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U.S. Soil Grows Wind Power Garden by Michael Keller Wind farms...

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U.S. Soil Grows Wind Power Garden

by Michael Keller

Wind farms have proliferated across the American landscape over the last four decades. According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, one wind farm existed California in 1975. It produced enough electricity to power around 4,100 homes. By 2012, 815 wind farms were pumping out enough power for 15 million homes. 

Start Me Up: How Unused Patents Fuel Entrepreneurship

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Start Me Up: How Unused Patents Fuel Entrepreneurship

Vadu Inc. is a Canadian startup using sophisticated face recognition algorithms and data analytics to study customer behavior. Like many young companies, it's racing to convert ideas into products and compete on the market.

"We can study people's movements and behaviors," says Jason Randhawa, chairman and CEO of Vadu. "We can watch how they interact with the product and employees on the floor, analyze their reactions and sentiment, and see what they like or don't like about the experience."

A PET Prototype This device from the 1960s is an early prototype...

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A PET Prototype This device from the 1960s is an early prototype...


A PET Prototype

This device from the 1960s is an early prototype of a positron emission tomography (PET) scanner. Scientists at the Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Lab built this circular version of the PET scanner to image small brain tumors and nicknamed it the Head-Shrinker.

Are Focused Sound Waves Medicine's Next Big Thing?

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Are Focused Sound Waves Medicine's Next Big Thing?

by Michael Keller

The pictures on the left above show a patient with a benign bone tumor called an osteoid osteoma. The images on the right show the patient after doctors treated the tumor with focused ultrasound, a therapy that delivers high frequency sound waves inside the body without surgery.

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GE Launches Handheld Electromagnetic Technology with Real-Time Data Stream to Guide Technicians During Critical Inspections

April 15, 2014

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GE Technology to Help Remove Toxic Metals from Wastewater at Canadian Coal Mine

April 15, 2014

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GE Names Three To Leadership Positions

April 15, 2014

Dan Janki to lead GE's Treasury operation, Mark Begor to lead GE Energy Management and Alec Burger to lead GE Capital Real Estate

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GE And Saudi Aramco Launch Global Innovation Challenge To Find Renewable Energy Solutions For Seawater Desalination

April 15, 2014

New York, NY; April 15, 2014: GE ecomagination and Aramco Entrepreneurship today launched an open global technology challenge to accelerate the development of solutions focused on improving the energy efficiency of seawater desalination. The US$200,000 challenge will be awarded to four winners with a prize of US$50,000 each, and further investments towards commercialization of the best ideas among all submissions will be considered.

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GE Healthcare Completes Acquisition of Analytics Solutions Provider CHCA

April 15, 2014

Barrington, IL -- April 15, 2014 -- GE Healthcare announced today it has completed the acquisition of CHCA Computer Systems Inc., an operating room (OR) management and analytics solutions provider, headquartered in Montreal, Canada. CHCA develops the leading Opera software application, which has helped increase productivity and patient satisfaction in the OR by providing real-time data to support the decision making and management of surgical procedures.

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