1 00:00:00,320 --> 00:00:03,000 Speaker 1: Brought to you by the reinvented two thousand twelve Camray. 2 00:00:03,200 --> 00:00:08,960 Speaker 1: It's ready. Are you get in touch with technology? With 3 00:00:09,039 --> 00:00:17,759 Speaker 1: tech Stuff from how stuff works dot com. Hello again, everyone, 4 00:00:17,760 --> 00:00:20,840 Speaker 1: and welcome to tech stuff. My name is Chris Polette 5 00:00:20,840 --> 00:00:23,680 Speaker 1: and I am an editor at how stuff works dot com. 6 00:00:23,680 --> 00:00:25,639 Speaker 1: Sitting acrush from me is he always does when we 7 00:00:25,640 --> 00:00:28,600 Speaker 1: record podcast, because hey, what else are we gonna do? 8 00:00:28,680 --> 00:00:31,319 Speaker 1: That would be senior writer Jonathan Strickland. There was a 9 00:00:31,360 --> 00:00:34,599 Speaker 1: boy called Eustace Clarence Scrub and he almost deserved it. 10 00:00:36,720 --> 00:00:39,839 Speaker 1: All right, then, welcome to part two of our g 11 00:00:40,120 --> 00:00:46,640 Speaker 1: e extravvagance. If you're just joining us, Uh? Five or 12 00:00:46,680 --> 00:00:50,400 Speaker 1: no sorry? Four people founded ge and based on on 13 00:00:50,960 --> 00:00:54,680 Speaker 1: a merger between two companies, Yes, Edison General Electric and 14 00:00:54,760 --> 00:00:59,040 Speaker 1: Thomason Houston Electric. Yes, and you know those three guys 15 00:00:59,040 --> 00:01:01,320 Speaker 1: plus a guy named Charles Coffin who was a business 16 00:01:01,360 --> 00:01:05,280 Speaker 1: person who brought the companies together in a merger. And um, 17 00:01:05,319 --> 00:01:08,760 Speaker 1: they went from a brand new field, um, you know, 18 00:01:09,319 --> 00:01:12,760 Speaker 1: wiring homes for electricity lighting homes. Uh and and really 19 00:01:13,360 --> 00:01:17,279 Speaker 1: uh decided to create a company that could make things 20 00:01:17,319 --> 00:01:21,679 Speaker 1: that could use electricity and would sell equipment to generate electricity. 21 00:01:22,080 --> 00:01:26,039 Speaker 1: UM and really uh turned into a a eight hundred 22 00:01:26,120 --> 00:01:29,160 Speaker 1: pound guerrilla as they say in marketing speak of the 23 00:01:29,200 --> 00:01:31,800 Speaker 1: electric world. And we got all the way up to 24 00:01:31,920 --> 00:01:34,399 Speaker 1: nineteen thirty one in GES history. That was the year 25 00:01:34,400 --> 00:01:37,959 Speaker 1: that Thomas Alva Edison died. So we pick up in 26 00:01:38,160 --> 00:01:42,800 Speaker 1: nineteen thirty two when GE formed the GE Credit Corporation, 27 00:01:42,840 --> 00:01:46,400 Speaker 1: which was to help finance sales of products to families. 28 00:01:47,040 --> 00:01:49,880 Speaker 1: And that reason for this is, uh, GE had already 29 00:01:49,920 --> 00:01:55,720 Speaker 1: weathered one major economic depression, but now the country was 30 00:01:55,760 --> 00:02:00,320 Speaker 1: still reeling from the Great Depression, which was not that great. No, 31 00:02:00,720 --> 00:02:04,640 Speaker 1: it was huge, but it wasn't great now now and uh. 32 00:02:05,000 --> 00:02:08,120 Speaker 1: And in the last podcast several years earlier, we talked 33 00:02:08,160 --> 00:02:15,040 Speaker 1: about well several years earlier in the g E timeline right, Um, 34 00:02:15,240 --> 00:02:19,080 Speaker 1: we we talked about how GE had started helping companies, 35 00:02:19,080 --> 00:02:23,360 Speaker 1: financing companies that were starting out, um and basically to 36 00:02:23,520 --> 00:02:27,919 Speaker 1: help them get off the ground and hopefully use electricity 37 00:02:27,919 --> 00:02:31,799 Speaker 1: and buy stuff from them. UM. So this is this 38 00:02:31,840 --> 00:02:35,560 Speaker 1: is GE getting into a different segment of the financial market. UM. 39 00:02:35,600 --> 00:02:38,680 Speaker 1: Which again, if you're if you're looking at it on paper, 40 00:02:38,720 --> 00:02:40,760 Speaker 1: you may say, why would they get into financing, Well, 41 00:02:40,800 --> 00:02:43,760 Speaker 1: they're they're working in their own business interests as well. Yeah, 42 00:02:43,760 --> 00:02:47,040 Speaker 1: they're they're financing the sale of their products to people, 43 00:02:47,160 --> 00:02:50,480 Speaker 1: so you know, there's there's definitely self interest in there. 44 00:02:50,520 --> 00:02:53,360 Speaker 1: But it also was very helpful to families who needed 45 00:02:53,440 --> 00:02:57,800 Speaker 1: to have these these sort of appliances in order to, uh, 46 00:02:57,919 --> 00:03:02,720 Speaker 1: to have an efficient and cost effective home. So it was, 47 00:03:02,880 --> 00:03:05,280 Speaker 1: you know, a mutually beneficial sort of thing. It's not 48 00:03:05,760 --> 00:03:07,920 Speaker 1: we don't want to say that it was completely altruistic, 49 00:03:07,919 --> 00:03:09,160 Speaker 1: but at the same time, we don't want to say 50 00:03:09,160 --> 00:03:11,880 Speaker 1: it was some sort of how can we get those 51 00:03:11,960 --> 00:03:14,919 Speaker 1: last few pennies out from their clutches. It wasn't either 52 00:03:14,960 --> 00:03:18,040 Speaker 1: of those things. No, no, no, no no. UM and UH. 53 00:03:18,240 --> 00:03:21,320 Speaker 1: Also in the last podcast, we discussed how GE had 54 00:03:21,400 --> 00:03:25,480 Speaker 1: started very early on for the company, really one of 55 00:03:25,480 --> 00:03:30,160 Speaker 1: the very first research and development labs UM for corporations, 56 00:03:30,160 --> 00:03:31,920 Speaker 1: because they realized that if they could come up with 57 00:03:31,960 --> 00:03:35,920 Speaker 1: more cool scientific breakthroughs UM. Again this this is sort 58 00:03:35,920 --> 00:03:38,040 Speaker 1: of in that same bucket that they could, uh, they 59 00:03:38,040 --> 00:03:39,920 Speaker 1: could come up with things that would help people and 60 00:03:40,040 --> 00:03:43,320 Speaker 1: that they could monetize and add value to the company. 61 00:03:43,440 --> 00:03:46,360 Speaker 1: And UH one of the first things that they could 62 00:03:46,520 --> 00:03:49,680 Speaker 1: really brag about UM not that they couldn't some of 63 00:03:49,720 --> 00:03:52,200 Speaker 1: the others, but one of the scientists won a Nobel 64 00:03:52,280 --> 00:03:55,640 Speaker 1: Prize in that year as well, Irving Langmuir won a 65 00:03:55,680 --> 00:03:59,080 Speaker 1: Nobel Prize for his work in surface chemistry, and that 66 00:03:59,160 --> 00:04:02,920 Speaker 1: was the very first United States industrial scientists to win 67 00:04:02,960 --> 00:04:05,360 Speaker 1: a Nobel Prize. So that's a that's a big bragging 68 00:04:05,360 --> 00:04:08,080 Speaker 1: point for g. E. H. Skipping ahead a couple of 69 00:04:08,120 --> 00:04:15,080 Speaker 1: years produces the first electric food waste disposal unit, the Disposal. Yes, 70 00:04:15,160 --> 00:04:18,560 Speaker 1: it was creatively named the Disposal. Uh yeah, so this 71 00:04:18,640 --> 00:04:23,240 Speaker 1: is um I personally love this kind of invention. It's 72 00:04:23,279 --> 00:04:26,799 Speaker 1: a fantastic invention. I have a have an electric food 73 00:04:26,800 --> 00:04:29,960 Speaker 1: waste disposal unit in my house and uh, very useful 74 00:04:31,160 --> 00:04:34,159 Speaker 1: because I don't have to make a compost heap in 75 00:04:34,240 --> 00:04:37,960 Speaker 1: my house. I don't live in San Francisco. But yeah, 76 00:04:38,040 --> 00:04:40,880 Speaker 1: so this was this was definitely one of those inventions 77 00:04:40,880 --> 00:04:44,360 Speaker 1: introduced to try and make the whole home life more 78 00:04:44,400 --> 00:04:48,120 Speaker 1: simple and clean and efficient, which was kind of like geez, 79 00:04:48,200 --> 00:04:50,600 Speaker 1: thing like that was that was there. That was their 80 00:04:50,640 --> 00:04:53,880 Speaker 1: space was that we're going to make your life easier 81 00:04:54,240 --> 00:04:59,560 Speaker 1: and here's how through electricity. They also had the very 82 00:04:59,680 --> 00:05:02,960 Speaker 1: first night baseball game played in the United States thanks 83 00:05:03,000 --> 00:05:07,880 Speaker 1: to some lights provided by ge Yes Crossley Field. Yes 84 00:05:08,040 --> 00:05:11,360 Speaker 1: in Cincinnati, Cincinnati Reds versus the Phillies and who won. 85 00:05:11,839 --> 00:05:13,960 Speaker 1: The Reds beat the Phillies two to one. Thank you 86 00:05:14,240 --> 00:05:18,880 Speaker 1: awesome take that Phillies. As a Braves fan, I can't 87 00:05:19,000 --> 00:05:23,400 Speaker 1: say that enough that from two to one and nine. 88 00:05:24,160 --> 00:05:29,920 Speaker 1: My wife's from Philadelphia. Yeah, these were the Nova Lux lamps. Um. Yeah, 89 00:05:29,960 --> 00:05:34,040 Speaker 1: and Chicago was skeptical of these. I'm I'm kidding Chicago. 