The GE Brief: October 20, 2021
A hospital capacity system powered by AI and developed by GE Healthcare gives clinicians in Oregon near real-time information about ICU beds and other critical care resources in the state. The system was forged during the COVID-19 pandemic. “[It] gives us a bird’s-eye view of critical care,” says Helene Anderson, regional director of capacity and throughput at Providence Health & Services. “We know where we have capacity, and we can also coordinate with other services that wrap around the care.” Read about the Oregon Capacity System here.
GE Is Adding A New Production Line For Its 107-Meter Blade
The blades for the Haliade-X, the most powerful wind turbine in operation, are a sight to behold. Longer than a football field, they stretch 107 meters from end to end, enabling the turbines to wring megawatts of renewable energy from offshore winds. LM Wind Power, a subsidiary of GE Renewable Energy, shipped the first one in 2019 from a new factory in Cherbourg, France. Now, with demand for the turbines rising, the plant is set to add a second production line. Read about those wind blades here.
The Dassault Falcon 10X business jet is expected to take to the skies — at Mach .85 — in about four years. The plane will have a power distribution system built by GE Aviation that will allow owners to more easily design the interior of their plane. Some of those same types of power systems have been used on Lockheed Martin’s F-35 fighter jet and Boeing’s Apache helicopter and 777 airliner. In fact, if you’ve ever watched a movie on a 777’s seatback screen, it was GE Aviation’s system providing the power. Find out more about GE’s contributions to the Falcon 10X.
A deal between GE Renewable Energy and an Indian power company will bring 810 megawatts of onshore wind capacity to the state of Tamil Nadu. The turbines will produce enough renewable energy to meet the annual electricity requirements of more than 2.1 million households in the country. It’s one part of a massive energy transition underway in India.
The 5 Coolest Things On Earth ?
1. A “saildrone” captures video from inside a major hurricane.
2. Scientists have partially solved a mystery known as the three-body problem that has plagued astrophysicists for hundreds of years.
3. New deep-brain stimulation could help treat depression.
4. A cellular “time machine” that reversed the spread of pancreatic cancer in a model.
5. A new, faster way to record information in DNA.
— Quote Of The Day —
“It’s not just about the number of ICU beds you have, because they’re not all the same. It’s how many ICU beds you have that can take a vented patient, or a patient with a tracheostomy [tube].”
— Jeff Terry, CEO, Clinical Command Centers, GE Healthcare
Quote: GE Reports. Images: Getty Images, LM Wind Power, Dassault, GE Renewable Energy.