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Energy

Give and Take: How the World and GE Power Benefit from the GE Store

Benjamin Seiden
November 23, 2015
Some 1.3 billion people don’t have access to reliable electricity today. The International Energy Agency’s 2014 World Energy Outlook estimates the world needs to add some 7,200 gigawatts (GW) of power generating capacity by 2040 to meet new demand and replace old plants. Two thirds of that growth will be in non-OECD countries, including places like China.
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Breakthrough

Stopping Malaria: Affordable New Test Seeks To Reveal Hidden Reservoirs Of Disease

November 20, 2015
In 1980, the world collectively shed not a single tear upon hearing that the scourge of smallpox would likely never take another life. A gargantuan global effort had eradicated the disease in the open (though the virus still survives in government labs). Now it looks as if humanity will be able to close the book on polio, another terrible infectious disease that has wreaked havoc throughout history.
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Breakthrough

Heady Times: This Scientist Took the First Brain Selfie and Helped Revolutionize Medical Imaging

November 18, 2015
Early one October morning 30 years ago, GE scientist John Schenck was lying on a makeshift platform inside a GE lab in upstate New York. The itself lab was put together with special non-magnetic nails because surrounding his body was a large magnet, 30,000 times stronger than the Earth’s magnetic field. Standing at his side were a handful of colleagues and a nurse. They were there to peer inside Schenck’s head and take the first magnetic resonance scan (MRI) of the brain.
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It’s Personal: How a Premature Birth Spurred Jeffrey Ashe to Map the Brain

November 15, 2015
Jeffrey Ashe is building tiny brain implants, which could one day improve the lives of people suffering from Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s. This groundbreaking work was inspired by one of the worst periods of his life.
In 1997, Ashe spent 10 weeks sitting in the pediatric intensive care unit with his son Andrew, who was born weighing just 2 pounds 3 ounces. As he sat and worried, buzzers and alarms went off every few minutes, further fraying his nerves.
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Breakthrough

Honey, I Shrunk the Steam Turbine: We Could Drink from the Sea With This Miniaturized 3D Printed Machine

Todd Alhart
November 10, 2015
Scientists at GE Global Research (GRC) are working with the U.S. Department of Energy to develop a super efficient desalination machine that fits in the palm of the hand.
This innovative solution involves the shrinking of a steam turbine originally designed to generate electricity. It’s also the perfect example of what GE calls the GE Store, the idea that sharing ideas across businesses can quickly lead to breakthroughs.
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Breakthrough

Engines of Inference: Peter Tu’s Tech Uses Computer Vision to Understand Emotions, Human Behavior

November 06, 2015
If Peter Tu’s technology takes off, an airplane could know when pilots get distracted in the cockpit and offer suggestions to help them make better decisions. Similarly, doctors could receive important tips on communicating and improving body language when presenting patients with a diagnosis.
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Breakthrough

Breakthrough! Watch the New Science Series from GE and NatGeo Channel on GE Reports

Tomas Kellner
November 01, 2015
Biologist Fiona Ginty has spent the last decade at GE Global Research trying to crack cancer’s code. She’s also one of the stars of the new six-part documentary series developed by GE and National Geographic Channel called Breakthrough, which is focusing on scientific progress and innovation and premieres on Sunday night.
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Breakthrough

Science in Action: New Breakthrough TV Series from NatGeo and GE Zooms In on Live-Changing Research

Tomas Kellner
October 29, 2015
Hollywood producer Brian Grazer says that a curious mind is the secret to a bigger life. It’s also the secret to a thriving business.
Grazer and Oscar-winning director Ron Howard (A Beautiful Mind) have teamed up with GE and National Geographic Channel to make a six-part documentary TV series focusing on scientific breakthroughs and innovation.
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Electrification Software Twin

Colin Parris: The Data Economy for Industry Has Arrived

Colin Parris Vice President For Software Research GE Global Research
October 27, 2015

Industrial companies need to adopt a digital mindset that embraces what the Industrial Internet can offer in new growth opportunities.

 

If you have a mobile phone, tablet, computer or all three, companies like Amazon, Google and Apple are all household names. With the explosion of the consumer Internet during the past 15 years, these companies collectively have amassed more than $200 billion in value innovating and establishing new business models on this singular platform. These companies through the use of data and analytics have defined the consumer Internet.
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wind energy

The Road to ecoROTR: How Building a Better Wind Turbine Began With an Online Shopping Spree for Styrofoam Balls

October 17, 2015
Scientists at GE Global Research spent the last four years building a more efficient wind turbine. It rises 450-feet above the Mojave desert in California – almost half the height of the Eiffel Tower — and seems to have a silver UFO stuck to its face. The turbine may appear strange, but you are looking at the future of wind power. Here's how it came about.
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