This ability to innovate and to invent and to discover and to develop new manufacturing methods will still play a central role in the future prosperity of this country.” Energy Secretary Chu spoke live at GE Global Research this past friday, check out the article capturing his visit.
Telephone voice quality has remained essentially unchanged for a century. Would you pay more for HD voice quality?
Edge-on Beauty (NGC 891)
Visible in the constellation of Andromeda, NGC 891 is located approximately 30 million light-years away from Earth. The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope turned its powerful wide field Advanced Camera for Surveys towards this spiral galaxy and took this close-up of its northern half. The galaxy’s central bulge is just out of the image on the bottom left.
Credit: NASA/ESA/Hubble
Will Facebook swallow the Internet whole, locking us into a fully socialized online experience? Very interested read!
2022 is a long way off, but key digital developments are already in hand. The current explosion of mobile connectivity will surely exert an influence 10 years from now. Desktops and laptops — even tablets — may be hardware of the past, as we access the information stream using voice, gesture, and retinal displays. Immersion in this all-enveloping data field will change the way we work and think.
The displacement of information from devices will be reflected in the displacement of the worker from the workplace. Accessing the collaborative environment anywhere, anytime, a nomadic workforce will expect IT to manage the streamlining of data through virtual platforms.
As for social media, we’re not going too far out on that unpredictable limb. Will Facebook (or perhaps a successor) swallow the Internet whole, locking us into a fully socialized online experience? Or will an adverse reaction set in, driving users back into isolated silos?
Full Story: Internet Evolution
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Here’s a scene from the bottling area at GE Healthcare in Germany, where TheraCap capsules (radiopharmaceuticals used to help detect, diagnose and treat thyroid diseases and tumors) are inserted into protective lead containers.
A PowerHaul #locomotive at #GE #Transportation in Erie, PA. The PowerHaul is our most technologically advanced, fuel efficient and low emissions diesel-electric locomotive. It was designed as a flexible platform that can be customized for use in international markets including Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia and South America. #technology #manufacturing #trains (Taken with instagram)
Brain scans reveal dogs’ thoughts
Research indicates that dogs are aware of and respond to human signals, especially in terms of the reward center of the brain.
Imagine a world where industries have zero unplanned downtime. GE is working to make that day possible developing new technology for the “Industrial Internet.” Pictured is GE’s software leader Bill Ruh, talking about this concept and more at a thought leadership forum held by GE and Monocle in San Francisco this week.