90 00:05:34,480 --> 00:05:37,200 Speaker 1: The Cubs were skeptical of these lamps up until I 91 00:05:37,200 --> 00:05:42,280 Speaker 1: don't know, just a few years ago. Now I'm I'm teasing. Um. Oh, 92 00:05:42,760 --> 00:05:46,680 Speaker 1: I like how we've something become a baseball podcast. No, uh, 93 00:05:46,720 --> 00:05:50,040 Speaker 1: and uh, I just find it kind of interesting that 94 00:05:50,080 --> 00:05:53,080 Speaker 1: they were so successful that they took off. And uh, 95 00:05:53,200 --> 00:05:55,320 Speaker 1: the if you're not a baseball fan, if you live 96 00:05:55,320 --> 00:05:57,160 Speaker 1: in a different part of the world where baseball is 97 00:05:57,200 --> 00:06:00,600 Speaker 1: sort of a curiosity rather than a national pastime. Um, 98 00:06:00,640 --> 00:06:03,400 Speaker 1: the Chicago Cubs are a team that has been around 99 00:06:03,400 --> 00:06:05,559 Speaker 1: for a very very long time, and they didn't uh 100 00:06:05,839 --> 00:06:08,920 Speaker 1: set up electric lights in their ballpark until, um, just 101 00:06:08,960 --> 00:06:11,000 Speaker 1: a few years ago at the time we're recording this. 102 00:06:11,040 --> 00:06:13,200 Speaker 1: And I have absolutely no problems with that. I'm just teasing. 103 00:06:13,240 --> 00:06:16,920 Speaker 1: I actually kind of like the Cubs. Yeah. Everyone everyone 104 00:06:16,920 --> 00:06:21,560 Speaker 1: loves an underdog, right So anyway, oh the poor cubs. 105 00:06:22,240 --> 00:06:26,400 Speaker 1: A nineteen thirty six, that's when ge starts a small 106 00:06:26,440 --> 00:06:30,799 Speaker 1: appliances division essentially, I mean they really get into creating 107 00:06:31,120 --> 00:06:34,080 Speaker 1: small appliances for the home. So again, if you remember 108 00:06:34,120 --> 00:06:39,040 Speaker 1: from our last podcast, I talked about how the president 109 00:06:39,040 --> 00:06:42,200 Speaker 1: and CEO during this time really wanted to focus on 110 00:06:42,560 --> 00:06:47,080 Speaker 1: targeting the consumer, the average consumer as a customer for 111 00:06:47,120 --> 00:06:50,039 Speaker 1: GE because a lot of Gees customers were big companies, 112 00:06:50,040 --> 00:06:53,760 Speaker 1: not consumers. Um. This was a continuation of that, and 113 00:06:53,760 --> 00:06:59,200 Speaker 1: they started to make stuff like juicers, roasters, mixers, countertop cookers, 114 00:06:59,240 --> 00:07:01,160 Speaker 1: that kind of stuff, you mean, like the juice so 115 00:07:01,279 --> 00:07:04,440 Speaker 1: Matt juicer and the Olive Carte table cooker like if 116 00:07:04,440 --> 00:07:06,280 Speaker 1: you need to eat a whole table, I'm gonna say, 117 00:07:06,279 --> 00:07:08,359 Speaker 1: if you need to cook your table yep. And the 118 00:07:08,560 --> 00:07:12,760 Speaker 1: Dorchester coffee maker. Yes, um, actually this is this is 119 00:07:12,840 --> 00:07:15,400 Speaker 1: kind of interesting. We talked about in the HP series 120 00:07:15,400 --> 00:07:19,560 Speaker 1: of podcasts. Um they Hewlett Packard over its history, which 121 00:07:19,600 --> 00:07:22,800 Speaker 1: is quite a bit shorter than g ees. UM got 122 00:07:22,800 --> 00:07:26,560 Speaker 1: into a number of fields and then later divested themselves 123 00:07:26,640 --> 00:07:29,920 Speaker 1: of it UM. As we look at GE, note that 124 00:07:29,960 --> 00:07:34,880 Speaker 1: they get into a wide range of different UM businesses, 125 00:07:35,560 --> 00:07:38,880 Speaker 1: but they pretty much are working in the same fields 126 00:07:38,880 --> 00:07:42,880 Speaker 1: that either they created or UM augmented in such a 127 00:07:42,880 --> 00:07:45,520 Speaker 1: significant way that they are a big part of them. 128 00:07:45,560 --> 00:07:47,800 Speaker 1: And really they didn't let go of a whole lot 129 00:07:47,840 --> 00:07:50,080 Speaker 1: of this stuff. They continue to be involved in in 130 00:07:50,240 --> 00:07:52,280 Speaker 1: these So there's a there's a few that they did 131 00:07:52,320 --> 00:07:57,520 Speaker 1: divest themselves and sometimes not choice. Well, that's true. Our 132 00:07:57,600 --> 00:08:00,360 Speaker 1: c A was taken from them, and it's states who 133 00:08:00,400 --> 00:08:03,120 Speaker 1: gave it to them in the first place. I know, 134 00:08:03,160 --> 00:08:05,000 Speaker 1: I'm sorry that was the last podcast. I'm not gonna 135 00:08:05,040 --> 00:08:07,440 Speaker 1: go off on that again, but yes, that's true. GE 136 00:08:07,960 --> 00:08:12,200 Speaker 1: was more known for developing these different technologies, getting involved 137 00:08:12,200 --> 00:08:15,400 Speaker 1: in it and staying with it UM. They were very 138 00:08:15,440 --> 00:08:18,360 Speaker 1: careful too about what they got into. Like you know, 139 00:08:18,480 --> 00:08:22,040 Speaker 1: there was there was a stressed innovation, but they weren't 140 00:08:22,080 --> 00:08:23,920 Speaker 1: so much about innovation that they were going to go 141 00:08:23,960 --> 00:08:28,160 Speaker 1: and embrace something that was unproven. Right there that have 142 00:08:28,320 --> 00:08:31,240 Speaker 1: done that, right, yeah, I mean in the last podcast 143 00:08:31,280 --> 00:08:33,440 Speaker 1: I talked talked about Google. You could argue that Google 144 00:08:33,480 --> 00:08:36,280 Speaker 1: has done that as well, where they've embraced stuff that 145 00:08:36,400 --> 00:08:39,200 Speaker 1: wasn't quite proven and not fully baked, maybe and it 146 00:08:39,280 --> 00:08:41,640 Speaker 1: just didn't work out, maybe for one reason or another. 147 00:08:41,679 --> 00:08:45,720 Speaker 1: Who each one is is fairly complex. But GE was 148 00:08:45,760 --> 00:08:50,800 Speaker 1: pretty good about identifying innovative designs that would be sustainable. 149 00:08:51,400 --> 00:08:54,000 Speaker 1: So that's part of the reason for the company's success. 150 00:08:55,679 --> 00:09:00,760 Speaker 1: But in UH, the final of the four founders passes away, 151 00:09:01,200 --> 00:09:05,400 Speaker 1: Ali who Thompson he actually passed away if you had 152 00:09:05,400 --> 00:09:08,080 Speaker 1: listened to our last podcast. The other three founders had 153 00:09:08,360 --> 00:09:13,040 Speaker 1: had passed away before this. So now the four guys 154 00:09:13,080 --> 00:09:15,840 Speaker 1: who had built the two companies that eventually became General 155 00:09:15,880 --> 00:09:19,760 Speaker 1: Electric are no more. They have shuffled off the mortal coil. Yeah, 156 00:09:19,920 --> 00:09:24,720 Speaker 1: and UH we were talking about the different tabletop appliances 157 00:09:25,040 --> 00:09:30,000 Speaker 1: or kitchen appliances. This is again the uh diversity of GE. 158 00:09:30,440 --> 00:09:32,360 Speaker 1: We talked about a guy in the last podcast named 159 00:09:32,360 --> 00:09:35,440 Speaker 1: Sanford Moss who at sixteen figured out that if you 160 00:09:35,520 --> 00:09:38,400 Speaker 1: burn fuel in a compressed air environment, you could really 161 00:09:38,520 --> 00:09:41,679 Speaker 1: put out some energy compared to a typical engine. Uh. 162 00:09:41,760 --> 00:09:44,200 Speaker 1: That's called the supercharger. If you're familiar with these types 163 00:09:44,240 --> 00:09:48,240 Speaker 1: of things, well, Howard Hughes, you know the Billy jillionaire 164 00:09:48,320 --> 00:09:51,880 Speaker 1: with the boxes on his feet set a transcontinental air record. 165 00:09:52,040 --> 00:09:55,160 Speaker 1: You know, if you know you're familiar with Mr Hughes, 166 00:09:55,200 --> 00:09:57,960 Speaker 1: you know that he was very much into aviation. He 167 00:09:58,040 --> 00:10:00,720 Speaker 1: made it across the country in seven hours, twenty eight minutes, 168 00:10:00,920 --> 00:10:05,400 Speaker 1: twenty five seconds using that supercharger technology of Gees. Yeah. 169 00:10:06,120 --> 00:10:07,720 Speaker 1: I have so many jokes I want to tell, but 170 00:10:07,760 --> 00:10:10,719 Speaker 1: I'm going to I'm going to abstain. Okay, So in 171 00:10:10,840 --> 00:10:15,000 Speaker 1: nineteen thirty eight, ge invinced the fluorescent lamp. Yeah, they 172 00:10:15,040 --> 00:10:18,280 Speaker 1: were kind enough to wait until Mr Edison passed before 173 00:10:18,520 --> 00:10:21,320 Speaker 1: they invented the fluorescent lamp. Yeah, because of course Edison 174 00:10:21,400 --> 00:10:24,480 Speaker 1: is famous for his work in the incandescent lamp, as 175 00:10:24,520 --> 00:10:28,160 Speaker 1: well as other multiple inventions. How be fitting there. Anyway, 176 00:10:28,559 --> 00:10:30,880 Speaker 1: it's a very tiny spaces. We have another joke that 177 00:10:30,920 --> 00:10:34,680 Speaker 1: I can't tell. Anyway. The fluorescent lamp, of course, was 178 00:10:34,920 --> 00:10:38,160 Speaker 1: a new development. And yeah, yeah, you would think for 179 00:10:38,200 --> 00:10:42,600 Speaker 1: a company that was that was so centered around incandescent 180 00:10:42,720 --> 00:10:46,840 Speaker 1: lighting for it to develop fluorescent lighting. That's that's interesting. Well, 181 00:10:46,880 --> 00:10:49,240 Speaker 1: it's it's not the