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Innovation

5 Coolest Things On Earth This Week

Tomas Kellner
January 27, 2017
Scientists successfully grew human stem cells inside a pig for the first time, built an AI that rivals dermatologists in spotting skin cancer and created a metal out of hydrogen — a material so unique it could act as a superconductor at room temperature. Science is so hot!
 

This AI Can Rival Doctors In Spotting Skin Cancer 
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space

Look Up! An Out-Of-This-World Holiday Spectacular

December 26, 2016
Get ready for a new kind of light show after NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope launches in late 2018. The supersensitive device will fly to a spot a million miles from Earth and then orbit the sun. It will come with infrared eyes and a special shade to protect it from the sun’s glare. They will allow the telescope to gather infrared light, which is invisible to human eyes, and probe the formation of the first galaxies, among many other things.
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Innovation

5 Coolest Things On Earth This Week

Tomas Kellner
December 22, 2016
The largest Slurpee in the solar system is a billion years old, rubbing stem cells into wounds could be the next big thing, and antimatter behaves according to the laws of physics. What a relief. You never know. It’s still 2016.
 

Start Your Warp Drive
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space

The Whole Earth Catalog: Google Updates Its Planetary Picture Show

Tomas Kellner
December 08, 2016
AS: The computer consisted of three racks of equipment. Each rack was 2 feet wide and 7 feet tall. There was air conditioning at the bottom of each rack to cool it off because the circuits ran pretty warm. The memory could range from 8,000 to 16,000 20-bit words. It had an auxiliary memory that could go to 32,000 20-bit words. The computer interfaced with magnetic tapes, with punch cards and punch tapes, among other things.
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Space Age Ceramics Are Aviation's New Cup Of Tea

Tomas Kellner
July 13, 2016
People have been making things from iron and steel for more than 3,000 years. Machines built from their alloys have landed on the moon and reached the very bottom of the ocean. But engineers such as GE Aviation’s Sanjay Correa now believe that “we’re running out of headroom in metals.”
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Aerospace

Advanced Aircraft Research Will Help America Keep Its Aerospace Edge

Steve Knight Congressman
June 24, 2016

Nations are neck and neck in the race for innovative aeronautics. Taking a page from history, the U.S. can't miss the opportunity to continue leading the aviation industry, writes Rep. Steve Knight, R-Calif.

 

In 1903, the Wright brothers captured the world’s imagination by flying the first successful airplane. Their flight placed America upon the summit of world aviation, a feat we celebrate to this day.

Unfortunately we didn’t remain there very long.
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Aerospace

Comeback Kid: The Next Sound-Barrier-Busting Passenger Jet Could Be Quietly Supersonic

Tomas Kellner
May 26, 2016
The Concorde was the first and last supersonic jet in passenger service. But that claim comes with a caveat.
The plane could accelerate above the speed of sound only over the ocean. The prospect of noisy sonic booms caused by the plane crossing the sound barrier forced pilots to hold back the throttle above towns and cities after takeoff and before touchdown. “This speed limit actually made the plane much less efficient,” says Karl Wisniewski, director of advanced programs at GE Aviation. “It was designed to fly fast.”
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Innovation

5 Coolest Things On Earth This Week

Tomas Kellner
May 13, 2016
The J47 engine became the first jet engine certified for commercial aviation — the jet age was reaching cruising altitude. GE made 35,000 J47s, making it the most produced jet engine in history. But Sorota wasn’t there to see it. His father died and he left the company to take over a handful of apartment buildings the family owned. “I didn’t want to go, but I had four siblings,” he said. “I was the oldest and had to take care of business.”
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best of 2015

GE Reports Makes Best Branded Content List

Tomas Kellner
December 28, 2015
The brand publishing mavens at Contently included GE Reports on their list of the best branded content in 2015. “If Red Bull is the popular skater-jock at your high school, GE is the hot valedictorian science nerd who everyone should be trying to marry,” wrote Joe Lazauskas, editor-in-chief of Contently’s Strategist magazine, which just published the annual list.
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High-Altitude Science Reveals Secrets of Glowing Plasma

October 08, 2015
There’s a lot of science happening in the bowels of the International Space Station 249 miles overhead. Astronauts are chowing down on experimental salads grown from LEDs and hydroponics.
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