#general-electric

[astromanes]

Thrust Reversers

A brief explanation of how thrust reversers work, and how I tried to replicate their function on my model. Each engine contains about 900 pieces of paper, and took ~2 months to build.

[karizanotto]

[licibev]

[buzzyr-blog]

[paulocesilveira-blog]

Perhaps leery of video, brands are not signing up to the network quite as fast. Nonetheless, there are some early-adopter corporate Viddy accounts worth checking out. We’ve taken a look at six brands currently using Viddy in smart and savvy ways.

[usflashfeed]

[triplepundit]

Technology for Good: GE's Fabulous Annual Report App

TriplePundit is excited to be working with GE on a series this month looking at the company's innovation for the better good over the last 130+ years. Specifically, we'll be introducing a remarkable new online application that presents every one of GE's annual reports since 1892. It's an impressive trove of documentation in an equally impressive format - easily scannable for innovations by category.

We're most excited about the fact that GE has made a great effort to highlight the social and environmental importance of many of their innovations. Sometimes this manifest in subtle ways: The first night baseball game in 1935 made healthful recreation far more accessible to folks with day jobs. Other innovations are more obvious - GE's long standing commitment to wind energy and more recent eco-magination campaigns are other notable highlights.

Learn more here...

[tromaktikonet]

Αιολική ενέργεια: οι κορυφαίες εταιρείες ανεμογεννητριών το 2011

Περιβάλλον Ενέργεια Οικολογία: Την πρώτη θέση στη λίστα της συμβουλευτικής εταιρείας «IHS Emerging Energy Research» με τις μεγαλύτερες εταιρείες ανεμογεννητριών κατέλαβε το 2011 η δανέζικη Vestas, με την παράδοση ανεμογεννητριών συνολικής ισχύος 5,22 GW και μερίδιο 12,7% στην παγκόσμια βιομηχανία αιολικής ενέργειας. Τη δεύτερη θέση κατέλαβε η κινεζική Sinovel, αν και οι πωλήσεις της έπεσαν [...] ...Διαβάστε περισσότερα → http://dlvr.it/1JYmmc