first time, I mean sorry, it's 182 00:10:49,240 --> 00:10:52,800 Speaker 1: not the last time ge will work on a completely 183 00:10:52,840 --> 00:10:56,719 Speaker 1: different lighting technology. So they really weren't married to it. 184 00:10:56,720 --> 00:10:58,080 Speaker 1: It was more of a joke that I made, but 185 00:10:58,280 --> 00:11:00,839 Speaker 1: uh yeah, I mean that was that significant really when 186 00:11:00,840 --> 00:11:03,000 Speaker 1: you think about it. They made a significant enough of 187 00:11:03,040 --> 00:11:05,360 Speaker 1: provement in an incandescent light bulb that they were able 188 00:11:05,400 --> 00:11:09,320 Speaker 1: to really make a business out of it, and now 189 00:11:09,360 --> 00:11:12,559 Speaker 1: they are innovating by creating the fluorescent lamp well and 190 00:11:12,559 --> 00:11:16,160 Speaker 1: and again it's something that sets ge apart because you've 191 00:11:16,200 --> 00:11:20,480 Speaker 1: got companies that will try their hardest to ignore or 192 00:11:20,960 --> 00:11:25,520 Speaker 1: or dismiss technologies that would significantly impact their business model 193 00:11:25,600 --> 00:11:29,439 Speaker 1: by by changing whatever it was they were making. So 194 00:11:29,640 --> 00:11:31,480 Speaker 1: if you've got a company that's making a product and 195 00:11:31,520 --> 00:11:33,760 Speaker 1: a new way of making a new kind of product 196 00:11:33,840 --> 00:11:35,640 Speaker 1: that competes directly with the old one and is in 197 00:11:35,920 --> 00:11:39,800 Speaker 1: many ways superior to the old one, oftentimes that first 198 00:11:39,840 --> 00:11:41,880 Speaker 1: company is going to resist it. In this case, we 199 00:11:41,960 --> 00:11:45,520 Speaker 1: have a company that's actually innovating in that space because well, 200 00:11:45,600 --> 00:11:47,600 Speaker 1: multiple reasons, one of the one of them being that 201 00:11:48,080 --> 00:11:50,480 Speaker 1: I assume that the people in charge of g E 202 00:11:50,720 --> 00:11:54,440 Speaker 1: knew that you can't just innovate and then rest on 203 00:11:54,520 --> 00:11:57,000 Speaker 1: that you have to keep pushing in order and keep 204 00:11:57,080 --> 00:12:00,320 Speaker 1: changing and keep keep growing in order to stay liable 205 00:12:00,320 --> 00:12:03,480 Speaker 1: as a company. Yeah, and that's I mean, I'm assuming 206 00:12:03,480 --> 00:12:06,520 Speaker 1: that I've never I haven't read any of these these 207 00:12:06,520 --> 00:12:09,800 Speaker 1: men's works directly, so I can't say for sure, but 208 00:12:10,080 --> 00:12:13,160 Speaker 1: based upon the way the company has grown over the years, 209 00:12:13,200 --> 00:12:16,240 Speaker 1: I think it's a fairly safe assumption. Corporate body language, 210 00:12:16,240 --> 00:12:21,120 Speaker 1: you might say. Uh. Catherine Burr Blodget, Yes, the first 211 00:12:21,320 --> 00:12:25,600 Speaker 1: female scientist at GES Research Laboratory. Hey you said laboratory. 212 00:12:25,679 --> 00:12:28,600 Speaker 1: I know I had to think about it too. Um 213 00:12:28,679 --> 00:12:31,719 Speaker 1: she made this is. I love what they call it 214 00:12:32,480 --> 00:12:36,439 Speaker 1: because it sounds so uh well, duh. Invisible glass. That's 215 00:12:36,480 --> 00:12:39,920 Speaker 1: what Wonder Woman's jet is made. But no, we're talking 216 00:12:39,920 --> 00:12:42,440 Speaker 1: about glass that doesn't reflect. It's got a coding on 217 00:12:42,480 --> 00:12:47,360 Speaker 1: it that prevent prevents the glass from being reflective, and 218 00:12:47,400 --> 00:12:52,240 Speaker 1: that's very useful in a number of different technologies and 219 00:12:52,240 --> 00:12:54,680 Speaker 1: and basically it was the forerunner of a lot of 220 00:12:54,720 --> 00:12:59,960 Speaker 1: the glasses used in different applications today. Things like cameras 221 00:13:00,320 --> 00:13:03,120 Speaker 1: may be useful for a camera lens, also optical lenses 222 00:13:03,160 --> 00:13:06,480 Speaker 1: in general anti reflective coatings. If you have a smartphone, 223 00:13:06,520 --> 00:13:08,560 Speaker 1: you probably have a very tiny bit of that glass 224 00:13:08,720 --> 00:13:12,760 Speaker 1: or something very much like it. Um and another chemistry 225 00:13:13,200 --> 00:13:18,720 Speaker 1: in ninety silicone. They got into silicone, well actually invented 226 00:13:18,760 --> 00:13:23,640 Speaker 1: it really, and it's used in all kinds of things, uh, 227 00:13:23,679 --> 00:13:28,440 Speaker 1: insulating electronics, it's excellent for that, baking now they use 228 00:13:28,480 --> 00:13:34,640 Speaker 1: it for that, now, industrial sealants, aquariums, um, lots of 229 00:13:34,640 --> 00:13:40,600 Speaker 1: different applications and and and great for advertising what uh 230 00:13:40,800 --> 00:13:44,600 Speaker 1: causes you believe in on your wrist if you're so inclined, 231 00:13:44,920 --> 00:13:48,360 Speaker 1: although that's sort of passed out of fashion here. Yes. 232 00:13:48,640 --> 00:13:51,920 Speaker 1: So also in nineteen forty they created a television station 233 00:13:51,960 --> 00:13:54,400 Speaker 1: called w r g B in a little town of 234 00:13:54,440 --> 00:13:58,240 Speaker 1: New York called and it was the first television network, 235 00:13:58,320 --> 00:14:00,400 Speaker 1: or grew into the first television network. It was kind 236 00:14:00,400 --> 00:14:02,560 Speaker 1: of funny to call it that. Um, you might not 237 00:14:02,679 --> 00:14:04,800 Speaker 1: necessarily think about it, but remember when we talked about 238 00:14:05,800 --> 00:14:09,319 Speaker 1: uh computer networks, we said that basically a computer standing 239 00:14:09,360 --> 00:14:11,560 Speaker 1: on on its own is not a network. But if 240 00:14:11,600 --> 00:14:14,880 Speaker 1: you put, you know, connect another net computer to it, 241 00:14:14,920 --> 00:14:17,120 Speaker 1: you've created a network. Well, yes, this was a network 242 00:14:17,120 --> 00:14:21,280 Speaker 1: of two. W r g B was simultaneously broadcasting the 243 00:14:21,320 --> 00:14:25,200 Speaker 1: same signal that the New York City TV station was 244 00:14:25,720 --> 00:14:29,080 Speaker 1: and so in in doing that, they created their first network. 245 00:14:29,920 --> 00:14:32,720 Speaker 1: Pretty cool and U r g B also I think 246 00:14:32,720 --> 00:14:35,240 Speaker 1: that's kind of funny, red, green, and blue being the 247 00:14:35,240 --> 00:14:37,480 Speaker 1: colors that you see on a computer screen or TV screen. 248 00:14:37,760 --> 00:14:41,760 Speaker 1: Of course that's pre color TV. I know that's that's 249 00:14:41,760 --> 00:14:45,200 Speaker 1: the ironic party. So in nineteen forty also, that's when 250 00:14:45,480 --> 00:14:48,920 Speaker 1: Gerard Swope and Charles E. Wilson stepped down for the 251 00:14:49,040 --> 00:14:53,360 Speaker 1: first time. Because this gets complicated and I'll explain why. 252 00:14:53,400 --> 00:14:56,920 Speaker 1: So they stepped down in nineteen forty and UH from 253 00:14:57,080 --> 00:15:03,320 Speaker 1: being president and CEO respectively, and then UH, Charles E. 254 00:15:03,520 --> 00:15:09,040 Speaker 1: Wilson becomes the president. By the way, Charles E. Wilson, 255 00:15:09,040 --> 00:15:11,240 Speaker 1: there are two Charles E. Wilson's that are important during 256 00:15:11,280 --> 00:15:14,640 Speaker 1: this particular era. One of those, Charles E. Wilson's, is 257 00:15:14,680 --> 00:15:18,160 Speaker 1: the CEO of General Motors. The other, Charles E. Wilson, 258 00:15:18,200 --> 00:15:22,080 Speaker 1: became the president of of G UH. And you can 259 00:15:22,200 --> 00:15:25,320 Speaker 1: change tell them apart because the one at at General 260 00:15:25,320 --> 00:15:28,280 Speaker 1: Motors was known as Engine Charlie. The one of g 261 00:15:28,480 --> 00:15:31,520 Speaker 1: was known as Electric Charlie. That's kind of funny. I'm 262 00:15:31,520 --> 00:15:33,720 Speaker 1: not even making that up. Also, when you think about 263 00:15:33,720 --> 00:15:36,480 Speaker 1: a General Motors in General Electric, they're both major generals, 264 00:15:36,720 --> 00:15:40,520 Speaker 1: that's true, the very model of a modern major general. UH. 265 00:15:40,560 --> 00:15:42,320 Speaker 1: And then oh, and d Young, you know, he stepped 266 00:15:42,360 --> 00:15:45,320 Speaker 1: down as well, and Philip D. Reid took his place. 267 00:15:45,400 --> 00:15:48,240 Speaker 1: Now that happens in nineteen forty I'm gonna go ahead 268 00:15:48,280 --> 00:15:50,320 Speaker 1: and explain what happens over the next few years, because 269 00:15:50,360 --> 00:15:53,920 Speaker 1: it's gonna get confusing otherwise. So nineteen forty you have 270 00:15:54,080 --> 00:16:00,960 Speaker 1: this regime change. Essentially. In nineteen forty two, Uh, both UH, 271 00:16:01,280 --> 00:16:07,400 Speaker 1: Charlie Wilson and Philip Read leave GE and and Owen 272 00:16:07,520 --> 00:16:11,680 Speaker 1: Young and Gerard Swope stepped back into their roles as 273 00:16:12,240 --> 00:16:16,320 Speaker 1: UH CEO and president respectively. Wait what Now, Here's what happened. 