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Researchers warn of critical vulnerability in GE anesthesia machines

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A flaw in the firmware of anesthesia and respiratory devices made by General Electric could allow a hacker to change the composition of gases dispensed by the equipment, putting patients at risk, cybersecurity researchers warned Tuesday. “If exploited, this vulnerability could directly impact the confidentiality, integrity and availability of device components,” CyberMDX, the health care security company that discovered the issue, said in a statement. For the vulnerability to be exploited, a hacker would need access to a hospital’s network and for the machines to be connected to a terminal server, or one that allows enterprises to connect to multiple systems, according to CyberMDX. But with that access, an attacker could not only alter gas composition, the researchers said, but also silence alarms on the equipment and change dates and timestamps that document a patient’s surgery. “Once the integrity of time and date settings has been compromised, you no longer […]

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ECI and GE partnership to provide customers with an end-to-end, unified networking solution

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ECI, a global provider of ELASTIC Network solutions for service providers, critical infrastructures and data center operators, and GE Renewable Energy’s Grid Solutions business, one of the leaders in advanced power system solutions, have announced thei… Continue reading ECI and GE partnership to provide customers with an end-to-end, unified networking solution→

Economic Espionage: Zheng and Zhang Fleece General Electric

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The week of April 15 saw the unsealing of the indictment of Xiaoquing Zheng and his co-conspirator Zhaoxi Zhang on multiple counts of economic espionage associated with the theft of the intellectual property of General Electric. Zheng previously had b… Continue reading Economic Espionage: Zheng and Zhang Fleece General Electric→

GE’s Engine to Reignite Civil Supersonic Flight

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On October 24th, 2003 the last Concorde touched down at Filton Airport in England, and since then commercial air travel has been stuck moving slower than the speed of sound. There were a number of reasons for retiring the Concorde, from the rising cost of fuel to bad publicity following a crash in 2000 which claimed the lives of all passengers and crew aboard. Flying on Concorde was also exceptionally expensive and only practical on certain routes, as concerns about sonic booms over land meant it had to remain subsonic unless it was flying over the ocean.

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Moonlighting in China with GE’s Intellectual Property

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There seems to be a never-ending supply of stories about insiders who believe their company’s intellectual property is also their intellectual property. This month, we see Xiaoqing Zheng, 56-year-old naturalized U.S. citizen originally from China, who… Continue reading Moonlighting in China with GE’s Intellectual Property→

Robert Hall and the Solid-State Laser

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The debt we all owe must be paid someday, and for inventor Robert N. Hall, that debt came due in 2016 at the ripe age of 96. Robert Hall’s passing went all but unnoticed by everyone but his family and a few close colleagues at General Electric’s Schenectady, New York research lab, where Hall spent his remarkable career.

That someone who lives for 96% of a century would outlive most of the people he had ever known is not surprising, but what’s more surprising is that more notice of his life and legacy wasn’t taken. Without his efforts, so many …read more

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44 Layers of Katharine Burr Blodgett

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Whether you realize it or not, Katharine Burr Blodgett has made your life better. If you’ve ever looked through a viewfinder, a telescope, or the windshield of a car, you’ve been face to face with her greatest achievement, non-reflective glass.

Katharine was a surface chemist for General Electric and a visionary engineer who discovered a way to make ordinary glass 99% transparent. Her invention enabled the low-cost production of nearly invisible panes and lenses for everything from picture frames and projectors to eyeglasses and spyglasses.

Katharine’s education and ingenuity along with her place in the zeitgeist led her into other …read more

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In spite of digital transformation, 2017 did not yield the desired financial results for GE

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 GE is a great example of a traditional company that has recognized the need to transform into a digital organization, but by all measures 2017 has been a tough year for the industrial giant financially. The company stock price has tumbled, and la… Continue reading In spite of digital transformation, 2017 did not yield the desired financial results for GE→

GE acquires Wise.io to deepen its machine learning stack

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View of the logo at the entrance of General Electric (GE) Celma, GE's aviation engine overhaul facility in Petropolis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on June 8, 2016. / AFP / YASUYOSHI CHIBA GE Digital today announced that it has acquired Wise.io, a machine-learning powered service that helps businesses find patterns and trends in their vast data stores. At first glance, that may seem like an odd acquisition for a company like GE. It’s important to keep in mind, though, that with Predix, GE already offers its customers a service that focuses on helping them monitor their… Read More Continue reading GE acquires Wise.io to deepen its machine learning stack→