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Grayson Brulte: From Quartz to Smartwatch — Will History Repeat Itself?
As smartwatches become more prevalent, it might be worthwhile for the venerable Swiss watch industry to reflect back on the turbulent 1970s following the advent of the quartz watch. Will history...
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Unleashing Urban Innovation: Smart City 2.0
We are witnessing the dawn of digitized, intelligent cities, where sensors are being deployed to monitor air quality, infrastructure health, traffic and even available parking spots. If this new layer...
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Sweat Equity: These Wireless Skin Sensors Could Check Your Vital Signs And...
Anil Duggal has always had a knack for invention — the GE Global Research chief scientist has 98 U.S. patents to his name. Now, with the support of his colleagues Jeff Ashe and Azar Alizadeh, Duggal is...
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Everything Is Illuminated: Smart LEDs Are Lighting The Way To “Intelligent”...
In manufacturing, a minute saved is money earned. Which is why building complex machines like gas turbines can be frustrating. One of the trickiest parts of the process involves assembling the...
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All You Want For Christmas In 2027: These Stocking Stuffers Are In Your Future
You don’t have to be a die-hard geek to start assembling your holiday list of the future today. We will help you. Over the last year, we visited a number of GE labs and talked to the scientists and...
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Sensory Architecture Could Help Kids Suffering From Autism
Sean Ahlquist, assistant professor of architecture at the Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning at the University of Michigan, creates architecture, one of the few design mediums that...
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5 Coolest Things On Earth This Week
Scientists in San Diego are printing body parts, their peers in England are manufacturing blood, and a team in Wisconsin came up with eye gear that could give humans super color vision. Who needs...
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The Heat Camera Is On: Retailers Turn To Sensors For Insight
Online retailers have been tracking their customers and their web habits with cookies for years. No wonder their brick-and-mortar rivals are looking for new ways to play the big-data game. The French...
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The 5 Coolest Things On Earth This Week
This week we watched a robot do a backflip, marveled about an implantable device that can help the brain form memories, and learned about an X-ray-reading AI that outperformed Stanford doctors in...
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The 5 Coolest Things On Earth This Week
Scientists at Duke University flexed human muscles grown from stem cells for the first time, a thumbnail-sized sensor connected to a smartphone app can track your sun exposure, and another device can...
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