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Little robots boost reliability of big power plants

March 22, 2016
The ink is fresh on a contract signed with Alinta Energy for GE to provide robotic inspections of 19 generators across all of the power company’s gas-fired plants in Australia and New Zealand. The robots didn’t sign, although their dexterity plays a major part in this agreement that underscores a new era of optimising machine productivity, and reducing the risk of damage to expensive assets—this may, eventually, have a cost benefit when it comes to insurance premiums paid to protect such assets.
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From Highlands to the islands, GE partners with PNG

March 16, 2016
John Rice, the global vice chairman of GE is in Papua New Guinea, to speak with national leaders, build his understanding of the nation’s needs, talk to customers and confer with his local team. His visit is part of GE’s strategy to discover what approaches to infrastructure would most benefit this country of 7.8 million people, spread over 22 geographically spectacular provinces including 600 islands—a land of rich resources, stunning biodiversity, and opportunity, but where only 13% of the population has access to reliable electricity.
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GE Global Innovation Barometer 2016: Pressure rises while optimism prevails

February 29, 2016
The planets are in alignment as GE’s fifth Global Innovation Barometer—the annual independent survey of international attitudes and approaches to innovation and disruption—hits the Australian news alongside the Federal Government’s determination to put innovation at the forefront of its agenda.
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From FOBO to Go, Go!

February 29, 2016
Being disruptive is the gold standard for executives and citizens of the digital-industrial era, but it seems FOBO—the fear of becoming obsolete in the face of technological disruption—has Australians thinking that “digital Darwinism” may do them in. GE’s Global Innovation Barometer 2016 shows 89% of Australian business leaders fear that many businesses will not adapt to the fast pace of digital evolution.
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Why we all need to own the Innovation Nation

February 29, 2016
GE’s Innovation Barometer 2016 survey was in the field shortly before the release of the government’s Innovation Statement, and it’s clear from the findings that the National Innovation and Science Agenda has come at the right time.
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Concussion is based on a true story. What’s happening to protect footballers?

February 26, 2016
Concussion billed itself to US audiences as “the movie the NFL doesn’t want you to see”. That’s heavy on the Hollywood hype considering that the National Football League has partnered with GE in the five-year $60 million Head Health Initiative to accelerate concussion research, diagnosis and treatment. Nevertheless, the film makes for uncomfortable viewing for anyone who’s ever watched, played or loved someone who’s been involved in any head-jarring sport.
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The rise and rise of the sensor

February 01, 2016
You’ll find the Ngaanyatjarra Lands nestled up by Western Australia’s border, where travelling a few more kilometres east will carry you into the Northern Territory or South Australia. About a dozen remote Aboriginal communities are scattered here, across the Great Victoria and Gibson deserts. There are only a few sealed roads, plenty of deadly snakes, alcohol is prohibited and English is not the first language for most of the 2,300 people living here. This is beyond the Outback and then some.
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Staycation heroes

January 04, 2016
Lazy mornings, holiday reading, pool toys and barbecue feasts—most of us are soaking in summer and lapping up the down time. But the services we rely on don’t run on autopilot. GEreports unmasks just a few of the GE team who are rostered on, riveted to their mobiles 24/7 and revved to keep spanners out of the works. Across the country, they ensure on-time flights to holiday destinations, clean water to slake your thirst, healthcare ready should you need it, and non-stop productivity of oil-and-gas infrastructure—to keep the economy pumping!
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Innovation economies: What’s the secret sauce?

December 29, 2015
As Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull seeks to fire an ideas boom with his Innovation Statement, GEreports scans the globe for success stories on the innovation stage. What can we learn from other nations’ policies?
Australia's education system is sound—ranking 14th among OECD countries—and it boasts five of the top 50 universities in the world, but our report card suggests we "Could do better." Could we grow Fins?
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Holiday hack: developing brilliant software solutions for industry

December 29, 2015
GE’s second Industrial Hackathon, held on a December weekend in Melbourne, blew Santa’s elves out of the big-league gift game. Participants checked the GE customer wish list twice, coded all day and all night, and came up with considered solutions to industrial-sized dilemmas. Here’s the wrap!
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