GE just announced a new "big-data" and analytics platform it calls “Predictivity," and it has some big partners on board to give it reach.
General Electric is on a mission to improve efficiency in hospitals, and is setting aside $2 billion for its health care practice.
At Maker Faire Bay Area, a "startup pavilion" highlights 20 new maker-focused startups. But big companies like Autodesk, General Electric, and even Google are getting into the DIY game too.
Guest Post Many companies are finding that a mixture of oil and gas energy, together with solar and wind power, fit their needs -- and the energy industry is benefitting too.
Want some lead, mercury, or chlorine with your new iPhone 5 or Galaxy S3? You're in luck: both phones contain those and many other toxic substances.
As a partner of the Olympic Games, General Electric has an active interest in promoting the upcoming be-all, end-all athletic competition. That explains why the appliance manufacturer has partnered with Facebook to today launch HealthyShare, a Facebook application designed to …
General Electric set up a hands-on “garage” area at SXSW Interactive this year to get technophiles up to their elbows in hardware, including laser cutters, 3D printers, injection molders, and more.
Linda Boff, the company’s executive director of global digital …
What if you got to directly influence brands like AOL, General Electric and Pinkberry while earning prizes? Crowdtap, which provides marketing research through its network of volunteers, received $7 million in funding to get you there.
According to Crowdtap, there …
Only around a quarter of the new electricity capacity introduced in 2010 came from wind power, down from 42 percent in 2009, according to a report from the U.S. Department of Energy.
The average cost of installing new wind power …
Glori Energy, which specializes in extracting additional oil from existing oil wells, announced today that it has secured funding from Energy Technology Ventures. The terms of the funding were not disclosed.
Typical wells extract oil by flooding the well with …
The U.S. government will make $250 million in federal loans available to developers of smart grid technology.
The new loans will be doled out to companies that offer some new way to improve the electrical grid in parts of the …
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