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Roy Hill’s new GE locomotives are super strong and super smart

March 26, 2015
More than 70% of the locomotives that are hard at work in Australian mining today were made by GE in the United States. Roy Hill, Western Australia’s brand new, innovation-focussed iron-ore mine, is on schedule to begin shipping ore in September, and will one day have 21 GE EVO AC Heavy Haul locomotives at the heart of its operation. The first 14 have arrived in Port Hedland, where Locomotive 1001, was christened “Ginny” at a celebration on March 23.
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A day in the life of a trauma surgeon

March 17, 2015
Professor Russell Gruen is an internationally regarded general-and-trauma surgeon, currently working at The Alfred Hospital in Melbourne. He is also Professor of Surgery and Public Health at Monash University, Director of the National Trauma Research Institute (NTRI) and leads the Centre for Excellence in Traumatic Brain Injury Research for the Victorian Transport Accident Commission.
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RETurn to investment—why we need the renewable energy target

March 11, 2015
As discussions on Australia’s renewable energy target are re-ignited, GEreports asked three renewable-energy supporters what RET certainty would mean—and added the GE perspective, too
The landowner
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Why we need more engineers in our boardrooms—and better STEM teaching in our schools

March 05, 2015
Regional Director for GE Oil & Gas, Mary Hackett has been in the job for only four months, but already wants GE employees out talking to school children about the thrill of studying science, technology, engineering and maths—STEM subjects that will feed their minds and drive the future. Mary has worked as a design engineer on North Sea oil and gas facilities and as a project manager in the offshore sector; she’s overseen technical integrity and engineering standards and has set industry pathways as a company vice president.
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The renewables climate

February 18, 2015
What is putting some countries ahead of others in the renewable-energy game? As Australia’s RET sits stalled at the curb, we ask Peter Cowling, GE’s general manager of renewable sales in the Asia Pacific region for his informed take. Who on this fast-warming, slow-cooking planet is getting it right?
GEreports: What makes some countries better at uptake of renewables than others?

Peter: Typically, without a carbon price renewables are more expensive than fossil fuels, and therefore they need policy support.
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CSG to LNG: a (very) cool compress

February 18, 2015
On Queensland’s Curtis Island, a giant GE chain reaction has been set in motion. A combination of technologies from across GE—including aero-derivative engines, oil-and-gas centrifugal compressors and power turbines—has been integral to the development and commissioning of a world-first coal-seam gas-to-liquid-natural-gas facility. The unique gas-compression trains take freshly “shrink-wrapped” LNG all the way from regional Queensland to tanks on the island’s dock.
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All I want for 2015...

February 13, 2015
We tapped 11 leading lights from Australian business, industry, education and innovation, and asked them for their think-big aspirations.
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Fire up the brain-food truck: podcasts that feed your mind

February 05, 2015
With digital listening—aka podcasts—enjoying a renaissance (Serial, anybody?), we’ve  lined up six science, tech and gadget podcasts for as many moods. Got a favourite of your own—let’s hear it via the comments section below!

Abandon hope, all climate sceptics who enter here...


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Counter Intelligence: GE developing the At-A-Glance Calorie Calculator

February 02, 2015
Illustration by Victoria Roberts
Being unable to assess the portions of food you eat for an oversupply of kilojoules is a modern dilemma that’s leading to overweight on a large scale—enter the instant calorie calculator.
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United we stand, connected we boom: the age of the Industrial Internet

January 21, 2015
Imagine a world with data lakes, a teeming ecosystem of data, fed in real time by a vast network of interconnected sensors, home-roaming robots checking in on your vital stats or fixing a faulty appliance, and a bespoke vaccine tailored to your genetic makeup. Mark Sheppard, Chief Information Officer at GE Australia and New Zealand, presents his Top 10 predictions for 2015 and beyond. The future really is now.
Existing technologies will converge to create new applications with new behaviours and new benefits. 
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