274 00:16:17,600 --> 00:16:19,560 Speaker 1: So in nineteen forty two, there was a little event 275 00:16:19,640 --> 00:16:22,480 Speaker 1: going on in nineteen forty two, and had started a 276 00:16:22,480 --> 00:16:24,800 Speaker 1: few years earlier, and it was really in full swing 277 00:16:24,880 --> 00:16:30,320 Speaker 1: by forty two, which is World War two. The jitterbug. Uh, 278 00:16:30,800 --> 00:16:33,440 Speaker 1: world War two. We're gonna stick with that. So, yeah, 279 00:16:33,440 --> 00:16:36,080 Speaker 1: world War two was in full swing. Not actuee what 280 00:16:36,080 --> 00:16:38,600 Speaker 1: you're doing for there with the jitterbug. Now, in nineteen 281 00:16:38,680 --> 00:16:43,160 Speaker 1: forty two, UH and both Read and Wilson left GE 282 00:16:43,280 --> 00:16:46,320 Speaker 1: to go serve on the United States War Production Board. 283 00:16:47,080 --> 00:16:49,880 Speaker 1: So they left, they left the company to serve with 284 00:16:49,960 --> 00:16:53,000 Speaker 1: the United States government. On this board and they were 285 00:16:53,040 --> 00:16:56,240 Speaker 1: there for three years. So in nineteen forty five, when 286 00:16:56,240 --> 00:16:59,560 Speaker 1: the war came to an end, Swope and Young step 287 00:16:59,600 --> 00:17:03,960 Speaker 1: down again and Wilson and Reid took their place again 288 00:17:04,200 --> 00:17:07,520 Speaker 1: as the the CEO and president of the company or 289 00:17:07,600 --> 00:17:09,960 Speaker 1: president CEO, I should say, because Wilson was the president. 290 00:17:10,280 --> 00:17:14,480 Speaker 1: So yeah, it's this weird little moment in GEES history 291 00:17:14,520 --> 00:17:17,840 Speaker 1: where the outgoing president and CEO were replaced, then they 292 00:17:17,840 --> 00:17:21,560 Speaker 1: came back in to replace the incoming president and CEO, 293 00:17:21,680 --> 00:17:23,800 Speaker 1: and then they left for the incoming president and CEO, 294 00:17:23,880 --> 00:17:26,359 Speaker 1: who were coming back again a few years later. But 295 00:17:26,520 --> 00:17:29,000 Speaker 1: all had to do with World War two. Confused, You 296 00:17:29,080 --> 00:17:32,960 Speaker 1: won't be after this episode of tech stuff. Actually, that's 297 00:17:33,000 --> 00:17:36,040 Speaker 1: never true. So and so that's that. That's the whole 298 00:17:36,200 --> 00:17:40,520 Speaker 1: confusing little moment in GEES executive history. Moving on though, 299 00:17:40,760 --> 00:17:47,040 Speaker 1: So in ninety one, transportation strikes again. Well there's yeah, 300 00:17:47,240 --> 00:17:51,160 Speaker 1: g E built the I A, which is the very 301 00:17:51,240 --> 00:17:56,520 Speaker 1: first United States jet engine i A. Uh. And then 302 00:17:56,600 --> 00:18:02,960 Speaker 1: in nineteen forty three ge developed something autopilot. Ah, why 303 00:18:03,359 --> 00:18:06,200 Speaker 1: you skip nineteen forty two, which surprised me. Oh, well, 304 00:18:06,040 --> 00:18:09,440 Speaker 1: what was the world world first turboprop? Oh? Yes, yes, yes, 305 00:18:09,480 --> 00:18:13,520 Speaker 1: by designed by Sir Frank Whittle. Yeah, I did skip that. 306 00:18:13,640 --> 00:18:18,200 Speaker 1: You're right because the Bell xpfte era comet used two 307 00:18:18,200 --> 00:18:22,960 Speaker 1: of those engines to be the first American jet ino um, 308 00:18:23,080 --> 00:18:26,080 Speaker 1: which they then put on automatic pilot and it crashed 309 00:18:26,080 --> 00:18:28,840 Speaker 1: into a barn. No I'm kidding. Yeah. The autopilot, of 310 00:18:28,880 --> 00:18:33,280 Speaker 1: course is setting, which allows a aircraft to continue on 311 00:18:33,400 --> 00:18:39,919 Speaker 1: a set course without adjustments. So very helpful, uh feature 312 00:18:39,960 --> 00:18:43,720 Speaker 1: there that g E developed. Uh. And in ninety five 313 00:18:43,760 --> 00:18:47,320 Speaker 1: they demonstrated the first commercial, non military use of radar, 314 00:18:47,680 --> 00:18:51,439 Speaker 1: which they used to help vessels navigate through dark conditions 315 00:18:51,440 --> 00:18:53,679 Speaker 1: so that they wouldn't bump into stuff as long as 316 00:18:53,720 --> 00:18:57,280 Speaker 1: it's not farther than twenty miles away. And also in 317 00:18:57,359 --> 00:19:00,920 Speaker 1: forty five, that's when we now have Wilson and Read 318 00:19:01,040 --> 00:19:04,560 Speaker 1: in places executive leaders for GE. They've they've actually come 319 00:19:04,560 --> 00:19:07,080 Speaker 1: back from the war effort and now they are there 320 00:19:07,119 --> 00:19:12,159 Speaker 1: to stay for the rest of their tenure. Uti you 321 00:19:12,160 --> 00:19:15,280 Speaker 1: have the J forty seven, which became the most produced 322 00:19:15,359 --> 00:19:21,440 Speaker 1: jet engine in history, uh, five thousand pound thrust um production. 323 00:19:21,560 --> 00:19:24,800 Speaker 1: So you know, powerful engine there. And also that ye're 324 00:19:25,040 --> 00:19:30,840 Speaker 1: a GE scientist named Vincent Schaefer developed an interesting technique 325 00:19:31,400 --> 00:19:35,200 Speaker 1: for areas that are suffering from drought. Yes, cloud seeding. Yes, 326 00:19:35,280 --> 00:19:38,440 Speaker 1: he was the one who figured out that by seeding clouds, 327 00:19:38,480 --> 00:19:42,120 Speaker 1: by putting in tiny particles and clouds for water droplets 328 00:19:42,119 --> 00:19:44,280 Speaker 1: to form around, you could make rain. Oh I thought 329 00:19:44,280 --> 00:19:48,960 Speaker 1: you could grow sunflowers and clouds. No. No, you must 330 00:19:48,960 --> 00:19:52,480 Speaker 1: be playing a super advanced version of plants versus zombies 331 00:19:52,920 --> 00:19:57,320 Speaker 1: sky sky plants versus sky plants versus zombies. So yeah, 332 00:19:57,359 --> 00:20:01,680 Speaker 1: that that was another interesting development. Forty seven uh G 333 00:20:01,960 --> 00:20:06,280 Speaker 1: produces the first two door refrigerator which has a separate 334 00:20:06,320 --> 00:20:09,639 Speaker 1: door for the freezer. Yes, before they had developed the 335 00:20:09,640 --> 00:20:14,080 Speaker 1: first hermetically sealed refrigerator, which was a nice invention, this 336 00:20:14,160 --> 00:20:16,720 Speaker 1: is an improvement on that technology. He had seven point 337 00:20:16,800 --> 00:20:20,720 Speaker 1: five cubic feet. Uh, not big by today's standards, but 338 00:20:21,080 --> 00:20:23,800 Speaker 1: you know, it's pretty significant at the time. Yeah. And 339 00:20:24,040 --> 00:20:26,040 Speaker 1: also the fact that it had a separate door for 340 00:20:26,080 --> 00:20:28,320 Speaker 1: the freezer meant that you didn't have to worry about 341 00:20:28,320 --> 00:20:31,960 Speaker 1: defrosting the refrigerator all the time because it had its 342 00:20:32,000 --> 00:20:35,840 Speaker 1: own separate compartment. Yes. Yeah, and it's important to note 343 00:20:35,840 --> 00:20:38,639 Speaker 1: to um uh and I this just occurred to me. 344 00:20:38,680 --> 00:20:41,680 Speaker 1: This is not something that I found through research. But 345 00:20:41,960 --> 00:20:45,480 Speaker 1: we're talking about right after World War Two, which in 346 00:20:45,480 --> 00:20:48,600 Speaker 1: America was a time of enormous prosperity. He had a 347 00:20:48,600 --> 00:20:50,399 Speaker 1: whole lot of people coming back from the war that 348 00:20:50,520 --> 00:20:58,320 Speaker 1: the American UH manufacturing machine was completely geared up. Um. 349 00:20:58,480 --> 00:21:02,600 Speaker 1: The Americans produced UH, if you'll pardon the pun, UH 350 00:21:02,760 --> 00:21:06,560 Speaker 1: really don't intend it to be boatloads and boatloads of 351 00:21:06,920 --> 00:21:12,399 Speaker 1: all kinds of weaponry. Uh. There were huge advancements in technology, 352 00:21:12,720 --> 00:21:15,560 Speaker 1: not just from GE, but from other corporations in the 353 00:21:15,640 --> 00:21:19,240 Speaker 1: United States, and so as the UH the men came 354 00:21:19,280 --> 00:21:25,080 Speaker 1: home from Europe and the Pacific theaters, UM, they found 355 00:21:25,119 --> 00:21:28,080 Speaker 1: themselves in an opportunity to do to get more stuff 356 00:21:28,240 --> 00:21:31,920 Speaker 1: than they had ever had before, all sorts of new things. UM. 357 00:21:32,000 --> 00:21:35,760 Speaker 1: So this, these bursts in technology came at a perfect time. 358 00:21:35,920 --> 00:21:38,760 Speaker 1: And I'm sure, again this is not based on my reading. 