Before quadcopters outfitted with GoPro rigs, satellites with multispectral imaging packages or reconnaissance planes with surveillance payloads there were aerial cameras like this.
Whether the skills gap in engineering I've been hearing about for two decades now is real or not is a matter of opinion. I don't think a lack of qualified engineers is the biggest recruitment issue facing the oil and gas industry. The issue is that there's a huge perception gap.
Let's face it: The oil and gas industry doesn't have a terribly good reputation among students and young people. This is largely because of what they hear in the media, opinions that in my view are chiefly fostered by ignorance and misrepresentation.
Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson was in Austin, TX, on Saturday to deliver the keynote address at the SXSW Interactive festival. He was also launching Cosmos, a big-budget TV show that has turned him into an international science superstar last night.
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; March 9, 2014: As part of its commitment to support human capital development in the Kingdom, GE (NYSE: GE) joined hands with Injaz Saudi Arabia, the local affiliate of Junior Achievement, to strengthen the skills of students across the Kingdom and prepare them for professional careers.
This week on Txchnologist, we explored inventions and discoveries that have the potential to improve myriad lives. First, our correspondent talked to researchers who have engineered growth factors that speed the wound-healing process.
Hiding deep in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains in southern Ohio is a boot camp for some of the world's most powerful jet engines.
GE is on track to finish one of the largest and most logistically complex environmental cleanups in U.S. history on a 40-mile stretch of the Hudson River.
The company has removed nearly 2 million cubic yards of sediment containing polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) from the New York State waterway since 2009.The project is due to conclude in 2016.
The prosthesis was created by a Georgia Tech engineer for Jason Barnes, a drummer who was electrocuted two years ago and lost his right arm below the elbow.
