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Doctors from around the world have been turning their attention to the latest breakthroughs in healthcare IT this week at the annual meeting of the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society in Atlanta, Georgia. Featuring one of the year’s biggest tech expos, the conference is a chance for the society’s more than 20,000 members to see how healthcare is rapidly transforming thanks to an array of new computerized technologies designed to put more information in doctors’ hands.

In Greek mythology, “gorgons” such as Medusa were terrifying creatures who could turn you to stone with just a look. Sitting off the north coast of Western Australia, the Greater Gorgon gas fields certainly have the ability to leave energy experts frozen in their tracks, as the area is estimated to contain about 40 trillion cubic feet of gas – making it Australia’s largest-known gas resource. Back in October, we reported that Chevron awarded GE Oil & Gas a contract worth over $400 million to supply advanced liquefied natural gas (LNG) technology for the drilling project. Today, that deal has now grown to include even more equipment — including orders of new natural gas turbines — bringing the total of Chevron’s deal with GE to over $1.1 billion.

From ecomagination engines burning landfill gas to “treasure hunts” inside our factories that seek out energy waste, we’ve been presenting a steady drumbeat of GE fuel efficiency stories. This time, we’re turning to our colleagues at Beluga Shipping — a GE preferred shipper — and their amazing use of “kite sails” to reduce fuel costs and help the environment. Who knew that in the 21st century, GE’s advanced engines would literally be sailing to their ports of call?

Chartered by GE’s Project Logistics team, the Beluga SkySails cargo vessel — which has the world’s first practical towing kite propulsion system for commercial shipping — set sail in early February from Albany, New York. It was loaded with 250 to 300 tons of power generating equipment that was manufactured at GE’s plant in Schenectady, NY and was was destined for Samsun, Turkey.

Healthcare IT is in the spotlight this week in Atlanta, Georgia as one of the year’s biggest tech expos gets underway. As part of the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society’s annual meeting, GE is showcasing a range of projects, including today’s announcement about Qualibria, an innovative computerized system that provides doctors with real-time clinical data and faster access to current research — right at a patient’s side. It’s been developed using three decades of clinical information from the Intermountain Healthcare system of hospitals — and through a partnership with the renowned Mayo Clinic.

The need to customize and tailor energy solutions by region was a key theme emerging from “The Future of Alternative Energy Summit” that just wrapped in Salzbergen, Germany. The two-day series of technology briefings and panel discussions, convened by GE and held at our European Headquarters for Renewables and Wind Turbine Manufacturing, brought together a mix of business leaders, policy experts and media from across Europe to tackle the complex issue of how to help Europe achieve its ambitious energy targets and emission reduction goals despite recent setbacks. As Kenneth Backgard, from the Assembly of European regions, said at the event: “To have success and really engage the population with climate change, you have to go down to the individual level. In Scandinavia where I come from we have made a lot of progress in producing heat from waste. I was in Italy recently where there has been less development in the area but when you start to talk to people about how they will see benefits on their bill and save money they start to understand.”