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Electrical engineering

Bye-bye, burners.

Magnetic induction cooking can cut your kitchen’s carbon footprint

Energy

Shifting from fossil fuels to electricity is climate-friendly, but serious cooks don’t think much of electric stoves. Will induction cooking finally catch on as an alternative?

Green energy: where the jobs are

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Kodak: A Walk Down Memory Lane

Top of the Hour: Kodak Files for Bankruptcy, Morning Headlines

Eastman Kodak Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy

A business and tech story that has the ring of the inevitable to it. A company that practically alone, created the modern global high-tech consumer culture has declared bankruptcy. Eastman Kodak, this morning a penny stock on the New York Stock exchange. The company that invented consumer photography, more than a century ago has filed […]

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Emerging Science Note

Scientists in Wisconsin want to turn your nose into a generator. Harnessing the air current created by breath might create enough electrical current to power a small medical device – like a pace maker.

Experts Warned of Reactor Flaws Decades Ago

Thirty-five years ago, a GE engineer told company officials the design of their Mark 1 reactor had a potential containment flaw, a warning which is now proving correct.

GE’s Tax Return: $3.2 Billion

Companies are using every loophole they can find to get a tax benefit –  and it turns out they are doing it well. According to The New York Times, General Electric made $14.2 billion in profit last year, $5.1 billion of which came from its operations in the United States. But it turns out that not […]

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Sleek and Cheap

An inexpensive, efficient vertical turbine may soon be coming to a backyard near you.