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Five ways GE technology could improve your Valentine’s Day
With Valentine’s Day just around the corner, there is no doubt that florists, chocolatiers, and elegant restaurant proprietors will find plenty of eager—and probably more than a few...
View ArticleCapital Region tops the green list this St. Patrick’s Day
On St. Patrick’s Day, everyone seems to become just a little greener. And while this often takes the form of donning some seldom-worn green sweater or imbibing green-tinted spirits, we here at...
View ArticleHappy April Fools Day!
We decided to just have a little fun today in honor of April Fools! However, as you’ve made it this far, hope you enjoy the blog and leave any questions or comments behind! Happy April!
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April Fool’s Tribute to Thomas Edison
“A diamond is a piece of coal that stuck to the job.“ Born February 11, 1847, GE founder Thomas Alva Edison was a man driven by a need to compensate for his middle name. A need so all-consuming he...
View ArticleCelebrating Earth Day with Rare Earths: Focus on Materials Sustainability at GE
Today marks the 40th anniversary of Earth Day, established to promote global environmental awareness. As we each celebrate Earth Day in our own way by conserving electricity, reducing our waste, eating...
View ArticleReverse engineering the “most awesome Christmas lights”
Happy Holidays! Recently in Schenectady, GE Energy changed the lighting in the large monogram atop their main building to its annual red and green holiday lighting. I wanted to take a minute to share...
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Stump the Scientist: Holiday edition
We put a call out for holiday themed Stump the Scientist questions and your curious minds delivered. As always, submit your questions (holiday related or not) in the comments here or by sending a...
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Help out in Santa’s Toy Lab with the GE holiday game
Happy holidays & season’s greetings from the North Pole! I am honored to be guest blogging today on Edison’s Desk to share with you some exciting news. Just as last year, when Santa’s Sleigh...
View ArticleBehind the toy technology: Icephobic coatings
I hope that you have been enjoying the game that was released yesterday– we are certainly loving all of the help we are getting with Santa’s presents! So far we’ve been blown away by the amount of...
View ArticleBehind the toy technology: carbon composites
Happy Friday, one week until Christmas Eve!! Today I would like to introduce you to Mark Vermilyea, a mechanical engineer in the Composites Design & Processing Laboratory. In the Toy Lab, we...
View ArticleBehind the toy technology: LED lighting
One of the technologies that we talk about in the Toy Lab game is LED lighting. I spoke with Mehmet Arik at the research center and he has shared more information about the technology with us. Enjoy!...
View ArticleBehind the toy technology: Vscan ultrasound
One of the technologies you may have seen in the game is Vscan. Vscan is pocket sized ultrasound technology that lets doctors see into the body from the palm of their hand. In the future you may see...
View ArticleBehind the toy technology: the GE Brain
Today’s technology from Santa’s Toy Lab that you will be learning more about is the GE Brain. And you get to hear about it from Edison’s Desk blog editor Charles Theurer! The GE Brain can be...
View ArticleBehind the toy technology: Hybrid drivetrain
For the final video in the “behind the toy technology” series we will be hearing from Lembit Salasoo at Global Research. Lembit and his team recently had an exciting announcement of a breakthrough in...
View ArticleHappy Holidays from GE Global Research
Well, we did it everyone! Another successful Christmas is behind us. Thanks for all of your help in getting ready for Christmas this year. The toys were a big hit! So far, 63 people have posted...
View ArticleTop 10 most visited blogs entries in 2010
All, just a year ago at this time we were getting ready to relaunch our blog and I was about to begin my role as the blog editor for the Edison Engineering Development Program at Global Research. It...
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Editor’s picks blog entries for 2010
All, below are recommendations or “Editor’s Picks” from a few of the blog editors. They share their favorite blog entries posted on Edison’s Desk throughout the year. I hope that this helps you to...
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Team Chucky returns to the Punkin Chunkin
All, I wanted to share with you another guest blog entry from my friend and colleague at GE Healthcare, Dan Collins. You may recall Dan from the post he put up last year, sharing with us some insight...
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GE scientists celebrate with 3D-Printed Christmas Tree Ornaments
Hi everybody! I am back again this year, bringing you some more holiday cheer from the GE Global Research labs! As an encore to the redesign of Santa’s sleigh and construction of a state-of-the-art...
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