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Remaking Higher Education: The Maker Lab at Abilene Christian University

Dr John B Weaver Abilene Christian University
January 13, 2014
The innovative promise of higher education is stunted too easily.  Unique student aspirations give way to new student standardization; dreams of transforming the world give way to curricular conformity in the school.  Institutional mechanisms of academic degrees can render a student’s creativity “just another brick in the wall.”
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Innovation and Technology for International Development

Gadi Ben Yehuda Ibm
January 07, 2014
Mobile technology can act as an accelerator to help communities in developing countries raise their standards of living and offer their residents more opportunities to realize their potential.  It’s a message that’s been overlooked these past few years from the spirited debate on the roles for technology and innovation in international development.
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Africa’s Innovative Spirit: Taking on the World

Jay Ireland GE
December 20, 2013
The word “innovation” was long synonymous with the IT programmers of Silicon Valley or the design engineers of Tokyo. But the world is changing fast and now the latest designs, products and ideas are as likely to come from Accra or Nairobi as from the U.S. or Far East. Africa’s innovative and entrepreneurial spirit is taking on the world – whether it is apps for farmers, medical diagnostic devices, cleaner cooking fuel or new seed varieties, exciting advances are being made every day across the continent.
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Ways that CSIRO has changed the world

December 13, 2013
GE is celebrating three years of collaboration and partnership with CSIRO. To celebrate the passion, talent and mind-blowing intelligence of the numerous teams at CSIRO, we’ve created a list of 6 ways CSIRO has changed our world. In no particular order...

1. Wi-Fi

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The riches in soap.

November 27, 2013
Australia’s largest manufacturer of soap and household cleaning products, Pental, now looks fabulous thanks to a comprehensive company spring clean.
From its upgraded facilities in Shepparton, Victoria, Pental makes some of Australia’s best-loved brands like White King, Velvet Pure Soap and Martha Gardener Wool Mix.

This historic and growing ASX-listed business with revenues in excess of $100 million, 120 employees, and markets in Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands, has come through tough times to regain its shine.

Falling For You: GE Launched World’s Longest Apple Drop on Vine to Celebrate #GravityDay

September 06, 2013

GE and hundreds of tech and science fans came together over the weekend to celebrate #GravityDay on Sunday, Sept. 8 (9.8 m/s2 roughly equals gravitational acceleration). GE’s pitch was the Apple Drop, a nod to Sir Isaac Newton and an attempt to create the longest user-generated Vine chain ever experienced on the social media platform. The Vine activation lasted from Friday Sept. 6 through the end of Gravity Day.

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Jeffrey R. Immelt: Manufacturing Now a Key Source of Industry and Country Competitiveness

Jeffrey R Immelt GE
September 04, 2013

Manufacturing is the new basis for competitiveness for industrial companies and, for that matter, for countries.

Lorenzo Simonelli: On the Right Track with the Industrial Internet

Lorenzo Simonelli GE
June 17, 2013
The Internet as we know it today is a pervasive computer network that serves 39 percent of the world’s population, or more than 2.7 billion people.

Nabil Habayeb: Innovation is the Game-Changer

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Nabil Habayeb, Senior Vice President GE, President & CEO, GE International Markets At GE
February 27, 2013

The Middle East, North Africa and Turkey region is witnessing a great transformation across its social and economic fabric. Development has taken a grassroots shift, with the emphasis squarely on enhancing the quality of life of the people, creating jobs for its youth population and promoting a culture of research and development to create localized solutions. Increasingly, governments across the region place an unprecedented emphasis on innovation, as a priority, to help address the overall developmental goals for a better future.

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Eyes on the Nobel Prize: GE Has Employed 2 Nobel Winners, Opened Labsto Others

October 29, 2012
GE once hired St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Bob Gibson to throw a fastball through a piece high-tech glass. Gibson pitched six innings and failed. GE engineer Ivar Giaever tried something similar on the atomic scale and succeeded. He figured out how to pitch electrons through a thin layer of an insulating material, a technique called electron tunneling.
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