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05.22.13

GE Global Research Wins Manufacturing Leadership 100 Award for Development of Crowdsourcing Software Platform

Breakthrough software a key building block of the Industrial Internet that will revolutionize product design and smart manufacturingDARPA project demonstrated secure, online design of complex cyber-physical systems by multiple collaborators

05.20.13

GE Scientists in Technology “Relay Race” Against Cancer

GE technologies being developed to impact every stage of cancer patient care from screening to treatment and monitoring Earlier detection, more precise diagnosis, and enabling more effective treatments and monitoring all key goals in the race to defeat cancer

05.06.13

GE Researcher Receives 200th U.S. Patent

Trifon Laskaris is first GE research lab inventor since Thomas Edison to reach this milestone Credited with developing superconducting magnets for MRI – technology that helped revolutionize modern medicine

04.01.13

GE Scientists Helping to Bring Advanced Laser Manufacturing Tools Mainstream

Driving applications in laser cutting, welding and scribing that are delivering higher performance and efficiency for a wide array of industrial applications.

03.07.13

Three GE Engineers Elected to National Academy of Engineering

Total GE membership in NAE, past and present, well over 100; top 3 among U.S. corporationsNew honorees include experts in material stress cracking diagnosis, gas turbine engine material development, and modern turbofan engine technology

02.12.13

Vanderbilt, GE Team to Achieve Deeper Understanding of Colon Cancer

GE advanced cancer mapping technology to provide unprecedented studies of cancer cellsCould yield new insights into how colon cancer develops, progresses and can be suppressed

01.30.13

GE to Develop Robotic-enabled Intelligent System Which Could Save Patients Lives and Hospitals Millions

System solution to include robotic systems, RFID, and computer vision technology to handle surgical tool packaging, delivery, and sterilizationSystem could help reduce the billions of extra dollars in inventory in the perioperative supply chain that hospitals hold globallyGreater use of automation would free-up hospital personnel for more patient- focused tasks

12.21.12

GE Scientists Unveil Greener, Smarter Sleigh for Santa Claus

An array of new technologies added to improve the sleigh New 3-D printed parts allow for sleeker, more aerodynamic blade design to improve energy efficiency Use of high temperature Ceramic Matrix Composites (CMCs) in the frame to enable travel into and out of outer space New electric traction motor with MEMS switching technology to provide green power when reindeer need to rest New Industrial Internet technologies will ensure safer, more efficient travel

12.21.12

GE Scientists Unveil Greener, Smarter Sleigh for Santa Claus

An array of new technologies added to improve the sleigh New 3-D printed parts allow for sleeker, more aerodynamic blade design to improve energy efficiencyUse of high temperature Ceramic Matrix Composites (CMCs) in the frame to enable travel into and out of outer spaceNew electric traction motor with MEMS switching technology to provide green power when reindeer need to restNew Industrial Internet technologies will ensure safer, more efficient travel

12.13.12

GE Demonstrates Battery Dominant Fuel Cell Bus Using New Durathon™ Battery

Shows potential of Durathon™ battery in hybrid transportationEnergy management technology provides effective approach to enable smaller, lower cost fuel cells for clean transportationSolution could eventually lead to electrification of buses, delivery trucks, and other heavy-duty vehicles

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