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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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crowdsourcing

The LEDs Have Ears: The Company Edison Founded Seeks Interactive Lights In A Crowdsourcing Competition

May 19, 2016
How many inventors does it take to change the future of a lightbulb? GE Lighting partnered with the maker movement magazine Make: and the hardware-hacking community Hackster to find out. Their crowdsourcing competition, called Lights for Life Challenge, invited inventors to take LEDs in new and unexpected directions. There’s one condition, though: The solutions must include voice commands.
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Lighting

Thanks For The Memories: Norman Rockwell’s Paintings Shed Light On Thanksgiving And The History Of Electric Illumination In America

Tomas Kellner
November 24, 2015
Although painter and illustrator Norman Rockwell wasn’t a founding father, there are few things more American than his art. From 1916 until 1963, he re-created scenes from everyday life on the cover of The Saturday Evening Post, back then the most widely circulated magazine in the U.S. Throughout his career, Rockwell painted American presidents, and his work now decorates hallways inside the White House.
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Intelligent cities

Listen to This! These “Intelligent” Street Lamps Can Hear Gun Shots, Call for Help

Tomas Kellner
October 05, 2015
The cities of San Diego and Jacksonville are testing an “intelligent lighting” system using sensor-enabled lamps connected to the Industrial Internet with the ability to monitor traffic, get severe weather warnings and even spot empty parking places. Crime could be next on the list.
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GE Lighting: Intelligent LED Lighting

August 12, 2015

GE Lighting: Intelligent LED Lighting
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City Lights: Intelligent LEDs Could Save Lives, Not to Mention Money and Time

June 29, 2015
Imagine this scenario: A gunshot echoes down a city street at night. Passerby turn to look, but can’t make out the scene in the darkness. The first to react effectively is the nearest street lamp. It hears the gun and automatically goes to full brightness to illuminate the scene, film the attacker and call the emergency services – all in an instant.
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Remember the Light Bulb? LEDs are Sending the Bulb’s Classic Shape the Way of the LP

June 02, 2015
The iconic shape of the light bulb has become the universal symbol for bright ideas ever since Thomas Edison patented the first one 135 years ago. But nothing lasts forever.
“Legislation phased out the incandescent light bulb last year, and its replacement, the compact fluorescent lamp, or CFL, has its days numbered,” says Tom Boyle, chief innovation manager for consumer light at GE Lighting. “Efficient LEDs are the next big thing and there’s no reason for them to be shaped like the lamps they replaced.”
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Talking Shop: These LEDs Can Chat With Shoppers’ Smartphones, Pitch Discounts and More

May 05, 2015
Shopping in a big department store can quickly devolve from a simple errand to an odyssey filled with frustration. What section do they put the bath towels in again? Is there a route to take that avoids the chemical attack of the perfume aisle on the way to kitchenware? Where do they put the on-sale jackets?
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Mensa for Lumens: Bright Minds from GE and Apple Just Made Lighting More Brilliant

May 04, 2015
GE will connect its intelligent Align LED light bulbs, which adjust their light waves to help promote the body’s natural sleep cycle, with Apple’s HomeKit platform, which allows users to control connected home devices from their phones.
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