The Atlantic Monthly recently visited GE Global Research in Niskayuna, New York for the latest installment of the magazine’s photo series, “Where Ideas Come From,” that takes readers inside the world’s technology companies.
GE Reports took a similar field trip to Niskayuna just last week, where we were lucky enough to tour three labs dedicated to some of the most innovative new technologies being developed at GE: the materials lab where carbon fiber composite materials for aircraft engine and wind turbine blades are created and tested; the additive manufacturing, or 3D printing, lab, where GE has pioneered techniques for manufacturing tech components, like ultrasound transducers, from scratch; and the nanotechnology lab, which will soon celebrate its 10th anniversary and where scientists work to extract the potential of different materials at the nano scale—including a waterproof coating inspired by the properties of the lotus leaf.
