Traditionally, new products are closely guarded before being launched onto the market. Then, and only then, does the public get to weigh in with their feedback. The drawbacks of this approach are ...

If you are running R&D at a large appliance manufacturer, you have a challenge. You typically make products in enormous quantities at pretty slim margins. In order to recoup your development, tooling ...

GE Appliances microfactory and community maker space, FirstBuild, just celebrated its 10th anniversary. The factory on the University of Louisville's campus opened a decade ago to create a new space ...

A lot of cookware products these days are advertised as offering smart features, but they don't cover all the ways we want to cook. In fact, some popular cooking methods can't even be done indoors due ...

Sometimes the best way to promote innovation at your company is to shelter innovators from the company. Anyone can walk into a GE Appliances FirstBuild facility and play with everything from CNC ...