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[Hi, my name is Joe Vinciquerra and I'm a mechanical engineer]
[at GE's Global Research Center]
[where I lead a project in the nanotechnology program. ]
[We're trying to develop coatings to protect against atmospheric ice accumulation.]
[What we've been able to do is simulate atmospheric icing]
[in the laboratory environment using a specially ]
[designed icing wind tunnel. ]
[In the video you're watching, you're actually seeing ice form]
[from the left hand of the screen to the right on two]
[representative metal samples. ]
[The sample on the left has no coating. ]
[The sample on the right has our unique coating technology applied to it. ]
[As we rotate the specimen into the flow path, ]
[wind is allowed to act on ice shape that's accumulated. ]
[And as you can see, ice on the coated part]
[sheds cleanly, whereas on the metal part it's not. ]
[You can imagine the exciting potential that this technology]
[offers some of GE's key applications. ]
[In the case of wind turbines, for example, this may allow]
[us to capture more power during harsh environment conditions]
