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Laser

Edison’s Heir: Bob Hall’s Invention Lit Up The Future

Todd Alhart
December 01, 2016
You could argue that the future was born in GE’s labs in 1962. That was the year Robert N. Hall demonstrated the first semiconductor laser, which made possible everything from price code scanners to CD players to the 3D printing of metal parts for jet engines.
Baseball

Cubs Win: After Historic Game 7 Of The World Series, Here's The Origin Story Of Night Baseball

Tomas Kellner
November 02, 2016
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You know the result.

As the Cleveland Indians and Chicago Cubs squared off last night at Cleveland’s Progressive Field—in search of their first World Series wins in 68 and 108 years respectively—it was a fair bet that few fans were focused on the stadium’s lights.  But that wasn’t always the case. For almost a century after Abner Doubleday “invented” baseball on a cow pasture in the middle of Cooperstown, New York, night games were rarer than a Honus Wagner card.

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In Just 4 Years, LEDs Will Outnumber Traditional Lighting – That’s Just The Beginning For Smart Homes

Bill Lacey GE Lighting Ceo
October 31, 2016

Technology is allowing $15 LED bulbs to now sell for a few dollars, and traditional lighting can't hold a candle to those capabilities. With a home's average 45 light sockets, the evolution of lighting points to a bright future, writes GE Lighting CEO Bill Lacey.

 

 

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London Calling: How GE Left A Legacy In An Olympic City

Kristin Kloberdanz
August 18, 2016
Tony Gale still remembers the moment, seven years ago, when he watched the head of one of London’s most disadvantaged hospitals break down in tears. Sitting within the walls of her hospital, he had just shared the extent of a donation that GE was making to her neonatal unit.
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Better Together: Intel and GE Partner to Bring Predix to More Industries

Dorothy Pomerantz
August 17, 2016
Intel is one of the world’s biggest technology companies, with semiconductor manufacturing facilities all over the globe. Those plants have to maintain rigorously controlled environments where every surface must be clean, every process must be perfect and even the smallest improvements can make a large impact.

Intel works hard to ensure that these facilities are constantly pushing the technological edge.

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Boston

How GE’s Move To Boston Is Really A Homecoming

Tomas Kellner
April 04, 2016
GE said in January that it will relocate its headquarters from Connecticut to Boston. The company had a significant presence in the city even before the move — GE businesses ranging from Aviation and Current to Digital and Healthcare employ almost 5,000 people in the city and surrounding area. But GE’s Boston roots go to the very beginning of the company. Our video and also our photo essay tell that story.
 

 
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connectivity

5 Essential Things to Know About the Accelerating Future

Jim Carroll Futurist
March 22, 2016

In this era of hyperconnectivity, transformation is happening faster and impacting every industry. To thrive in this environment, you need to understand these five things.

 

Someday, we will look back and realize that we live in one of the most fascinating periods in history, with technology having entered a new era of what I call "hyperconnectivity" — where the rate of change is accelerating in nearly every industry.
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LED

3 Billion Sunsets Later: This LED Will Help Humans Spring Forward, Sleep At Night

Tomas Kellner
March 08, 2016
All living things — from animals and plants down to cells — carry inside them a clock set to the most basic cycle on Earth: night and day. Scientists believe that this clock, called circadian rhythm, dates to the very beginning of life on Earth, some 3.5 billion years ago. It helps us stay awake and active when the sun is out, and rest during the night so cells can carry out basic maintenance and the brain can record memories.
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LED

World’s Largest LED Retrofit Will Cut Chase Bank’s Lighting Bill In Half

February 18, 2016
Banking is about to get brighter. In a deal amounting to the largest single installation of LED lights in history, some 5,000 Chase branches will replace indoor light bulbs and fluorescent tubes and outdoor lamps with over 1.4 million energy-efficient LEDs. The project will cover a projected 25 million square feet of retail banking space in total, an area nearly 40 times the size of the Louvre. The work will begin in the coming months and is expected to finish by the end of 2017.
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LED

A Lighting Revolution Is Being LED — Interview with Laura Phillips of Walmart

Laura Phillips Senior Vice President Of Sustainability At Walmart
February 16, 2016

Advances in LED technology are making lighting cheaper and smarter.

 

The LED is finally getting its day in the spotlight. More than 40 years after GE engineer Nick Holonyak invented the first LED light, innovations have transformed the technology from a humble source of lighting to a driver of energy efficiency and analytics.
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