microscopic cracks in machine parts and other features...
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GE’s Third-Quarter Results: Navigating a Tough Cycle
Today, GE released its third-quarter results for 2017. The company reported $0.29 earnings per share, down 9 percent compared to the third quarter in 2016. Industrial cash from operating activities was...
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The 5 Coolest Things on Earth This Week
Scientists in the U.K. created a Terminator-like programmable metal, their peers in London found a way for teeth to fix themselves, and spray-concrete developed in Canada can withstand even the most...
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Mission Critical: GE’s New Digital Center In Atlanta Is Using Data From Power...
Justin Eggart and fellow engineers working inside GE Power’s Monitoring and Diagnostics Center in Atlanta were halfway through their shift a few months ago when they noticed something strange. The...
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The Problem Solver: This Train Engineer Can’t Stop Inventing A Better Locomotive
Asking Ajith Kumar to pick his favorite patent is a little like asking a father to choose his favorite child. But in this case, Kumar has 311 children. Press him hard enough, though, and he’ll admit to...
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Fowl Play: This Power App Lights The Way To More Profit From Renewables
The California duck sounds like a dish straight from the state’s famously progressive kitchens. But you can’t order it at any restaurant — nor would you want to.The evocative name refers to the strange...
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Inside This South African Smelter, Software Is Going Platinum
The band Lynyrd Skynyrd may implore fans to stop lusting “for the rich man’s gold,” but there’s no way industry will listen.Demand for platinum, also known as the rich man’s gold, has been growing...
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Industrial Cloud: GE And Microsoft Plan To ‘Go To Market Together’ With IoT...
GE and Microsoft announced today that starting Nov. 30, North American customers and developers using Predix, GE’s application development platform for the Industrial Internet, will be able to build...
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How The Latest Technology Is Transforming The Oldest Green Power Plants
Scandinavian power company Fortum is the top producer of certified renewable electricity in Finland and Sweden. Much of it comes from 169 hydroelectric plants, some more than a century old, that use...
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This Big-Data Firm Wants To Stop Flight Delays And Other Maddening Airline...
The scene plays out on Oct. 15 at New York’s LaGuardia Airport, dull, annoying and all too routine. A gate agent announces the flight to St. Louis will be delayed. The crew has to summon a new plane...
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Power Up: GE Software Helps Exelon Make The Most Of Its Data
The huge Chicago-based energy company Exelon generates enough electricity to supply millions of customers in 48 states and parts of Canada. Its wind and solar farms, hydroelectric plants and nuclear...
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The 5 Coolest Things On Earth This Week
Scientists have genetically engineered skinny pigs that are more tolerant to cold, ocean mussels could lead to self-healing plastic, and transparent solar panels are soaking up the sun. It’s been a...
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Industry Sees Its Digital Future But Needs Help Seeing The Path There
Ask industry leaders about the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) and they’ll tell you it will revolutionize business. But ask them what they’re doing to prepare for that, and they’ll acknowledge...
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A Snake On A Plane: This Long-Arm Robot Will Help Fix Aircraft Engines
When Hong Kong started planning a road tunnel 50 meters (164 feet) below sea level in 2012, local engineers had to find a way to keep the cutters in the massive boring shield in shape and the blades...
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Digital Magic: How Eric Ries Brought The Startup Way to GE
Silicon Valley is famous for developing products in sprints, failing fast and trying again — a cycle that, superficially at least, bears little resemblance to the painstaking, multiyear process of...
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Meet The Bespoke Toothbrush: How 3D Printing Brought Luxury To An Everyday...
Andrea Pasquali has 3D-printed products as big as a working car engine and as small as a set of dentures.Pasquali is the co-owner Zare, an Italian company focusing on additive manufacturing, a catchall...
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From Web To Watts: How Tech Companies Are On Course To Power Your Fridge
The energy market was once a largely impersonal affair for customers. They’d pay utilities, get service in return, and that was about it. But demand for renewable energy has ushered in an era of...
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