359 00:21:38,920 --> 00:21:41,560 Speaker 1: I'm sure that in no small part this caused GE 360 00:21:41,760 --> 00:21:45,240 Speaker 1: to grow significantly because they had invested in all these 361 00:21:45,280 --> 00:21:51,280 Speaker 1: different areas, especially home appliances, small appliances. UM. I'm sure 362 00:21:51,320 --> 00:21:55,560 Speaker 1: they made uh tons and tons of cash simply through 363 00:21:55,920 --> 00:21:59,399 Speaker 1: being having it available at the right time, geared up 364 00:21:59,400 --> 00:22:02,840 Speaker 1: in the right a. Um. So this this was a 365 00:22:02,920 --> 00:22:06,040 Speaker 1: huge time for them. So in introducing U two door 366 00:22:06,080 --> 00:22:08,119 Speaker 1: refrigerator freezer that was brand new and that would be 367 00:22:08,160 --> 00:22:10,600 Speaker 1: something that people are gonna want in their homes. They 368 00:22:10,640 --> 00:22:14,159 Speaker 1: also introduced now this was for commercial restaurants, not for homes, 369 00:22:14,160 --> 00:22:19,840 Speaker 1: but they introduced an electronic oven that was it was 370 00:22:19,920 --> 00:22:25,240 Speaker 1: programmable in a sense and actually made an entire industry possible, 371 00:22:25,520 --> 00:22:28,600 Speaker 1: something that maybe we shouldn't thank ge for the fast 372 00:22:28,640 --> 00:22:33,920 Speaker 1: food industry. Yeah, they made custom matching gear all sorts 373 00:22:33,920 --> 00:22:36,000 Speaker 1: of different appliances that you would find in a fast 374 00:22:36,000 --> 00:22:39,760 Speaker 1: food restaurant, uh, for different types of cooking, toasters and 375 00:22:39,880 --> 00:22:44,280 Speaker 1: fryers and all sorts of other stuff. Um and uh yeah, 376 00:22:44,320 --> 00:22:45,960 Speaker 1: I mean the fast food and industry really took off 377 00:22:46,000 --> 00:22:48,639 Speaker 1: after the war was over as well. Um, So you 378 00:22:48,680 --> 00:22:51,160 Speaker 1: could gear up your stuff and have it looked sweet, 379 00:22:51,240 --> 00:22:53,080 Speaker 1: you know, have it all behind the counter where everybody 380 00:22:53,080 --> 00:22:56,280 Speaker 1: could see it. It looked nice. Um. That was that 381 00:22:56,640 --> 00:23:00,159 Speaker 1: you know. It added to the the atmosphere in a 382 00:23:00,160 --> 00:23:04,719 Speaker 1: fast food restaurant. Yeah, in nineteen fifty Wilson, as it is, 383 00:23:05,440 --> 00:23:07,239 Speaker 1: I was supposed to say, I don't have a lot 384 00:23:07,240 --> 00:23:09,560 Speaker 1: of atmosphere. Most the fast food restaurants have been in 385 00:23:09,560 --> 00:23:11,439 Speaker 1: in nineteen But if you you went out, you know, 386 00:23:11,560 --> 00:23:14,920 Speaker 1: for a date or something like that, it would you know, 387 00:23:15,119 --> 00:23:17,439 Speaker 1: I'm learning a lot about Chris on this podcast. In 388 00:23:17,520 --> 00:23:23,480 Speaker 1: nineteen fifty, Charles Wilson steps a complicated guy. Charles Wilson 389 00:23:23,520 --> 00:23:26,080 Speaker 1: stepped down as the president in nineteen fifty and Ralph J. 390 00:23:26,240 --> 00:23:29,399 Speaker 1: Cordner became the new president of ge UH and in 391 00:23:29,480 --> 00:23:32,280 Speaker 1: fifty one they developed the company developed the J seven 392 00:23:32,359 --> 00:23:36,520 Speaker 1: nine military jet engine and very popular military jetting. I 393 00:23:36,520 --> 00:23:38,920 Speaker 1: like the story that that was on the g S 394 00:23:38,960 --> 00:23:42,960 Speaker 1: website about how when the engineers were testing the engine, 395 00:23:43,080 --> 00:23:45,720 Speaker 1: they thought that their instruments must have been broken because 396 00:23:45,760 --> 00:23:48,560 Speaker 1: the efficiency levels were way higher than they expected them 397 00:23:48,560 --> 00:23:51,719 Speaker 1: to be. Like, that's not gonna work this this this 398 00:23:51,880 --> 00:23:54,159 Speaker 1: meter is broken. Go give me a new one. Uh. 399 00:23:54,200 --> 00:23:58,680 Speaker 1: In nineteen fifty two, I think the gate is broken. Yeah, sir, sir, 400 00:23:58,760 --> 00:24:01,600 Speaker 1: you've switched off your targeting COMPU or nineteen fifty two, 401 00:24:01,800 --> 00:24:06,040 Speaker 1: they built an appliance park facility in Kentucky, which is 402 00:24:06,040 --> 00:24:08,120 Speaker 1: great if you need to park your appliances. Yeah, and 403 00:24:08,160 --> 00:24:10,480 Speaker 1: this is this was a company or a part of 404 00:24:10,480 --> 00:24:14,560 Speaker 1: the company that was specifically dedicated to designing and producing 405 00:24:14,600 --> 00:24:18,040 Speaker 1: appliances for the home, and my notes are way off today. 406 00:24:18,080 --> 00:24:21,840 Speaker 1: In nineteen fifty three, they developed the Lexan polycarbonate resin 407 00:24:22,240 --> 00:24:24,600 Speaker 1: oh Man Daniel W. Fox trying to come up with 408 00:24:24,640 --> 00:24:27,919 Speaker 1: a better how how many times have we mentioned this scenario? 409 00:24:28,119 --> 00:24:30,600 Speaker 1: Trying to come up with a better wire enamel comes 410 00:24:30,680 --> 00:24:34,200 Speaker 1: up with alexan, which, if you know what alexan is, 411 00:24:34,200 --> 00:24:38,399 Speaker 1: is a very hard, transparent plastic um which can be 412 00:24:38,520 --> 00:24:41,000 Speaker 1: used in all sorts of things. This is another area 413 00:24:41,040 --> 00:24:45,240 Speaker 1: that GE capitalizes on later. But yeah, um, very very 414 00:24:45,320 --> 00:24:49,280 Speaker 1: useful plastic. Uh. Nineteen fifty four they developed the first 415 00:24:49,320 --> 00:24:55,400 Speaker 1: automatic portable dishwasher called the Mobile Maid. Yes, so um, yeah, 416 00:24:55,560 --> 00:24:59,119 Speaker 1: portable dishwasher. Uh. I'm not gonna make any jokes on 417 00:24:59,160 --> 00:25:03,680 Speaker 1: that either. Nineteen five they developed the first micro miniature 418 00:25:03,800 --> 00:25:08,359 Speaker 1: relay and this was for for aircraft and spacecraft. Yeah, 419 00:25:08,400 --> 00:25:11,080 Speaker 1: and they're still in use. This This is another technology 420 00:25:11,160 --> 00:25:15,200 Speaker 1: G developed that still finds its way into today's aircraft 421 00:25:15,240 --> 00:25:19,760 Speaker 1: and spacecraft. They also developed a method for creating artificial diamonds, 422 00:25:20,680 --> 00:25:23,680 Speaker 1: which are used in industrial applications like drilling. You know 423 00:25:23,720 --> 00:25:26,440 Speaker 1: they have diamond drill bits and stuff. Well, this was 424 00:25:26,520 --> 00:25:31,000 Speaker 1: when they actually developed a technique to create them artificially. Yes, 425 00:25:31,160 --> 00:25:34,040 Speaker 1: diamonds in this case or a grinder's best friend. Um, 426 00:25:34,160 --> 00:25:37,879 Speaker 1: they used these, and we're talking about someone who's actually 427 00:25:37,880 --> 00:25:40,200 Speaker 1: grinding stuff down, not a not a not a sandwich. 428 00:25:40,560 --> 00:25:44,280 Speaker 1: Yes that is correct. Yeah, you don't want industrial diamonds 429 00:25:44,280 --> 00:25:48,800 Speaker 1: in your sandwich. But they are great for grinding stuff down. 430 00:25:48,800 --> 00:25:51,600 Speaker 1: And as a matter of fact, this is not the 431 00:25:51,640 --> 00:25:55,760 Speaker 1: only application of very very hard stuff that they innovate 432 00:25:55,760 --> 00:25:58,440 Speaker 1: in their chemical labs, but we'll come to that later. Yeah, 433 00:25:58,480 --> 00:26:00,879 Speaker 1: diamonds also very useful if you're going to create a 434 00:26:00,920 --> 00:26:03,840 Speaker 1: doomsday device, because they almost all have to have some 435 00:26:03,960 --> 00:26:07,000 Speaker 1: sort of diamond right there in the center to focus 436 00:26:07,119 --> 00:26:09,639 Speaker 1: the energy. You know what I'm talking about, Yes, I 437 00:26:09,680 --> 00:26:11,879 Speaker 1: know exactly what you're talking about. Or some sort of 438 00:26:11,920 --> 00:26:15,040 Speaker 1: a chip that goes along with the diamonds, yes, yes, 439 00:26:15,200 --> 00:26:18,600 Speaker 1: but my my, this this is the next thing that 440 00:26:18,680 --> 00:26:22,200 Speaker 1: I want to talk about in a technology that will 441 00:26:22,280 --> 00:26:25,960 Speaker 1: change the world. For this is the t is not 442 00:26:26,119 --> 00:26:29,760 Speaker 1: as I first imagined, a very early terminator, or maybe 443 00:26:29,800 --> 00:26:31,560 Speaker 1: it is and I just don't know about it. Well 444 00:26:31,600 --> 00:26:34,520 Speaker 1: not not. You know, it's not talking about heart failure. 