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generalelectric: The science of snowflakes explained in "Beyond...
The Innovator's Mind
The Innovator's Mind
Have you ever worked with a colleague who always seems to be coming up with great ideas? Who always seems to lead with a vision that no one else imagined? How do these individuals envision problems and see solutions? What if you could train your mind to emulate the most creative of innovators? It's possible.
Gaining insight into how innovators think could be one of the key differentiators for your company as it seeks to solve some of the toughest customer challenges.
If It Were Dec. 23, 1877...
If It Were Dec. 23, 1877...
…and you were a technophile opening your newly pressed issue of Scientific American, you’d come upon this interesting little article on the second page. Perhaps you’d be as excited as the journal’s editors seem to be in their opening paragraph:
For 3D Printing, Content is Still King
For 3D Printing, Content is Still King
As 3D Printing continues its dramatic rise in popularity I'm seeing what I call "a crisis of adoption," where new users are finding themselves stranded without the proper tools to utilize their newfound manufacturing capabilities.
Txch This Week: Dog Talk, Cat Origins and Google's Robots
Txch This Week: Dog Talk, Cat Origins and Google's Robots
Smart Sponges Could Mean Fewer Injections For Diabetics
Smart Sponges Could Mean Fewer Injections For Diabetics
For the millions of Americans living with Type 1 diabetes, controlling blood sugar levels is a necessary but often painful way of life.
Africa's Innovative Spirit: Taking on the World
Africa's Innovative Spirit: Taking on the World
The word "innovation" was long synonymous with the IT programmers of Silicon Valley or the design engineers of Tokyo. But the world is changing fast and now the latest designs, products and ideas are as likely to come from Accra or Nairobi as from the U.S. or Far East. Africa's innovative and entrepreneurial spirit is taking on the world -- whether it is apps for farmers, medical diagnostic devices, cleaner cooking fuel or new seed varieties, exciting advances are being made every day across the continent.
Speak and Spell: Edison's Little Monster Dolls, the Ghost Phone and Other Inventions of Christmas Past
Speak and Spell: Edison's Little Monster Dolls, the Ghost Phone and Other Inventions of Christmas Past
Thomas Edison, who founded GE in 1892, is known around the world as an inventor of the electric light bulb. But he held more than 1,000 patents and his many inventions ranged from the practical to the whimsical. Few people know that he built the first long rotary cement kiln and that his Edison Portland Cement Co. supplied concrete for the original New York Yankees stadium in the Bronx.