Global Research

LaserManufacturing

Easy to See, The Future Is: “GEdi Knights” Zap Titanium Dust with Laser, Build Jet Engine Parts

April 1, 2013

From Star Wars blasters to orbital ray guns, powerful lasers are better known for blowing things apart…



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Life of Pi: From the Pyramids to String Theory, Pi Animates Science and Imagination

March 14, 2013

Some students fall in love with their teacher. Mathematician Andrew Barnes fell in love with pi. “My…



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Everything Is Illuminated: New Method Aims to Light Up Pieces of the Cancer Puzzle

March 1, 2013

We’ve learned a lot about cancer, but far from enough. Doctors have gotten better at diagnosing the…



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Breaking the Mold: GE Makes Technology Review’s Global List of Most Innovative Companies, Again

February 20, 2013

For the second year in a row, the editors at MIT Technology Review (TR), a leading publication…



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Blueprint for Invention: From Gravity Cars to Holographic Phones, GE Puts Crowdsourced Ideas on Paper

February 15, 2013

Engineers at GE have spent a century inventing, improving and building new things, from Edison’s light bulb,…



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Wired: The Science of Star Wars Explained by GE Engineers

February 12, 2013

Ever sought revenge on your siblings by freezing them, a la Han Solo, in carbonite? The engineers…