445 00:26:34,560 --> 00:26:38,240 Speaker 1: Possibly again, I am not a very complex guy. And 446 00:26:38,280 --> 00:26:41,960 Speaker 1: the invention of the first toast our oven, the toaster oven, 447 00:26:42,560 --> 00:26:44,720 Speaker 1: which finds its way on many countertops and is a 448 00:26:45,119 --> 00:26:47,119 Speaker 1: prized possession in my home. I have mine up on 449 00:26:47,160 --> 00:26:50,760 Speaker 1: a little pedestal with a light shining down bold by 450 00:26:50,800 --> 00:26:52,920 Speaker 1: the way that shines right down on a little a little, 451 00:26:52,960 --> 00:26:55,879 Speaker 1: a little angelic choir sings the three notes from NBC 452 00:26:56,000 --> 00:27:01,159 Speaker 1: on there. But no, I it's a useful appliance. You know, 453 00:27:01,280 --> 00:27:03,080 Speaker 1: you're not gonna get an argument out of a I 454 00:27:03,119 --> 00:27:05,440 Speaker 1: don't own a toaster oven, but I have known the 455 00:27:05,520 --> 00:27:08,159 Speaker 1: joys of a toaster oven. It's it's useful, and it 456 00:27:08,160 --> 00:27:11,399 Speaker 1: helps you cook your tad r tots um. Good grief. 457 00:27:11,640 --> 00:27:15,119 Speaker 1: All right. So they also that year created the convert Skylark, 458 00:27:15,160 --> 00:27:18,879 Speaker 1: which I must admit does not truly compete with the 459 00:27:18,920 --> 00:27:22,240 Speaker 1: toastar oven for innovation. All it was was a commercial 460 00:27:22,359 --> 00:27:24,760 Speaker 1: jet engine that was based off the J seven nine 461 00:27:24,800 --> 00:27:27,639 Speaker 1: military engine they had developed a few years earlier. Okay, 462 00:27:27,640 --> 00:27:30,200 Speaker 1: so so in the corporate in the corporate world, here 463 00:27:30,800 --> 00:27:34,679 Speaker 1: you've got your very successful line of toast ars that 464 00:27:34,920 --> 00:27:38,320 Speaker 1: they put in homes. They're very popular with pirates as well. 465 00:27:38,640 --> 00:27:43,120 Speaker 1: Put it in the toastar Um, Jonathan's taking a drink, 466 00:27:43,119 --> 00:27:46,239 Speaker 1: I was hoping to make him spit tea um. But 467 00:27:46,320 --> 00:27:50,359 Speaker 1: you also have this very very business e line of 468 00:27:50,880 --> 00:27:54,000 Speaker 1: very expensive stuff that you're selling jet engines to the 469 00:27:54,040 --> 00:27:58,520 Speaker 1: military and to commercial aspects, so they are they are 470 00:27:58,560 --> 00:28:01,200 Speaker 1: extremely successful both of these. You could say that g 471 00:28:01,320 --> 00:28:05,960 Speaker 1: E at this point has a diversified offering extremely appliances 472 00:28:06,000 --> 00:28:07,960 Speaker 1: for the home and jet engines for the military, and 473 00:28:07,960 --> 00:28:12,160 Speaker 1: they're selling stuff to corporations to that rely on plastics 474 00:28:12,200 --> 00:28:16,040 Speaker 1: and chemicals like the neural resin developed in n s 475 00:28:16,240 --> 00:28:19,879 Speaker 1: by Allen S. Hay of the Research Laboratory, and it 476 00:28:19,920 --> 00:28:22,879 Speaker 1: was this was an important development because this was a 477 00:28:22,960 --> 00:28:26,399 Speaker 1: kind of plastic that still stay stays strong even at 478 00:28:26,480 --> 00:28:30,160 Speaker 1: high temperatures, which made it ideal for industrial use. Yes, 479 00:28:30,280 --> 00:28:32,159 Speaker 1: you know you wanted. That was one of the problems 480 00:28:32,160 --> 00:28:35,320 Speaker 1: with plastics is that, you know, as the temperatures increase, 481 00:28:35,440 --> 00:28:38,360 Speaker 1: the plastic would become brittle or it would start to melt. 482 00:28:38,760 --> 00:28:41,120 Speaker 1: It would it would just it would not be useful anymore. 483 00:28:41,200 --> 00:28:44,640 Speaker 1: So there were some lots of industries actually that just 484 00:28:44,680 --> 00:28:46,840 Speaker 1: could not really use that much plastic in what they 485 00:28:46,920 --> 00:28:50,640 Speaker 1: did because it just wasn't stable. This helped fix that 486 00:28:50,800 --> 00:28:54,120 Speaker 1: problem in that there was. You know, for for certain applications, 487 00:28:54,560 --> 00:28:57,640 Speaker 1: this plastic could maintain its its integrity even at those 488 00:28:57,720 --> 00:29:01,040 Speaker 1: high temperatures. Yes, no, no matter bribing will cause it 489 00:29:01,080 --> 00:29:06,320 Speaker 1: to melt. Um very high integrity. Seven, you've got the 490 00:29:06,360 --> 00:29:09,600 Speaker 1: J ninety three, the successor to the the other military 491 00:29:09,680 --> 00:29:11,560 Speaker 1: jet engine that we talked about just a moment ago. 492 00:29:11,720 --> 00:29:14,920 Speaker 1: Supersonic jets used the J ninety three. They could go 493 00:29:15,160 --> 00:29:20,360 Speaker 1: three times the speed of sound um and they did 494 00:29:20,480 --> 00:29:24,560 Speaker 1: put that on the experimental XP seventy bomber um. So 495 00:29:25,480 --> 00:29:29,680 Speaker 1: that year they also opened the world's first licensed nuclear 496 00:29:29,720 --> 00:29:33,480 Speaker 1: power plant. Uh. They unlicensed nuclear power plants where, of 497 00:29:33,480 --> 00:29:36,600 Speaker 1: course all over the place at that point. Uh. You know, 498 00:29:36,680 --> 00:29:40,000 Speaker 1: every little kid would instead of operating a lemonade stand, 499 00:29:40,000 --> 00:29:41,680 Speaker 1: would be like, Mom, I'm going to go out and 500 00:29:41,960 --> 00:29:45,160 Speaker 1: harvest some uranium and create a fission reactor in the 501 00:29:45,160 --> 00:29:48,520 Speaker 1: backyard and have an unlicensed nuclear power plant. And they'd say, 502 00:29:48,760 --> 00:29:57,120 Speaker 1: just be home before supper I made. Oh. In seven, 503 00:29:57,200 --> 00:30:01,040 Speaker 1: my brother was born and Robert h. When Tworf Junior 504 00:30:01,320 --> 00:30:06,360 Speaker 1: came up with borazon, Yes, cubic born nitrite apparently was 505 00:30:06,480 --> 00:30:09,920 Speaker 1: not right. I should say, yes, not born. Um, that's 506 00:30:09,960 --> 00:30:13,360 Speaker 1: the character. And Lord of the rings actually Boramir's little 507 00:30:13,400 --> 00:30:16,720 Speaker 1: cousin born. He was not a very I thought I 508 00:30:16,760 --> 00:30:19,200 Speaker 1: was loopy. Um. No, this is the chemical I was 509 00:30:19,240 --> 00:30:21,560 Speaker 1: talking about, or the substance I was talking about a 510 00:30:21,560 --> 00:30:24,520 Speaker 1: few moments ago. Um. It is an artificial substance. But 511 00:30:24,640 --> 00:30:28,360 Speaker 1: it's second in hardness only two diamonds. And it can 512 00:30:28,400 --> 00:30:31,600 Speaker 1: and it can operate at temperatures higher than diamonds can. Yes, 513 00:30:31,640 --> 00:30:34,680 Speaker 1: diamonds will burn at a certain point, believe it or not. Um, 514 00:30:34,720 --> 00:30:37,920 Speaker 1: And I imagine that has to be really hot, pretty 515 00:30:38,000 --> 00:30:40,800 Speaker 1: darn hot, I think is the technical term. Yes, but 516 00:30:41,080 --> 00:30:45,880 Speaker 1: borison will will substitu will continue to exist at at 517 00:30:45,880 --> 00:30:50,120 Speaker 1: those temperatures and temperature. U should I go into the 518 00:30:50,200 --> 00:30:54,000 Speaker 1: next exciting home appliance? Well, before we do, there's something 519 00:30:54,000 --> 00:30:58,440 Speaker 1: else that happens. You mean, yes, something else happens too 520 00:30:58,520 --> 00:31:00,520 Speaker 1: that I should mention before we go into the appliance. 521 00:31:00,760 --> 00:31:04,400 Speaker 1: So in nine, Philip D. Reid steps down as chairman. 522 00:31:05,040 --> 00:31:08,640 Speaker 1: So Cordiner, who was the president, now becomes the chairman 523 00:31:08,680 --> 00:31:12,000 Speaker 1: and CEO. Right, So he transitions into the chairman and 524 00:31:12,040 --> 00:31:15,360 Speaker 1: CEO role, and Gerald L. Philippe comes in as president. 525 00:31:15,400 --> 00:31:18,160 Speaker 1: Now this is important because it starts to show a 526 00:31:18,200 --> 00:31:22,240 Speaker 1: transition from the way their corporate structure was in the 527 00:31:22,280 --> 00:31:25,400 Speaker 1: earlier days. Eventually, we're going to get to a point 528 00:31:25,840 --> 00:31:28,960 Speaker 1: where you have one person as chairman and CEO and 529 00:31:29,000 --> 00:31:32,400 Speaker 1: you don't have a president anymore. So we're coming up 530 00:31:32,400 --> 00:31:35,360 Speaker 1: to that point. We're not there yet, but that's why 531 00:31:35,480 --> 00:31:37,640 Speaker 1: we've You know, we've now got a guy who's transitioned 532 00:31:37,640 --> 00:31:39,600 Speaker 1: out of president to become chairman and CEO, and a 533 00:31:39,640 --> 00:31:43,160 Speaker 1: new fellow has come in as president. And now what 534 00:31:43,200 --> 00:31:50,000 Speaker 1: was the amazing invention that G introduced in nineteen fifty eight. Yes, 535 00:31:50,280 --> 00:31:54,040 Speaker 1: dogs and cats everywhere learned to come scampering into your 536 00:31:54,120 --> 00:31:58,480 Speaker 1: kitchen whenever this device is activated, which is funny for 537 00:31:58,520 --> 00:32:01,880 Speaker 1: two reasons. One, um, my cats do that, and the 538 00:32:01,880 --> 00:32:04,360 Speaker 1: cat food we have doesn't come in that kind of 539 00:32:04,360 --> 00:32:07,160 Speaker 1: a can. Uh. The other thing is G makes that 540 00:32:07,240 --> 00:32:11,800 Speaker 1: joke on its own website. Does it really Yes? On 541 00:32:11,840 --> 00:32:14,960 Speaker 1: the timeline I actually went to Uh, it says and 542 00:32:15,280 --> 00:32:17,840 Speaker 1: dogs and cats everywhere learn a new sound, and and 543 00:32:17,960 --> 00:32:20,320 Speaker 1: I thought I was being funny and original. It turns 544 00:32:20,320 --> 00:32:22,480 Speaker 1: out that I was making a reference to something I 545 00:32:22,520 --> 00:32:25,560 Speaker 1: hadn't even read. Yeah, but that doesn't mean it's not 546 00:32:25,680 --> 00:32:30,000 Speaker 1: funny and we are. We are teasing ge sort of 547 00:32:30,080 --> 00:32:33,680 Speaker 1: about the toaster oven and the can opener and these appliances, 548 00:32:33,720 --> 00:32:37,360 Speaker 1: but uh, they really were fulfilling their goal of trying 549 00:32:37,400 --> 00:32:41,800 Speaker 1: to make life easier for people through electrical stuff. Yeah. Yeah, 550 00:32:42,440 --> 00:32:45,920 Speaker 1: when you compare it to something like the second hardest 551 00:32:45,960 --> 00:32:49,840 Speaker 1: material known demand um, or you know, something something that 552 00:32:49,840 --> 00:32:53,800 Speaker 1: that's only outstripped by diamonds, that sort of stuff, it 553 00:32:53,880 --> 00:32:57,680 Speaker 1: seems it seems, you know, tiny and silly in comparison, 554 00:32:57,720 --> 00:33:00,880 Speaker 1: but jet engines or jet engines or or all the 555 00:33:00,920 --> 00:33:04,560 Speaker 1: medical equipment that makes But the truth is is that 556 00:33:04,640 --> 00:33:07,640 Speaker 1: these things did make life easier. And hey, I got 557 00:33:07,640 --> 00:33:09,959 Speaker 1: an electric can opener. I have an electric can opener too, 558 00:33:09,960 --> 00:33:12,400 Speaker 1: and I use it. And well I'm a left hander. Okay, 559 00:33:12,440 --> 00:33:14,160 Speaker 1: so a left hander trying to use a can opener 560 00:33:14,160 --> 00:33:16,000 Speaker 1: at a good point. All right, guys, if you, if 561 00:33:16,000 --> 00:33:19,600 Speaker 1: you want to know an exercise and frustration, find a 562 00:33:19,640 --> 00:33:22,920 Speaker 1: left hander and ask them about using a manual can opener, 563 00:33:23,080 --> 00:33:27,520 Speaker 1: even left handed can openers. But I digress. Anyway, they 564 00:33:27,880 --> 00:33:30,360 Speaker 1: were making stuff that really did make life easier, and 565 00:33:31,040 --> 00:33:33,960 Speaker 1: we take it for granted. Now, I mean, you think about, like, 566 00:33:34,280 --> 00:33:36,080 Speaker 1: think about how long it takes you to heat something 567 00:33:36,160 --> 00:33:39,120 Speaker 1: up using a microwave, for example, and then think about 568 00:33:39,160 --> 00:33:41,360 Speaker 1: how long it would take you if you were to 569 00:33:41,440 --> 00:33:45,520 Speaker 1: use a conventional oven arrange top for that's a lot 570 00:33:45,520 --> 00:33:48,000 Speaker 1: more energy as well. That's also true. But yeah, look 571 00:33:48,000 --> 00:33:50,640 Speaker 1: at any directions, like if you ever buy any frozen 572 00:33:50,680 --> 00:33:54,440 Speaker 1: food that has directions for either using the oven versus 573 00:33:54,480 --> 00:34:00,320 Speaker 1: a microwave, look at the amount of time between those two. A. Well, 574 00:34:00,400 --> 00:34:05,360 Speaker 1: here you go. You got ge pioneering refrigeration which makes 575 00:34:05,360 --> 00:34:09,600 Speaker 1: frozen food possible or or practical. Let's say, um, you 576 00:34:09,640 --> 00:34:12,799 Speaker 1: can go to the Antarctic if you want to, um 577 00:34:13,000 --> 00:34:15,520 Speaker 1: where food. Well, they you know, used to bring in 578 00:34:15,600 --> 00:34:18,960 Speaker 1: ice from other from other climates or or you know, 579 00:34:19,000 --> 00:34:22,200 Speaker 1: they'd have to make it at these uh complicated refrigeration 580 00:34:22,239 --> 00:34:25,560 Speaker 1: places and sawdust and then move it across as fast 581 00:34:25,600 --> 00:34:28,480 Speaker 1: as they could. So so you know this there there 582 00:34:28,520 --> 00:34:31,120 Speaker 1: the technologies that they're working on make frozen food possible. 583 00:34:31,120 --> 00:34:33,640 Speaker 1: And then when you get it home you can store it, 584 00:34:34,320 --> 00:34:37,520 Speaker 1: uh and then you uh you know, open it up 585 00:34:37,560 --> 00:34:42,560 Speaker 1: and stick it in an oven, which they helped uh pioneer, 586 00:34:42,560 --> 00:34:47,799 Speaker 1: and then the magnetrons for microwave ovens. So either way, uh, 587 00:34:47,840 --> 00:34:51,880 Speaker 1: this is something frozen food in your home is really 588 00:34:51,920 --> 00:34:57,200 Speaker 1: made practical by you know, people like gee, so yeah, no, 589 00:34:57,320 --> 00:34:59,479 Speaker 1: and don't mean to to make fun. We're teasing because 590 00:34:59,480 --> 00:35:01,800 Speaker 1: it's such a compared to the other compared to the 591 00:35:01,840 --> 00:35:03,920 Speaker 1: others of it seems so so menacing. Yeah, it's a 592 00:35:03,920 --> 00:35:06,360 Speaker 1: big deal in a way. And they also did something 593 00:35:06,480 --> 00:35:10,439 Speaker 1: another lighting innovation in fifty nine with the the halogen light. Yes, 594 00:35:10,440 --> 00:35:14,280 Speaker 1: the halogen lamps, so again another way to light areas. 595 00:35:14,320 --> 00:35:16,960 Speaker 1: They were able to create very small bulbs that could 596 00:35:17,000 --> 00:35:19,880 Speaker 1: put out quite a bit of light. And so a 597 00:35:19,920 --> 00:35:23,400 Speaker 1: lot of death lamps use halogen bulbs. Yes, less common 598 00:35:23,400 --> 00:35:26,160 Speaker 1: than they used to be, the stand lamps, the torch 599 00:35:26,239 --> 00:35:27,960 Speaker 1: lamps that they used to have in the nineties. Yeah, 600 00:35:27,960 --> 00:35:29,839 Speaker 1: and there's there's some more now that ayre coming out 601 00:35:29,880 --> 00:35:32,359 Speaker 1: with things like led bulbs. But hey, you know what, 602 00:35:32,600 --> 00:35:34,399 Speaker 1: you just got their finger in that pie too. Yeah, 603 00:35:34,480 --> 00:35:37,040 Speaker 1: we'll get into that. Oh yeah. And in nineteen sixty 604 00:35:37,239 --> 00:35:40,680 Speaker 1: Discovery thirteen, which is it turns out or not several 605 00:35:40,719 --> 00:35:44,680 Speaker 1: of our parent companies employees, no, Discovery thirteen is well, 606 00:35:44,760 --> 00:35:47,720 Speaker 1: it's technically it's a satellite, yes, And it was the 607 00:35:47,719 --> 00:35:50,680 Speaker 1: the it ended up being the first the reentry vehicle 608 00:35:50,680 --> 00:35:54,359 Speaker 1: for the thirteen ended up being the first one retrieved 609 00:35:54,600 --> 00:35:57,680 Speaker 1: after it was in orbit. First man made object in 610 00:35:57,800 --> 00:36:01,600 Speaker 1: orbit that was successfully retrieved. Yes, not like a Sputnik, 611 00:36:01,680 --> 00:36:04,279 Speaker 1: which is still out there somewhere. I think, actually I 612 00:36:04,280 --> 00:36:07,000 Speaker 1: think Sputnik did it crash. I think I think it crashed. 613 00:36:07,040 --> 00:36:09,080 Speaker 1: I think it burnt up and crashed. I'm pretty sure. 614 00:36:09,120 --> 00:36:10,560 Speaker 1: I mean, I don't have it right in front of me. 615 00:36:10,640 --> 00:36:12,319 Speaker 1: But they didn't retrieve it, right, No, that one was 616 00:36:12,360 --> 00:36:14,759 Speaker 1: not retrieved, nor was it necessary to retrieve it, because 617 00:36:14,760 --> 00:36:21,040 Speaker 1: the Sputnik really didn't do anything other than bap exactly. So. Uh. 618 00:36:21,080 --> 00:36:24,680 Speaker 1: But this this satellite orbited the Earth seventeen times within 619 00:36:24,680 --> 00:36:27,360 Speaker 1: about twenty seven hours and took lots of color photos 620 00:36:27,560 --> 00:36:31,520 Speaker 1: of the Earth from space. Yes, um, And it was 621 00:36:31,960 --> 00:36:35,200 Speaker 1: from up to seven hundred miles so not especially far 622 00:36:35,320 --> 00:36:42,080 Speaker 1: out space. Nuts um. Nineteen sixty one. Automatic toothbrush made 623 00:36:42,120 --> 00:36:45,239 Speaker 1: possible by smaller motors. And we're chargeable batteries. Yes, we're 624 00:36:45,280 --> 00:36:50,040 Speaker 1: chargeable batteries. Very important. Uh, automatic toothbrush is nothing to 625 00:36:50,160 --> 00:36:54,640 Speaker 1: sneeze at. I love my automatic toothbrush. Yes. Uh, it's 626 00:36:54,760 --> 00:37:00,440 Speaker 1: nineteen sixty two. They opened a space center in Valley Forge, Pennsylvania. Yes, 627 00:37:01,280 --> 00:37:03,560 Speaker 1: because in sixty two, you know, we're talking about the 628 00:37:03,600 --> 00:37:06,360 Speaker 1: space race now, so we're talking about the that time 629 00:37:06,360 --> 00:37:08,799 Speaker 1: in the United States history where they were we were 630 00:37:08,840 --> 00:37:12,439 Speaker 1: really geared up against the Soviet Union to try and 631 00:37:12,880 --> 00:37:15,279 Speaker 1: land men