GE Research

GE researchers look to put COVID-19-detecting sensors in phones

By Mallory Hackett 12:28 pm April 9, 2021

Researchers at General Electric are set to begin research into how they can turn commonly-used surfaces into COVID-19-detecting devices, the company announced this week. The GE Research team has received a 24-month grant from the National Institutes of Health to develop miniature sensors that can be embedded into mobile devices in order to detect COVID-19 particles on their surfaces. “We all come...

GE develops microwave prototype that measures caloric content

By Aditi Pai 08:56 am July 9, 2014

Mock up of a calorie counting device GE Research has developed a prototype of a microwave that could someday measure calories in the foods that a user warms up, according to a report from MIT Technology Review. This first prototype is only capable of measuring the caloric content of some liquids. GE Global Research Senior Scientist Matt Webster invented the device when he was looking for a way...