Sep 27
The upcoming film Gravity
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Sep 25
GE’s monster, GEnx turbofan is a marvel of modern tech that completely changed conventional turbofan design
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Sep 06
Uber to offer Delorean rides in SF this weekend only, time travel not included
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If you’re a Back to the Future fanatic who wasn’t able to snag a Delorean on eBay or hitch a ride in a time-traveling taxi cab, then you might want to head to the City by the Bay this weekend. Uber has partnered with GE as part of the latter’s Brilliant Machines campaign to offer rides in, yes, a Delorean, but only in San Francisco and only for the following three days. They’ll be operational some time between 12 to 9pm on Friday and between 12 to 6pm on Saturday and Sunday — you’ll know a Delorean is available if you see an option pop up on the app (as seen in the screenshot after the break). However, Uber told us there’ll only be four of them on the road. Due to the limited availability, you’re restricted to just 15 minutes per trip and only one passenger per vehicle. The company’s pulled publicity ploys like this before — remember the ice cream trucks and those $3,000 helicopter rides? — but we have to admit this one makes our inner Marty McFly smile. So if you’re feeling lucky, take a trip to SF and try your hand at hailing one of these 1.21-gigawatt-powered beauties. Be sure to ask the driver if he can reach 88MPH.
[Image credit: Maile Kraus, Twitter]
Filed under: Transportation
Source: Uber
Aug 27
Brace yourself to see every elementary-level experiment to ever hit a science fair. Earlier this month, GE held a competition asking people to pack as much science as possible into six second vines, and this is a compilation of the best ones.
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Aug 12
GE as well as the University of Washington have teamed up, working on a “Diagnostics-on-Demand” medical device that is meant for use in the realm of infectious disease detection. This particular DARPA-backed program will focus on the creation of an instrument-free, paper-based, fully-disposable device which can see action in remote areas, considering how access to medical diagnostic equipment in those areas are extremely limited due to numerous reasons. With the “Diagnostics-on-Demand” medical device, it is small enough to travel with you, and can detect a wide range of diseases in under an hour depending on color-changing paper which is similar to those found on a pregnancy test kit.
Forget about TV on-demand, we are presented with on-demand medical diagnosis here, where it can be used anytime, anywhere in the world. Just how small is this new medical device? Roughly the size of a deck of playing cards, and it can pack in the kind of technology which allows one to detect infectious disease through a simple nasal swab in under 60 minutes. Definitely the device to have in this on-demand world that wants everything to be done quickly in the shortest time possible. Hopefully “Diagnostics-on-Demand” medical device would not be too pricey for developing countries. [Press Release]
“Diagnostics-on-Demand” Medical Device Invented original content from Ubergizmo. 
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Apr 22
Ultrasound has revolutionized prenatal medicine but its monochromatic images can be difficult to interpret—even for trained operators. But with the help of next-gen rendering algorithms, doctors and expectant parents alike are getting an unprecedented real-time peek inside the womb. More »
Apr 15
Quirky Partnership Democratizes the Invention of Internet-Connected Devices
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Introducing a new Internet-connected device to the masses just got easier thanks to a just-announced partnership between Electric Imp and inventor community Quirky.
Apr 10
Today, at an event in New York, GE announced that it will open up “thousands” of patents from its library of some 20,000 to inventors using Quirky’s crowdsourced product development platform. That means that if you’re bright enough, you can use a GE patent to invent something. GE will still collect royalties on your brain power, but they promise not to sue you. More »
Mar 27
Optical microscopes are limited by a phenomenon known as the diffraction barrier, wherein the microscope can’t differentiate two objects separated by less than half the wavelength of light used—roughly 200 nm on average for the visible spectrum. But by combining powerful optics and cutting-edge rendering algorithms, GE’s new DeltaVision OMX Blaze is bringing this hidden realm’s drama to light. More »
Mar 21
If a Jet Engine Can Survive GE’s Winnipeg Wind Tunnel, It Can Survive Anything
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Even though today’s largest airplane engines are capable of producing more than 100,000 pounds of thrust, they are still susceptible to ice build-up in the sub-zero temperatures at cruising altitude. To ensure the next generation of mega-engines can withstand the worst that Old Man Winter can throw at them, GE has set up a testing center in the coldest, most inhospitable frozen environment this side of Hoth—Winnipeg, Canada. More »
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