Liquefied natural gas could do to diesel-powered locomotives what the latter did to steam engines: put them into the history books.
A report from the Energy Information Agency said that LNG "will play an increasing role in powering freight locomotives in coming years."
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 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.
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.
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.
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.
