A GE Adventure.

Ever wanted to see what's going on inside of the GE Global Research Center, or take a trip to the top of a wind turbine?

A new blog, GE Adventure,  has been launched that focuses on a "series of field trips through GE," so you can read about a variety of  adventures.

My favorites include this post about a wind turbine visit- where the bloggers made a parachute out of a plastic bag and dropped it off the 260' high turbine. it even has a video. To check out a photo gallery of GE wind turbines, check out this page.

Or this post, that shows a few antique GE ads, and shows the original text,  “Really, you can’t blame her. Who wouldn’t drag her friends out into the kitchen to show off her new General Electric? There it stands, gleaming white, strong as a safe, incredibly quiet … the envy of all who see it.”

The blog also discusses some of the cool new technologies that folks at the GRC have been working on, including nanotechnology, oled lighting, and more.

The blog is still pretty new, so check back for more first hand information compiled by the bloggers!

Hahn takes gaming to a new level.

"Brandon Hahn demonstrating a new technology at the iFairWhoever said that nothing productive came out of playing games clearly never met an IMLP.

Brandon Hahn, a current IMLP with GE Healthcare, used a little imagination at work to combine a few everyday technologies with new software to create something truly inventive and engaging.

Hahn was looking for a better way to present at the iFair, a a science and technology career fair in Milwalkee.

Hoping  to circumvent the typical problem of walking back and forth to the computer to switch applications or draw on the screen, the WiiMote SmartBoard was born.

To create this new fusion of technologies, Brandon combined the following items:

• Laptop with Bluetooth Connection
• Projector
• Nintendo Wii Remote (Wiimote)
• Infrared Pen
• Wiimote Whiteboard Software (Open Source)
  

But how did he find this stuff? Hahn recalled hearing about the software from a former college professor, and found information on the WiiMote Project via a Carnegie Mellon student's website.

According to Hahn, it works because "the Wiimote has an infrared webcam in it, which is capable of tracking up to 4 infrared light sources as any point.  When you aim the Wiimote at the screen, it looks for the light from the pen.  The four-corner calibration matches the Wiimote’s field of vision to the computer screen as projected by the projector."

If you're looking for whiteboard capabilities without having to set up any software (or if you don't own a Wiimote, check out GE's free whiteboard application at http://imaginationcubed.com/)