November 17, 2011
For Owen Schelenz’s eighth birthday, his ecologically-minded parents gave him a solar-powered portable radio. Fascinated by the concept, Owen took the radio everywhere and would clip it onto the bus window on school trips so he could listen to sun-powered tunes. At GE, Owen delves deeper into his curiosity about free energy sources, and researches ways to make solar energy a viable part of the power grid.
October 3, 2011
The Atlantic Monthly recently visited GE Global Research in Niskayuna, New York for the latest installment of the magazine’s photo series, “Where Ideas Come From,” that takes readers inside the world’s technology companies. GE Reports took a similar field trip to Niskayuna just last week, where we were lucky enough to tour three labs dedicated to some of the most innovative new technologies being developed at GE: the materials lab where carbon fiber composite materials for aircraft engine and wind turbine blades are created and tested; the additive manufacturing, or 3D printing, lab, where GE has pioneered techniques for manufacturing tech components, like ultrasound transducers, from scratch; and the nanotechnology lab, which will soon celebrate its 10th anniversary and where scientists work to extract the potential of different materials at the nano scale—including a waterproof coating inspired by the properties of the lotus leaf.
June 26, 2011
Software Webinar Series: Software Webinar Series
Join GE researchers to discuss how data, analytics, and software are driving change in the global business landscape. Join the conversation on Twitter using the hashtag #GEsoftware!: The “Internet of Things”: June 28th at 3:00 p.m. “The Internet of Things” promises to create networks of unprecedented scale and complexity. Join Joe Salvo to learn how society and industry may be transformed by this new system-level innovation.
June 16, 2011
After joining Global Research in 1980 as a Technician and working on various materials-development projects, Holly Comanzo went on to advance her studies and completed a B.S. in chemistry in 1987. While exposure to projects as diverse as U/VLSI and varistor/thermoelectric materials skyrocketed her learning at Global Research, she found her footing in luminescent materials research for GE Lighting in 1992. She continued gaining depth in this area till this date, when she’s a known expert, holding 68 U.S. issued patents and 17 publications in this field!
May 15, 2011
Brazil and GE are far from strangers: the company opened its first Brazil plant around 90 years ago. Since then, GE has focused on growing its business – and its expansion will culminate in a new Global Research Center, set to open in 2013 in Rio De Janeiro. GE Reports spoke with João Geraldo Ferreira, President and CEO of GE in Brazil, about the new GRC, the practice of “reverse innovation,” and Brazil’s unique place on the economic stage.
