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The value of knowing: Australia’s growing demand for early detection of Alzheimer’s

September 30, 2014
In Australia more than 332,000 families are caring for loved ones whose memories, and capacity to live independently, are fading. The result of neurological disorders such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s, these are conditions that impact generations.
Genetic factors mean that many of the 1.2 million people caring for elderly relatives with dementia face a very real risk that they too will succumb to the same neurological disorders as they age.
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Robots in Space: The Aussie club aiming for the stars

September 23, 2014
Reuben Kent, naval architecture student at the Australian Maritime College at the University of Tasmania, has a vision. He wants to build robots that can travel 1.2 billion kilometres through our solar system to explore the lake on the Saturnalian moons of Titan and Enceladus.
But before the robots make it to Saturn, he needs to learn how to make them operate independently. To do this, Reuben and a team of robotics enthusiasts are starting their journey by entering competitions here on earth.
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The People’s Power

September 22, 2014
Electricity is at the centre of modern life; its reliability is as essential to getting dinner on the table as it is to keeping the economy bubbling. And on all sides of increasingly automated lives, optimisation has become synonymous with power.
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What do Australian execs see as the key to business innovation?

September 16, 2014
What does it take to innovate? You need to be small, collaborative and globally connected according to the executives surveyed by the 2014 GE Innovation Barometer, a global study which asked business people in 26 countries what it takes to get their creative juices flowing.
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Watch this airspace

September 04, 2014
Your plane is on the Sydney airport tarmac in line for takeoff. You look out of the window and spot another aircraft, apparently stalled mid-runway. You fire up your phone and tweet in frustration: “Stuck behind disabled plane in Sydney. Melbourne seems many hours away. #Qantas”
In Qantas Integrated Ops, they’re monitoring the twitter feed for aviation news and will hop into the conversation: “Just waiting for an incoming flight to clear. We’ll have you in the air in five minutes.” Soothed by social media, you open the newspaper. There’s nothing like knowing what’s going on.
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Patient-led Medical Imaging innovation makes for silent scanning

September 04, 2014
Angela Borella spends a lot of time talking to children. As magnetic resonance imaging supervisor for Spectrum Medical Imaging in Sydney’s Randwick, she helps calm the nerves of thousands of little people every year as they prepare for a painless, but at times frightening, medical procedure.
“For a kid the MRI machine is huge, and when it starts up it’s incredibly loud, so even though we give them ear protection we need to make sure they feel safe enough to lie still while the images are being taken,” Borella says.
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Locos by numbers, from Pilbara to Port

September 03, 2014
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From Pilbara to port – along the iron ore trail

August 29, 2014
Massive GE Transportation Evolution Series Locomotives with up to 200 cars snake their way from the remotest parts of Western Australia. They are the backbone of this massive export industry which sees more than 150 million tonnes of iron ore carried out of the country every year.
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Meet Janelle Bryce: Using science to beat superbugs

August 22, 2014
Who are you?
Janelle Bryce – BioProcess and Research Product Leader, GE Life Sciences, Australia and New Zealand
Where are you?

Sydney, Australia.
What do you do?

I make sure researchers in biopharmaceutical laboratories get the equipment they need to create vaccines and treatments for diseases.
What’s the weirdest place science or engineering has taken you?
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Meet Brian Hood: The science of healthcare

August 22, 2014
Who are you?
Brian Hood – Managing Director, GE Healthcare Life Sciences, Australia and New Zealand
Where are you?

Usually in Sydney, Australia
What do you do?

I manage a dedicated team of sales and marketing guys, engineers, manufacturing staff and support personnel.
What’s the weirdest place science or engineering has taken you?
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