Closing In On Wireless Power Transmission
Above is a close-up of what developers call a "superlens," a device that can focus low-energy magnetic waves over a distance. The result---wireless power generation over nearly one foot of air between transmitter and receiver.
One thing always occurs to me when I arrive in Davos for the World Economic Forum meeting: If we were really any good at building consensus and solving problems, we'd all be sticking the same kinds of power plugs into the same kinds of wall outlets by now. Instead, we travel the world with our byzantine collections of power adapters (or we leave them at home and buy new ones abroad).
I mean, if we can't even solve this power plug crisis, how can we possibly hope to solve the world's challenges today and elevate standards of living for people?
Some of the best and brightest minds on the planet are now hunkered down in the snows of Davos, Switzerland, attending the 2014 meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF). As the meeting takes place, the world is at a critical juncture: Economic crises have given way to the profound need to find sustainable structural reforms in both emerging and developed countries.
More than 240 programs are on tap for this year's event, which runs through January 25. The theme this year is The Reshaping of the World: Consequences for Society, Politics and Business.
Ever since it opened for business in 1885, Ellis Hospital in Schenectady, New York, has endured a series of changes as it expanded from a clinic with just five beds to a bustling modern health care facility and teaching center for doctors, surgeons, and nurses.
CHALFONT ST. GILES, UK -- 22 January 2014 -- GE Healthcare (NYSE:GE), today announced that biopharmaceutical company Nanotherapeutics, Inc. has selected GE Healthcare Life Sciences' FlexFactory™ biomanufacturing platform to perform a central role in its Advanced Development and Manufacturing (NANO-ADM) Center at Alachua, Florida, USA. Construction of the NANO-ADM Center, which began in October 2013, is expected to be complete in early 2015.
S-One from Schaft Inc., - Google's newly-acquired Japanese start-up - came in 1st place in last month's competition.
The Florida Institute of Human and Machine Cognition came in 2nd place with their programmed version of ATLAS.
The Global Risks 2014 report calls attention to risks that could ripple through entire systems. It aims to improve collaboration among business, governments and civil society by raising awareness of these risks and the way they interact with each other.
EAST CLEVELAND, Ohio --- Jan. 21, 2014 --- (NYSE:GE) --- Today's retail and industrial lighting design continues to evolve with GE's new Lumination™ IS Series LED Luminaires, which deliver high light output coupled with energy efficiency in a sleek, streamlined fixture for low bay, open ceiling environments.
