×

GE.com has been updated to serve our three go-forward companies.

Please visit these standalone sites for more information

GE Aerospace | GE Vernova | GE HealthCare 

header-image
The Vanguard

The 5 Coolest Things On Earth This Week

Sam Worley
October 29, 2018
Scientists have come up with a faster way to charge electric vehicles wirelessly, tiny flying robots can haul up to 40 times their weight, and data might travel with unprecedented security with a little help from quantum physics. It’s giddyup or get out of the way in this week’s coolest scientific discoveries.
 

 

Baby, You Can Charge My Car
header-image
The Vanguard

The 5 Coolest Things On Earth This Week

Sam Worley
October 21, 2018
In this week’s great leaps into the future, the world’s fastest camera captures light on the move, ultrasound levitation gets easier, fibers store energy in the body of a vehicle, and an ultralightweight glove promises to make gaming even better (and maybe improve surgery, too). Plus: probiotics beyond your morning yogurt.
 

 

Electric Cars That Are Just One Big Battery
header-image
The Vanguard

The 5 Coolest Things On Earth This Week

Sam Worley
October 12, 2018
A week of bio-inspiration: Scientists are figuring out how to use spider venom to treat cancer, and looking to plants for cues on making self-healing, carbon-fixing building materials. But the human body can be bio-inspiring too — so we’ve got a robot that can do parkour, as well, in the latest cool advances in science and tech.
 

 

Albert Einstein: ‘Pics Or It Didn’t Happen’

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mlaVHxUSiNk
header-image
The Vanguard

The 5 Coolest Things On Earth This Week

Sam Worley
October 07, 2018
The first commercial carrier fueled by recycled waste gas from a steel mill just flew across the Atlantic. In Japan, construction workers might get a break: Scientists there created a robot that can install drywall, among other building tasks. And in landlocked Indiana, researchers are looking to shrimp as an inspiration for more resilient building materials. It’s a real grab bag in this week’s most interesting scientific discoveries.
 

 
header-image
The Vanguard

The 5 Coolest Things on Earth This Week

Sam Worley
September 30, 2018
A robot helps peel lettuce, tiny viruses seek out E. coli in drinking water, computers give a hand to air traffic controllers, and a fascinating and highly mobile gene can facilitate communication within the body — and maybe help treat problems in there too. In this week’s coolest scientific discoveries, it takes a village.
 

 

In Lettuce-Peeling Project, Cambridge Roboticists Get Ahead
header-image
The Vanguard

The 5 Coolest Things On Earth This Week

Sam Worley
September 23, 2018
In the future envisioned in this week’s coolest things, we’ll be using photosynthesis to harvest unlimited sustainable energy while emotionally sensitive robots fetch supplies from the cupboard and weirdly agile insect-inspired drones buzz around our heads. Plus: A strong magnetic field holds the possibility of fusion power, and astrophysicists dig under the surface of “nuclear pasta.” Astro, we’re not in “The Jetsons” anymore. 
 
header-image
The Vanguard

The 5 Coolest Things On Earth This Week

Sam Worley
September 15, 2018
Humans can now pilot drones with their brains, scientists are making an end run around the bug that causes tuberculosis, and bacteria in the belly have been found to produce a charge. We’ve got a gut feeling there’s something that might electrify you, too, in this week’s premier scientific discoveries.
 

 

Three’s Company (When Telepathically Piloting Fighter Jets)
header-image

The 5 Coolest Things On Earth This Week

Sam Worley
September 07, 2018
It’s been a banner week for artificial intelligence: Scientists have found or are looking for ways where AI can help diagnose depression, predict earthquakes and fly drones. They’ve also figured out ways to make microscopic robots swarm like bees. Getting a little too futuristic for you down here on the blue planet? Here, just step into this elevator ...
 

Get In On The Ground Floor, Get Out In Space 
header-image

The 5 Coolest Things On Earth This Week

Sam Worley
August 31, 2018
Scientists have designed a material that can morph into preprogrammed states in response to heat, a self-healing liquid membrane that filters small objects while letting larger objects pass through, and a 3D-printed “bridge” that can help heal injured spinal cords. Step right up into the future.
 

Shape Shifter

https://vimeo.com/286537992
header-image
The Vanguard

The 5 Coolest Things On Earth This Week

Sam Worley
August 26, 2018
Scientists have figured out how to 3D print tiny objects from graphene, the world’s strongest material, and use to same stuff to make an eye implant that could reverse vision loss. They also found a fast way to suck out CO2 from the atmosphere and store it in rocks. Plus: a better alternative to the stethoscope and an intricate map of the brain.
 

2D Might Help You See
Subscribe to The Vanguard