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Leave It To Software: Here’s How Data Analytics Will Make Airlines Fly Smarter

July 13, 2016
When the Dubai-based carrier flydubai started looking for new ways to make decisions based on the terabytes of data coming from its planes and pass the savings on to customers, the carrier did something unusual: It sat down with engineers from GE Aviation, the company that makes jet engines for many of its planes. GE has recently invested $1 billion in software and started collecting and analyzing data from passenger jets, power plants, medical scanners and other industrial machines.
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Big Data

GE And Microsoft Join Forces In The Industrial Data Cloud

July 11, 2016
The industrial cloud is about to get a lot bigger.
GE and Microsoft Corp. are uniting their cloud computing technologies in a partnership that will bring GE's Predix platform for the Industrial Internet to businesses running on Microsoft Azure.
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Times Are Exponentially A-Changin’ — And You Haven’t Seen Anything Yet, Says The X Prize’s Peter Diamandis

Tomas Kellner
May 17, 2016
GE kept working on jet engines, which are now GE Aviation’s core product. The $24 billion business makes the world’s largest jet engines, now roughly 100 times more powerful than Sorota’s original. The latest engines like the GEnx and LEAP can be connected to the data cloud to analyze their efficiency and operations. A jet engine with GE technology takes off every two seconds somewhere in the world. Says Sorota: “It never dawned on me it was going to turn over the entire aircraft industry like it did.”
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#AsSeenOn: GE, Keeping Up With The Volatile Oil and Gas Industry

May 05, 2016
Times are hard, and even more so in the oil and gas industry. Adapting to this rapidly changing environment is key.
Have you ever wondered how today’s oil and gas companies power through tough times to stay in the competition? On the 12th of April, Charlotte Chong from the Talking Edge interviewed GE’s Oil & Gas APAC General Manager, Visal Leng on how GE stays ahead in the ever-turbulent oil and gas industry.
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Big Data

Power With A Purpose: This Startup Is Building The Internet Of Energy

Tomas Kellner
April 21, 2016
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 up with a nervous system running through the whole building,” he says. “The benefits in terms of savings and productivity can be enormous.”
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Big Data

Boston Startup Will Help GE Make Coal-Fired Power Plants Cleaner With Software

April 19, 2016
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 media company, creates very little content. Instead, they use software and advanced data analytics to match supply with demand and give customers what they are looking for in the most direct way.
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Big Data Oils The Future Of Oil & Gas

March 25, 2016
As the oil and gas industry goes through a downturn, operational efficiency can be the difference between a healthy balance sheet and one inked in red. In fact, it may even determine if a company stays afloat during these challenging times.

The introduction of big data analytics has helped the industry improve on its efficiencies, facilitating industry players to reduce downtime and optimise resources. General Electric (GE), for example, has presented various digital industrial solutions.
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Big Data

How Big Data Can Tackle Traffic

David Metz Honorary Professor In The Centre For Transport Studies At Ucl
March 21, 2016

Big Data shows how “selfless” driving could ease traffic congestion.

 
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Innovation

5 Coolest Things On Earth This Week

Tomas Kellner
February 11, 2016
A number of people, including reportedly Red Sox left fielder Ted Williams, have had their corpses frozen in the hope that they can be revived in the future. This process, called cryopreservation, presents many challenges, chief among them keeping the delicate structure of the brain intact. But that may be changing. Our haul this week includes that story, plus tales of the world’s fastest data line, gravity waves and more.
A Homerun For Ted Williams?
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2016 predictions

Jim Carroll: 3 Ways Energy Innovation Will Heat Up in 2016

Jim Carroll Futurist
January 10, 2016

From advances in renewables to data-driven efficiencies and empowered consumers, 2016 offers the opportunity to shape the future of energy.

 

In my view, 2016 will prove to be a watershed year when it comes to sustainable energy. Years from now, we'll look back and realize that a variety of technological, design and demographic trends drove the power sector forward, accelerated by one key event — the Paris climate accord.
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