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History

The Sword In The Virtual Stone: These Eyes Can Peer 1,600 Years Into The Past

October 10, 2017
In 2012, Berlin conservator Katrin Lück brought a tiny, severely corroded lead scroll to GE’s Technical Solutions Center in the town of Wunstorf in northern Germany.
Lück believed that the precious, 1,600-year-old artifact, which measured just 3.6 centimeters long and 1.5 centimeters wide, contained scriptures in Mandaic — the language of an ancient gnostic religion dating back to Christ's birth. She wanted to read the verse, but unrolling the scroll would destroy it.
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Snapchat For Oil Wells?

May 04, 2015
Aboard a drillship bobbing in the waters off West Africa, a piece of complex machinery unexpectedly shuts down. A mile below the ship, a newly completed deepwater well waits for the installation of a subsea Christmas tree, which controls the flow of oil and gas from the wellhead. But for now, the tree sits uselessly on the deck of the ship.
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Shazam for Aquaman? This App Decodes Sounds of the Deep Sea

February 03, 2015

Deep under the North Sea, an orchestra of transformers, choke manifolds, pumps and valves whirs an improvised subsea symphony. The audience is a 500-pound electronic ear whose design is a trade secret.

When Shale Gas Met Software

September 17, 2014
Getting shale gas out of the ground is one thing. But taking it to customers is quite another.
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Jet Testing Method Brings Inspectors to the Cloud

April 29, 2014

It could happen anywhere. An airline is about to send a jet to the gate, when a mechanic detects a possible crack in the fuselage during a routine check.

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