Universal Calorie Counter Within Reach? These Researchers are Cracking the Code
The problem wasn’t him asking, but the technology itself. “If it doesn’t automatically track the calories I eat, then I don’t want it,” she told him.
The Art of Science: Take a Look at the Future of Brain Imaging
Three decades ago, engineers at GE research labs in Niskayuna, NY, built one of the first magnetic resonance machines and peered inside a colleague’s head. The result was the world’s first MRI image of the human brain. “This was an exciting time,” says John Schenck, a lead scientist on the project and also the test’s subject. “We worried that we would get to see a big black hole in the center. But we got to see my whole brain.”
The Smartest Bulb in the Box Will Talk to Your Smartphone. It's Affordable, Too!
More than a century after Thomas Edison got into the light bulb business, his bright idea is getting brainy.
Engineers at GE, the company Edison founded, have helped develop an affordable LED light bulb that can talk to its owners’ tablets and smartphones. The bulb, which starts at just under $15, contains a chip that can wirelessly connect to the Internet and communicate with users via a mobile app called Wink.
Fit to Print: New Plant Will Assemble World’s First Passenger Jet Engine With 3D Printed Fuel Nozzles, Next-Gen Materials
Scientists Use "Big Bang" Supercomputer to Build Better Jet Engine
Brilliant Machines Will Have the Industrial Internet Written All Over Themselves
If you feel that the world has become a buzzing beehive of connectivity, wait a few years. A recent report from CISCO estimates that only a small fraction of the devices that could be talking to each other - 10 billion out of 1.5 trillion, or just 0.6 percent - are actually connected. CISCO estimates that the number will jump to 50 billion by 2020, potentially transforming the way we live and the global economy.
10 Things You Think You Already Know But Didn’t
Takeaways from the GE Women @ Work Forum
Beyond the Pacific Ocean to Malaysia
His visit did offer him a chance to immerse himself to the local culture as he sampled goreng pisang (banana fritters) and visited famous attractions such as the National Mosque and Jalan Bukit Bintang.
We Have Solar Power and Wind Power, Here Comes Moon Power
When Mark Baker looks up at the moon at night, he does not see magic or mystery. He ponders megawatts.
Twice a day, like clockwork, the moon’s gravity makes the seas ebb and flow. For Baker, a marine renewables business manager at GE Power Conversion, the tides are the perfect source of energy, more predictable and reliable than wind or solar power. “Some U.K. locations have significant tidal head ranges,” he says. “They offer a tantalizing energy generation potential.“
