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Paris Air Show

GE, CFM Expect $15 Billion In New Business In Paris; New LEAP Engines Are Giving A Lift To The Aviation Industry

Tomas Kellner
June 18, 2017
Low fuel prices and more airplanes in the air are taking us into a new golden age for aviation, according to the mood here at the 2017 Paris Air Show, which starts on Monday. Data from the International Air Transportation Association (IATA) trade group show that the global passenger volume will grow by 7.4 percent in 2017 and the number of planes will increase by 3.8 percent. The typical aircraft is also more than 80 percent full on average. IATA projects total airline profits at $30 billion this year.
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This Kid Spent 9 Years Building An Incredibly Detailed Model Of A Boeing Jet From Paper. Watch!

Tomas Kellner
June 16, 2017

Luca Iaconi-Stewart says he's “a crazy guy who loves aviation.” That might be an understatement. The 25-year-old spent the last nine years in his parents' house building an exquisitely precise replica of an Air India Boeing 777 jet made entirely from cut-up paper folders.

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hackathon

Building The Bitcoin For Energy: This Woman Came Up With A Promising New Idea For Trading Clean Power

Maggie Sieger
Tomas Kellner
June 14, 2017
Talia Kohen exudes enough personal energy to light up a ballroom. But her goals are much grander. “I want electricity to be the factor that unites all of Europe, just like the euro,” she says.
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New Company Will Use Drones, Crawling Robots, AI And Predictive Analytics To Inspect Hard-To-Reach Places

Tomas Kellner
June 13, 2017
Routine inspections at oil and gas facilities can be slow and costly. They’re also dangerous — flare stacks at petroleum refineries can be heated in the hundreds of degrees, and have to cool before inspectors can begin the treacherous climb to check them out. Workers typically collect the data by hand. The results can take weeks.
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GE

John Flannery Named Chairman and CEO of GE

Tim Cheng
June 12, 2017
Today, John Flannery, current president and CEO of GE Healthcare, has been named CEO of GE effective August 1, 2017. Jeff Immelt, Chairman and CEO, will remain Chairman of the Board through his retirement from the company on December 31, 2017. Flannery will be GE Chairman and CEO effective January 1, 2018.
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3D Printing

Laser Metalz: Bionic Design Is The Next Frontier For 3D Printing

Tomas Kellner
Yari Bovalino
June 08, 2017
Frank Herzog is the founder and CEO of Concept Laser, which makes the world’s largest industrial printer for metals. His printers can already produce delicate jewelry and medical implants as well as massive engine blocks for trucks. They even started printing “bionic” components for planes. “Bionic design allows you to adapt structures from nature and find the most optimal solution,” says Daniel Hund, Concept Laser’s marketing director.
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3D Printing

GE: 3D Printing Opens A ‘New, Unlimited Dimension’ For Manufacturing

Yari Bovalino
Tomas Kellner
June 01, 2017
Carlos Haertel, who runs the GE Global Research center in Munich, says additive manufacturing technologies like 3D printing are opening a “new, unlimited dimension” to how we make products as varied as jewelry, dental implants, planes and jet engines.
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vietnam

GE, Partners Sign $5.5 Billion In Agreements With Vietnam

Bruce Watson
May 31, 2017
As recently as the 1990s, it wasn’t unusual to walk into a home in Vietnam and find people living without electricity. Children did homework by the light of oil lamps and candles, and parents cooked over open fires or on small gas stoves.
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wind

Generation Next: Wind Already More Powerful Than All Nuclear Plants Combined

Tomas Kellner
May 25, 2017
May 16, 2017, was a bright day for renewables in California. America’s most populous state hit a new renewable energy record, generating 42 percent of its electricity from wind and solar that day and peaking at 72 percent in the early afternoon. Wind farms alone produced more than 104 megawatt-hours, close to 18 percent of what the state needed.
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Saudi Arabia And GE Partner On $15 Billion In New Projects 

Tomas Kellner
May 21, 2017
GE announced $15 billion in new agreements with Saudi Arabia on Saturday, including $7 billion in GE technology and solutions. The projects will focus on the kingdom’s power, healthcare, energy and mining sectors, as well as skills training and digital analytics running on Predix, the company’s software platform for the Industrial Internet.
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