I found this infographic about General Electric today that I found pretty interesting – Do YOU know how big GE is and how big it has become? I didn't know that it was one of the original 12 companies from the original Dow Jones. Check out the infographic from PartSelect – I've resized it here, [...]
Read More GE, General Electric, infographicIf you follow the L-Prize competition, you would have noticed an interesting entry that GE is going to be making – and is currently in development. GE (General Electric, NYSE:GE) is entering a 60W LED replacement lamp using Cree LED emitters as the light source. This is pretty awesome, if I do say so myself [...]
Read More Cree, Department of Energy, GE, General Electric, L-Prize, Lighting Prize, NASDAQ, NYSEI just got a press release on a new upcoming lamp from GE. This image was in the press release: Everybody, I think we just saw the results of a drunken lamp party in which compact fluorescent lamps and halogen lamps learned how to be sentient and mate, producing the above (and below) results: I [...]
Read More compact fluorescent lamp, GE, General Electric, HalogenGE's research lab working with OLEDs made a short video of some interesting OLED durability "tests" for all to see. Now every solid state device needs to come with a hole punch and some scissors so I can cut light into pieces. <chirp, chirp> I'll be right back, I have to run to the joke [...]
Read More GE, General Electric, OLED, organic, organic light emitting diode, VideoI just saw this commercial – and I got a kick out of it! Isn't that enough to post something that might crack you up?
Read More funny, GE, smart grid, VideoAn article at Huffington Post announced that General Electric lost its top AAA credit rating. GE has been struggling with credit issues for a while now, and the new AA+ credit rating (down from AAA) means it will be more expensive for GE to raise money. From the article: The credit rating agency lowered GE's [...]
Read More AA+ credit rating, AAA, GE, Jeff ImmeltThe Next Generation Luminaires competition has chosen the winners of the 2008 contest in their three categories: Best In Class Market-ready, Recognized Market-ready, and Noteworthy Emerging. The winners all have solid work – there were three winners in the Best In Class category, and I've listed their products below. Architectural Lighting Online had an article [...]
Read More AZARA, GE, Immersion, Journée, LED, Next Generation Luminaires, NGL, Step03, WynonaLEDUh oh – General Electric's fourth quarter earnings were down 46%, from a Huffington Post article a handful of days ago. Even though they're reporting massive losses, they claim they're still quite liquid and able to pay out dividends. Overall, GE is down about 22% from last year's earnings. From Huffington Post's article: GE's businesses [...]
Read More GE, losses, luxim, stockWhen I flew home on Christmas Day, among the gifts my wonderful wife had bought me, this little gem was in my stocking – a "stained glass" medium screw base lamp from GE that casts a great bunch of color on the shade and adjoining wall in my office. It's 25 watts, one of the [...]
Read More GE, light bulb, stained glass lampWait, shouldn't this be a "Holiday Tree?" Ha, just kidding. It's OLED! From the press release at GE: We haven’t quite achieved Rockefeller or National Christmas tree lighting status yet, but we’re well on our way,“ said Anil Duggal, who leads GE’s OLED program. “We hope GE’s OLED tree lighting will inspire and capture people’s [...]
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