Fit to Print: New Plant Will Assemble World’s First Passenger Jet Engine With 3D Printed Fuel Nozzles, Next-Gen Materials
The HondaJet Just Got New Engines. Is the Flying Car Next?
The engine is now in full production at GE Aviation’s plant in Lynn, Mass, according to Terry Sharp, the joint-venture’s president. Sharp said that “significant planning activity” was underway to move manufacturing to a new Honda Aero factory in Burlington, N.C., before the end of the year.
Computers Flying Economy: New 747 Test Jet is a Flying Data Machine With 900 Miles of Cable
Some private jets come equipped with master bedrooms, Lalique crystal fittings and gold-plated seat belt buckles. GE’s new Boeing 747, on the other hand, carries almost 900 miles of wiring and fiber optic cable.
The Right Man For The Job, Might Be a Woman
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.
GE Picks Box to Work in the Cloud
GE said today that it would start using a new enterprise software platform developed by the cloud-based content company Box to connect its global employees and simplify how they work together.
GE employs 300,000 employees in more than 170 countries and soon the tool will allow many of them, including GE customers and partners, to securely collaborate online and access, store and share data from tablets smartphones and other connected devices.
The Heart of the Machine: A Look under the Hood of GE’s Industrial Business
How it All Began: The Rise of 3D Printed Jet Engines
GE and the open engineering platform GrabCAD invited the maker community to design a stronger but lighter bracket used for moving jet engines that weigh nearly 13,000 pounds. The company received over 700 entries from all over the world.
Machine Code: Big Data Lands GE on MIT Review’s Smart List
Massachusetts Institute of Technology has educated some of the sharpest engineering minds and its magazine, MIT Technology Review, reports on the latest advances from the intersection of innovation, technology and business. The Review’s editors released on Monday its annual global list of the 50 smartest companies “that have displayed impressive innovations in the past year.” Their list includes GE for the third time in a row.
Mine the Gap: This Strange Metal Snake Shreds and Slithers through Narrow Underground Coal Seams
On a typical day, the reptilian machine slithers through narrow gaps deep underground like some prehistoric beast forgotten by evolution, spits copious liquid at its prey, which fights back with clouds of black dust, and sinks a pair of spinning helix jaws into its exposed flank, over and over again.