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How LED Is Lighting the Way Toward Indoor Farming

A warehouse full of lettuce might not be the first place you would expect to find the next Industrial Revolution. But follow the LED lights and you’ll discover a glimpse of the future of agriculture —...

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The Future of Agriculture? Indoor Farms Powered by LEDs

A warehouse full of lettuce might not be the first place you would expect to find the next Industrial Revolution. But follow the LED lights and you’ll discover a glimpse of the future of agriculture —...

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This Japanese Company Built a “Disaster-Proof” Factory

Japan is famous for innovation. But, like many countries in the Pacific, it must also cope with fierce forces of nature. Now one local company has merged insights from both and built what could be one...

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Fast and Luminous: These Lights are So Bright, They Could Show You the...

For every showing of “A Streetcar Named Desire” in a big city, there’s a street packed with traffic on the way to the theater. Let’s face it, large urban centers may have culture and opportunity on...

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Lighting the Way — 3 Paths to Intelligent Environments

Lighting is no longer just about seeing, but about sensing and connecting to create a brighter environment — in cities, shops and at home.   Harnessing the power of light has been an obsession of...

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City Lights: Intelligent LEDs Could Save Lives, Not to Mention Money and Time

Imagine this scenario: A gunshot echoes down a city street at night. Passerby turn to look, but can’t make out the scene in the darkness. The first to react effectively is the nearest street lamp. It...

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Go with Current: GE’s New Energy Business Changes the Power Game

GE announced today the creation of Current, a startup that combines energy hardware with a digital backbone to make power simpler and more efficient for customers. The company, which is backed by GE’s...

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Swimming With Current: New Chief Digital Officer makes Intelligent...

In October, GE launched Current, a startup focusing on bringing to market a holistic energy-as-a-service offering absent from the industry today. Former IBM Watson executive John Gordon just became...

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How GE Brought Rudolph, The Red Nosed Reindeer To Life

It’s hard to imagine, but there was a time when GE still needed to sell the general public on the value of artificial illumination. So it made sense for the company to devote an episode of the General...

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Say Goodbye, Say Hello: GE Stops Making CFLs, Says Go, Go, Go To LEDs

GE is breaking up with compact fluorescent lamps. This year, GE will cease production of its coiled compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs) for the  U.S. market and instead focus its consumer lighting efforts...

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A Lighting Revolution Is Being LED — Interview with Laura Phillips of Walmart

Advances in LED technology are making lighting cheaper and smarter.   The LED is finally getting its day in the spotlight. More than 40 years after GE engineer Nick Holonyak invented the first LED...

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A Billion Sunsets Later: This LED Will Help Humans Spring Forward, Sleep At...

All living things — from animals and plants down to cells — carry inside them a clock set to the most basic cycle on Earth: night and day. Scientists believe that this clock, called circadian rhythm,...

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5 Essential Things to Know About the Accelerating Future

In this era of hyperconnectivity, transformation is happening faster and impacting every industry. To thrive in this environment, you need to understand these five things.   Someday, we will look back...

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Let There Be Light: The Origin Story Of Night Baseball

When the 2016 Major League Baseball season opened last Sunday with a night game between the New York Mets and the Kansas City Royals, few fans paid attention to the lights. But that wasn’t always the...

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How GE’s Move To Boston Is Really A Homecoming

GE said in January that it will relocate its headquarters from Connecticut to Boston. The company had a significant presence in the city even before the move — GE businesses ranging from Aviation and...

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London Calling: How GE Left A Legacy In An Olympic City

Tony Gale still remembers the moment, seven years ago, when he watched the head of one of London’s most disadvantaged hospitals break down in tears. Sitting within the walls of her hospital, he had...

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Better Together: Intel and GE Partner to Bring Predix to More Industries

Intel is one of the world’s biggest technology companies, with semiconductor manufacturing facilities all over the globe. Those plants have to maintain rigorously controlled environments where every...

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In Just 4 Years, LEDs Will Outnumber Traditional Lighting – That’s Just The...

Technology is allowing $15 LED bulbs to now sell for a few dollars, and traditional lighting can’t hold a candle to those capabilities. With a home’s average 45 light sockets, the evolution of lighting...

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Edison’s Heir: Bob Hall’s Invention Lit Up The Future

You could argue that the future was born in GE’s labs in 1962. That was the year Robert N. Hall demonstrated the first semiconductor laser, which made possible everything from price code scanners to CD...

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Amazon’s Alexa And The Destiny Of The Internet Of Things

Today, GE announced its latest LED table lamp featuring Amazon Alexa. It’s only the beginning for the smart home of the future, according to Charlie Kindel, director of Amazon Alexa Smart Home.     1....

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