GE Global Research: A Pit Stop for CNET’s Road Trip

What does a Ben & Jerry’s factory in Vermont, Fenway Park in Boston, and GE Global Research in Niskayuna, NY all have in common? They were all stops on CNET reporter Dan Terdiman’s “Road Trip 2010.”

On July 28^th, Dan arrived at our Global Research location in Niskayuna, NY (about 30 minutes outside of Albany) after logging more than 4000 miles across the East coast to spend a day with our researchers.

Fiona Ginty, a project leader in computational biology in GE Global Research’s biosciences group, explained her work to Dan on his visit, to which he referred, “This is going to win a Nobel Prize.”

Dan wrote, “A day at GE Research is a whirlwind of ideas, new technologies, and a glimpse at where one of the world’s largest technology companies plans to take us in the next few years. Not all of what the institution is working on there will see the light of the market, of course, but it’s clear that as a company, General Electric sees its research arm as a powerful front end to staying ahead of its competitors.”

“As GE founder Thomas Edison put it–in a saying prominently displayed at the GE Global Research headquarters here, ‘I find out what the world needs, then I proceed to invent it.’”

“After a day here, seeing some of the most promising technologies I’ve seen, including health care research that I feel could one day earn the Nobel Prize, it’s nice to know that there are a group of people who agree that R&D is truly valuable and that solving the world’s problems can only be done with a strong and true commitment to science.”

Check out Dan’s post to learn more about his visit to Global Research and the technologies we shared with him on his “Road Trip 2010.”

Also, Dan spent a few minutes behind the camera proposing a question for the GE researchers’ “Stump the Scientist” feature. You can view Dan’s question and response later this week on our research blog, Edison’s Desk.

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