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Transforming Communities into Smarter Cities

Tim Paydos Ibm
March 03, 2014
Government officials are constantly facing pressure to do more with less. With smaller budgets, it takes leaders with vision and energy to make strategic investments to improve how their cities function. That’s where smarter cities come in.
One of my favorite anecdotes of how governments and communities can partner to make a smarter city is about using big data and analytics to combat a common urban problem: Potholes.
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These eco-machines are badass

March 03, 2014
To celebrate all things energy we have curated a list of nine of the biggest and most badass eco-machines from the GE gang. Here are some portraits from the family album.
 

Solar striker a.k.a. solar panels


These solar panels are striking cords across the globe, generating energy from Earth’s most powerful energy source.
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Out of This World: Ladytron’s Reuben Wu Listens to Brilliant Machines

February 05, 2014
Liverpool musician and visual artist Reuben Wu is best known by millions of his global fans as the keyboardist in the pioneering electronic pop group Ladytron and an accomplished photographer. Last year, GE and the railroad company CSX gave Wu a chance to combine both of his passions.
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Not all Power Stations are Stationary

January 29, 2014
Massive steel girders, pieced together like a giant Meccano set around a complex array of technology and turbines are setting sail on a remarkable journey this weekend.
Pieced together in Avenza on Italy’s North Western coastline, they’re the final two of five industrial modules that GE Oil & Gas is supplying for the Chevron-operated Gorgon Project currently under development in Western Australia.
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Inside the engines powering life at sea

January 24, 2014
For more than two centuries we’ve relied on engines to power our exploration, travel and trade on the seas.
With each new generation of engine technologies, we’ve travelled faster and safer with less impact on the environment.

It’s been a long, exciting journey since the early days when the wind carried the First Fleet’s eleven ships to Sydney Cove on January 26, 1788.

To recognise their voyage this Australia Day, and the spirit of adventure behind marine engine development, here is a look at the technologies that helped connect the world.
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3D Printing Win: Aussie engineer wins fourth place in global printing quest

December 12, 2013
If we did all the things we are capable of, we would literally astound ourselves.- Thomas A. Edison 

Australian engineer Nic Adams is among eight winners of a global 3D Printing Design Quest that received nearly 700 entries from 56 countries.

Mr Adams, a field-service engineer based in Sydney, placed fourth in Phase II of the competition hosted by GE and the Open Engineering movement GrabCAD. Details of the winners were announced today.
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Ge公司推出系列支持中国高端造船行业创新产品

December 03, 2013
  • 向高附加价值、高技术船舶制造领域转型，为中国造船业提供全球发展机会
  • 从航空、铁路运输、能源行业向海洋事业延伸，GE公司为中国船舶工业升级转型提供创新产品
  • 如果中国在高端船舶市场占有率提高1%，到2020年全行业累计收入将增长400亿美元

2013年12月3日，中国上海------通用电气（GE）公司在2013年中国国际海事展会上展出了专为中国船舶与海洋工程量身打造的创新技术产品。凭借在柴油发动机、燃气轮机、电驱动系统以及动力定位解决方案等领域取得的研发成果，GE公司新成立的全球船舶与海洋工程事业部致力于推动船舶与海洋工程行业的发展，产品的高可靠性、高燃料效率、低维护费用与低运行成本等优势，有助于中国船舶工业实现向高价值、高技术领域的拓展。

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Happy Rails To You: Amtrak’s Chief Mechanical Officer Mario Bergeron Talks about Thanksgiving Travel and a Workhorse GE Locomotive

November 27, 2013

If you are reading this on a railroad platform while waiting to board a train home for Thanksgiving, pay good attention to your train’s locomotive. In the early 1990s, engineers at GE Transportation designed the P42 Genesis diesel-electric locomotive for Amtrak, and the streamlined, low-profile engine remains a workhorse of the system. It can travel as fast as 110mph and pull 16 Amtrak Superliner coaches. GE manufactured more than 300 of them for Amtrak, Metro North and Via Rail.

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Can a ship travel at the speed of flight?

November 13, 2013
Tasmanian boat builder Incat has tapped the power of jet engines to build the world’s fastest passenger ferry, the Francisco.
The 99-metre catamaran recorded speeds of 107km an hour (58 knots) in recent sea tests using two modified GE gas turbine engines derived from larger Boeing 747 aircraft engines.

At full throttle, the Francisco’s inverted ocean image wake creates the impression of a boat that can fly.

It’s a remarkable feat for a vessel that can carry 1,000 passengers and 150 cars, and boasts a 1,100 square metre duty free shop.
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Excess baggage: Designing a lighter jet engine bracket

November 07, 2013
A unique design for 3D printing jet engine parts has elevated Sydney field-service engineer Nic Adams among the world’s best in a competition hosted by GE.
The 3D Printing Design Quest challenged engineers to design lighter, high-performance aircraft engine brackets that can be produced using additive manufacturing techniques.

The loading brackets themselves play a critical role on jet engines, supporting the engine’s considerable weight during periodic handling without breaking or warping.
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