GE, 2010’dan bu yana katmanlı imalat çalışmalarını hızlandırmaya yönelik Ar-GE çalışmaları için 1,5 milyar dolar harcadı. Bu amaçla 2016’da Arcam ve Concept Laser firmalarını satın alarak GE kendi mevcut eklemeli teknolojilerini çoğu durumda tamamlayıcı ve kimi durumda da tamamen farklı teknolojilere sahip oldu.
Üç boyutlu (3D) yazıcıların geçmişi 1980’lere dayanıyor. Önceleri büyük, pahalı ve ağır olan bu cihazların temel görevi genelde plastik benzeri malzemelerle farklı nesneler üretmekti. Kâğıt üzerine baskı yapan yazıcılarla aynı temel mantığa dayanan, ancak üç boyutlu nesneler üreten bu yazıcılar zamanla gelişti, küçüldü ve ucuzladı. Farklı sanayi dallarında ve günlük yaşamda birçok değişikliğe yol açtı.
future of energy
Supercharge Me: The Case For The European Energy Supergrid
In March, Gerhard Seyrling, General Manager of Grid Automation at GE Energy Connections was elected to his second term as President of the European Association of the Electricity Transmission & Distribution Equipment and Services Industry (T&D Europe). At the frontline of change, he discusses how an interconnected Europe will shape the T&D industry.
The Future of Work
Looking Smart: Augmented Reality Is Seeing Real Results In Industry
Google Glass may have stumbled in the consumer market, but smart glasses have found new life in industry. Workers assembling wind turbines at a GE Renewable Energy factory in Pensacola, Florida, for example, wear smart glasses powered by Upskill, a GE Ventures-backed company that produces enterprise software for wearables.
Cell Therapy
Pump Up The Volume: ‘Genome Sculpting’ Could Help Scale Biotherapeutic Medicine
The first biopharmaceutical drugs using complex organic molecules produced by genetically modified cells to deliver more efficient therapies have already started to write the next chapter of medicine. Treatments designed from lab-made versions of large proteins are now being used to treat cancers and autoimmune disorders like multiple sclerosis. Research shows they might also do well against infectious diseases.
Energy
Charged Up: GE Shows Investors Its Energy Playbook
The acquisition of Alstom’s energy assets delivered $1.5 billion in synergies in 2016, $300 million above GE’s original five-year target for Alstom synergies, GE’s Chief Financial Officer Jeff Bornstein told investors at a conference in New York held by GE’s Power and Renewable Energy businesses last week. “Alstom makes us more competitive,” Bornstein said. “It broadens the service base and creates long-term incremental value.”
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VR
That’s Powerful: GE Is Using Virtual Reality To Train Nuclear Engineers
Few places in the world are more secure than a nuclear power plant in France. Anyone who doesn’t work there full time, including maintenance engineers and field technicians, needs to get a security clearance and to complete rigorous safety training before they can step inside.
This arduous process creates a unique challenge: How do you train new maintenance crews when simply getting access is so difficult? One clever answer is virtual reality.
Energy
Unstoppable: Why The Next Decade Belongs To Renewable Energy
If last year is any indication, the next decade belongs to renewable energy. Debora Frodl, Global Executive Director at GE Ecomagination, and Yves Rannou, President and CEO for GE Renewable Energy, Hydro, share three reasons that propel the business case for renewable energy.
Innovation
5 Coolest Things on Earth This Week
A man-made power island in the middle of the North Sea that could supply electricity for 80 million people, a robot that could read your mind and spot you noticing it made a mistake, and a DNA-based computer that grows as it computes? Go figure!
This Is What We Call A Power Island!
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medicine
Sound And Vision: Healing This Little Boy’s Broken Heart Required More Than Love
Erica Endicott was almost halfway through her first pregnancy and she was feeling great. When the date rolled around for the second trimester ultrasound — a routine test doctors use to check that everything is going according to plan — she and her husband, Nate, were excited. This is the test when parents get to see their baby’s face for the first time, walking away with incredible images they will treasure for the rest of their life.