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Minds-Machines

On The Right Track: Software Is Helping Make European Trains Smarter

P D Olson
June 14, 2017
Outside of the Island of Sodor, where Thomas the Tank Engine and his magical friends live, trains don’t usually speak. That’s about to change in Europe, where locomotives are set to start talking to their operators and maintenance crews through data collected from thousands of sensors.
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Electrification Software Energy

Renewable Energy Makes Things Tough On The Grid, But New Software Could Help

Bruce Watson
June 13, 2017
Many energy experts view Europe as a sort of crystal ball for the energy industry — one that’s showing a decidedly mixed future.
On the one hand, renewable sources like wind and sun provide more power than ever. They are also the fastest-growing sources of energy, accounting for 86 percent of all new generation capacity added to the European market in 2016.
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Software

Sea Change: This Software Is Making Offshore Choppers Fly Safer

Bruce Watson
June 06, 2017
Automation and technology have made working on an oil rig easier, but it's still a tough job — in no small part because of the weather. In the North Sea, for example, many rigs face howling gales, frigid waters and crashing waves as high as 40 feet. As a result, a very tricky part of a rig job remains getting there. Helicopter pilots must navigate complex approaches and, despite precautions and a focus on safety, there are a number of crashes every year.
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The Vanguard

5 Coolest Things On Earth This Week

Tomas Kellner
May 26, 2017
Researchers in New York found a way to make “an unlimited supply” of blood in the lab, their peers in Belgium built a “brain-inspired” chip that composed music, and a team in Finland designed a “soft robot” inspired by a carnivorous plant. This is what we call finishing strong!
 

This Brain-Inspired Chip Is A Hit

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The Future of Work

Looking Smart: Augmented Reality Is Seeing Real Results In Industry

Kristin Kloberdanz
May 25, 2017

Google Glass may have stumbled in the consumer market, but smart glasses have found new life in industry. Workers assembling wind turbines at a GE Renewable Energy factory in Pensacola, Florida, for example, wear smart glasses powered by Upskill, a GE Ventures-backed company that produces enterprise software for wearables.

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Minds-Machines

Chips Ahoy: The Port Of LA Is Getting A Digital Makeover

Kristin Kloberdanz
May 18, 2017
GER: How did you end up at GE?
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Big Data

The Power Of Data: How Software Is Helping Keep Iceland's Lights On

Julie Khoo
May 17, 2017
There are many reasons to visit Iceland. This former Viking stronghold is now the most peaceful country and home to the happiest and most literate people in the world — one in 10 Icelanders on average reportedly has published a book.
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Electricity

Smart Electrons: Software And Apps Are About To Make Europe’s Electricity Digital

May 09, 2017
With the right technology, you can easily control the lights inside your home from an overseas vacation. But when it comes to the electricity that powers them, the workers in charge of running the electrical grid often don’t know there's a problem until customers start calling.
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VR

Software, Please: Doctors Are Looking To AI To Speed Up Diagnosis

May 01, 2017
The University of California, San Francisco and GE Healthcare are studying how artificial intelligence and machine learning can help doctors and caregivers make faster and smarter clinical decisions. Together, they will be developing deep learning algorithms aimed at delivering information to clinicians faster.[1]
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The Vanguard

5 Coolest Things On Earth This Week

Tomas Kellner
April 28, 2017
Physicians in Philadelphia have developed an artificial womb, researchers in England built an AI that can accurately predict the risk of heart disease, and MIT engineers designed a robotic 3D printer that can build a house. Once again, science is hitting home runs.
 

This Artificial Womb Could Save Premature Babies

[embed width="800"]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7OsEGT9d3o[/embed]
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