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Aerospace

The Story Of The 1st US Jet Engine: The Hush-Hush Boys Wanted To Win The War But Ended Up Shrinking The World

Tomas Kellner
March 22, 2021

The Plot

3D Printing

A Leading Light: Science Breakthroughs Win This Laser Pioneer Major Accolades

Todd Alhart
November 04, 2020
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Marshall Jones knows a thing or two about beating the odds, but it’s not just because of his knack for mathematics. A model of perseverance, the laser pioneer was raised by his extended family on a duck farm but ended up laying the foundation for additive manufacturing, a new breed of technologies that allow companies to 3D-print things from metal.

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Supporting Local Talent with a Global Footprint in Singapore

May 10, 2019
When you’re operating a global company like GE, it’s hard to overstate the importance of local talent. People are the foundations on which any effective company is built, which means developing those people is an essential part of the journey towards ensuring success.
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3D Printing

Love At First Touch: Brazilian Doctor Uses 3D Printing To Help Blind Parents Feel Baby's Ultrasound

Erica Firmo
May 10, 2019
When Ana Paula Silveira got pregnant, she and her husband, Alvaro Zermiani, dreamed about seeing the face of their child during her first ultrasound exam. But weeks later, they got to feel it instead.
Both Ana Paula and Alvaro, who live in São Paulo, Brazil, are legally blind. Their son, Davi Lucas, was strong and healthy, but there was no way their eyes could see the first grainy glimpses of their baby on the ultrasound monitor.
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Baseball

Bringing Good Things To Night: How Night Baseball Came To Cincinnati In 1935

Dennis Lockard
March 29, 2019

At precisely 8:30 p.m. on Friday, May 24, 1935, President Franklin D. Roosevelt pressed a Western Union telegraph key in the White House and an electric pulse traveled 500 miles over copper wires to a signal lamp near first base at Crosley Field in Cincinnati.

President's Day

Lights, Electricity, Action: When Ronald Reagan Hosted "General Electric Theater"

Tomas Kellner
February 17, 2019
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In 2015, the National Geographic Channel launched a new television series called “Breakthrough,” focusing on scientific discovery. The series was developed by the channel and GE, and produced by Oscar winners Ron Howard and Brian Grazer.

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Aerospace

A Blast From The Past: This Edison Discovery Powers The World's Largest Jet Engine

Tomas Kellner
January 18, 2019
Everyone knows that Thomas Edison created the modern lightbulb. But it’s a lesser-known Edison discovery — tied to the bulb’s birth — that’s now enjoying the limelight.
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3D Printing

The Metal Head: How A High School Dropout Built A Pioneering 3D Printing Business

Yari Bovalino
Tomas Kellner
April 30, 2018
Frank Herzog was still in elementary school in the historic Bavarian city of Bamberg when he fell in love — with metals. So ardent was his passion that he later quit high school to pursue it. “I was young when I realized that I loved the material,” he says.
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The Future of Work

Game On: Augmented Reality Is Helping Factory Workers Become More Productive

Tomas Kellner
April 19, 2018
Jimmie Beacham is no gamer, but that didn’t stop him from hanging an Xbox console from a ceiling at work. As chief engineer for advanced manufacturing at GE Healthcare, Beacham, 44, is in charge of a futuristic laboratory in Waukesha, Wisconsin, experimenting with new ways to make things. He and his team are using the Xbox and a connected Kinect motion tracker to bring augmented reality (AR) into the factory and help workers become more efficient.
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women in tech

The Pioneer: Mary Reynolds Helped Raise A Generation Of Engineers

Samantha Shaddock
March 03, 2018

Mary Reynolds stood on the train platform and waved her parents goodbye. It was 1946, and the 20-year-old was trading the red dirt of Oklahoma for the frigid winters of Schenectady, New York, and an engineering job at GE.

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