on the Moon and and be out in 632 00:37:15,360 --> 00:37:18,320 Speaker 1: space before them. And you know, some races, the Russians 633 00:37:18,320 --> 00:37:21,000 Speaker 1: one and some races the Americans one and uh G 634 00:37:21,280 --> 00:37:23,960 Speaker 1: played a big part in that. They actually produced a 635 00:37:24,000 --> 00:37:28,080 Speaker 1: lot of the electrical systems and censors that would be 636 00:37:28,200 --> 00:37:31,920 Speaker 1: used on during the space race. Yeah. Um. And this 637 00:37:32,239 --> 00:37:36,160 Speaker 1: also produced the uh, the famous quote, uh, Houston, we 638 00:37:36,160 --> 00:37:38,400 Speaker 1: have a problem. No, I'm sorry, this is Valley Forge 639 00:37:38,600 --> 00:37:41,840 Speaker 1: you want and they you know, never mind um. And 640 00:37:41,880 --> 00:37:44,319 Speaker 1: they also in six all of our jokes are are 641 00:37:44,400 --> 00:37:47,680 Speaker 1: are surefire hits. No, No, I changed it in mid air, 642 00:37:47,719 --> 00:37:52,440 Speaker 1: which I shouldn't. The Luca Locks lamp um, which you 643 00:37:52,520 --> 00:37:54,680 Speaker 1: probably haven't heard of. They used it in factories in 644 00:37:54,719 --> 00:37:59,120 Speaker 1: an outdoor environments. But they again this is another chemical 645 00:37:59,719 --> 00:38:03,520 Speaker 1: uh breakthrough for them because they used translucent ceramics to 646 00:38:03,600 --> 00:38:07,040 Speaker 1: make this light possible, uh, you know, long lived light 647 00:38:07,280 --> 00:38:09,960 Speaker 1: that they could put in these environments and leave there 648 00:38:10,040 --> 00:38:12,319 Speaker 1: for a while. And the ceramics were really important that 649 00:38:12,360 --> 00:38:16,080 Speaker 1: they also kept in the heat generated by the lamp, 650 00:38:16,120 --> 00:38:18,479 Speaker 1: because otherwise running these lamps would just make the whole 651 00:38:18,480 --> 00:38:23,160 Speaker 1: area really hot. So the ceramics were there really to 652 00:38:23,600 --> 00:38:25,719 Speaker 1: kind of keep the heat in. But they had to be, 653 00:38:26,239 --> 00:38:28,440 Speaker 1: you know, transparent. They had to be at least translucent 654 00:38:28,480 --> 00:38:32,360 Speaker 1: to let through because otherwise you just have really hot 655 00:38:32,360 --> 00:38:35,799 Speaker 1: ceramic cup in a glass jar, which wouldn't really be 656 00:38:35,880 --> 00:38:40,040 Speaker 1: terribly useful. Do not want the In nineteen sixty two, 657 00:38:40,120 --> 00:38:44,400 Speaker 1: they also ge also had another UH invention come out. 658 00:38:44,440 --> 00:38:47,600 Speaker 1: A g engineer by the name of Robert Hall invented 659 00:38:48,080 --> 00:38:52,200 Speaker 1: a semiconductor injection laser, also known as a solid state laser. 660 00:38:52,480 --> 00:38:54,560 Speaker 1: I am so impressed that you said it twice the 661 00:38:54,600 --> 00:38:58,719 Speaker 1: normal way. So what's the laser instead lasers? See, if 662 00:38:58,760 --> 00:39:00,799 Speaker 1: you hadn't pointed it out, you might have gotten away 663 00:39:00,840 --> 00:39:03,200 Speaker 1: with a whole episode help me doing that. I'm surprised 664 00:39:03,200 --> 00:39:05,920 Speaker 1: that you didn't talk about the super conducting magnet that 665 00:39:05,960 --> 00:39:08,120 Speaker 1: they came up to. Well, they also there's also that 666 00:39:08,160 --> 00:39:10,920 Speaker 1: as well. I mine, because I pulled my notes from 667 00:39:10,920 --> 00:39:12,880 Speaker 1: so many different sources, mine are in a slightly different 668 00:39:12,920 --> 00:39:15,480 Speaker 1: order than yours, UH than Uh, you know, you you 669 00:39:15,520 --> 00:39:18,160 Speaker 1: grabbed your sources. I grabbed mine. So the next one 670 00:39:18,200 --> 00:39:21,520 Speaker 1: I had was this, uh, this laser which, by the way, 671 00:39:21,840 --> 00:39:24,839 Speaker 1: a solid state laser, yes, which which is important. It's 672 00:39:24,880 --> 00:39:28,400 Speaker 1: what forms the basis of technology like CD ROM drives 673 00:39:28,400 --> 00:39:30,320 Speaker 1: and t D ROM drives, where you have this solid 674 00:39:30,320 --> 00:39:33,480 Speaker 1: state laser as part of the system. It reduced the 675 00:39:33,600 --> 00:39:38,040 Speaker 1: size that you would need to create a laser. Perhaps 676 00:39:38,040 --> 00:39:39,800 Speaker 1: if you had one of those diamonds we talked about 677 00:39:39,800 --> 00:39:43,120 Speaker 1: earlier than you could have your doomsday device. Yes, you 678 00:39:43,120 --> 00:39:45,520 Speaker 1: could take over the entire Try state area. So you 679 00:39:45,520 --> 00:39:48,000 Speaker 1: want to talk about some I'm not gonna do dooven sharts. 680 00:39:48,200 --> 00:39:51,440 Speaker 1: You're gonna talk about some some magnets, yes, well one 681 00:39:51,480 --> 00:39:55,600 Speaker 1: in particular, they came up with a super conducting magnet 682 00:39:55,680 --> 00:40:00,640 Speaker 1: that which is amazing to me to think about a 683 00:40:00,719 --> 00:40:06,160 Speaker 1: hundred thousand gauss that's a pretty big magnet um. Which 684 00:40:06,200 --> 00:40:08,919 Speaker 1: is funny that I say that, uh to me at least, 685 00:40:08,960 --> 00:40:12,880 Speaker 1: because that's only the beginning the reason you might be 686 00:40:12,960 --> 00:40:17,800 Speaker 1: interested in this. We haven't talked about gees medical stuff 687 00:40:18,080 --> 00:40:21,879 Speaker 1: much um on this particular podcast, and the last one 688 00:40:21,920 --> 00:40:24,280 Speaker 1: we we talked about how they were on the forefront 689 00:40:24,360 --> 00:40:29,720 Speaker 1: of X rays. Right as UH mr or Mr Runton, 690 00:40:30,400 --> 00:40:32,839 Speaker 1: I have such a trouble with his name. UH came 691 00:40:32,920 --> 00:40:36,080 Speaker 1: up with or realized that X rays existed and what 692 00:40:36,120 --> 00:40:40,640 Speaker 1: they could do. UH. GE almost immediately, UH within the 693 00:40:40,680 --> 00:40:43,520 Speaker 1: next year came up with a machine that could produce 694 00:40:43,680 --> 00:40:47,040 Speaker 1: X rays and was used for medical imaging, and UH 695 00:40:47,239 --> 00:40:52,280 Speaker 1: it started making improvements on this. This giant, huge, enormous 696 00:40:52,360 --> 00:40:55,600 Speaker 1: magnet that they came up with, superconducting magnet, UH is 697 00:40:55,640 --> 00:40:59,440 Speaker 1: going to play a huge part in gees medical technology 698 00:40:59,520 --> 00:41:02,280 Speaker 1: going for word, because it is this type of magnet 699 00:41:02,360 --> 00:41:05,080 Speaker 1: that they're going to use in their magnetic resonance UH 700 00:41:05,280 --> 00:41:10,520 Speaker 1: devices of different types later. So not yet. I've got 701 00:41:10,520 --> 00:41:13,239 Speaker 1: two other things to round out of going up to 702 00:41:13,320 --> 00:41:17,160 Speaker 1: nineteen sixty seven. Ones In nineteen sixty three, which is 703 00:41:17,200 --> 00:41:20,480 Speaker 1: when Fred J. Borch became the president and CEO and 704 00:41:20,520 --> 00:41:24,160 Speaker 1: he and he replaced cordon Er and UH that's the 705 00:41:24,239 --> 00:41:28,600 Speaker 1: same year that GE developed the self cleaning oven P. Seven. 706 00:41:29,160 --> 00:41:32,040 Speaker 1: I had a UM I actually just replaced in my 707 00:41:32,080 --> 00:41:36,279 Speaker 1: father's house. A subsequent oven that followed that with the 708 00:41:36,440 --> 00:41:41,240 Speaker 1: self cleaning stuff, which is a purolytics system, which basically 709 00:41:41,280 --> 00:41:43,399 Speaker 1: means that you locked down the darn thing and heat 710 00:41:43,440 --> 00:41:46,919 Speaker 1: it up until it just burns the stuff off, which 711 00:41:46,960 --> 00:41:52,640 Speaker 1: really smells terrible. UM. However, the engineers involved were granted 712 00:41:52,800 --> 00:41:57,080 Speaker 1: around hundred patents for the technologies that they used in 713 00:41:57,080 --> 00:42:00,279 Speaker 1: creating that oven. So that's a big deal. And in 714 00:42:00,480 --> 00:42:04,160 Speaker 1: sixty seven Fred J. Borch becomes the chairman and CEO, 715 00:42:04,320 --> 00:42:08,120 Speaker 1: so transitions from president CEO to chairman and CEO. And 716 00:42:08,560 --> 00:42:11,000 Speaker 1: that that brings me to the end of this era. 717 00:42:11,040 --> 00:42:12,479 Speaker 1: Do you have something else you want to add before 718 00:42:12,480 --> 00:42:19,080 Speaker 1: we wrap up? Jacob G. Roboton our robot in uh 719 00:42:19,320 --> 00:42:23,320 Speaker 1: came up with a high efficiency X ray phosphor um 720 00:42:23,360 --> 00:42:27,960 Speaker 1: and and this is not uh exciting exciting, However, it 721 00:42:28,400 --> 00:42:32,560 Speaker 1: did improve the efficiency of X ray machines that they created. 722 00:42:33,120 --> 00:42:37,200 Speaker 1: UM that would reduce you know, you guys listening, I'll 723 00:42:37,200 --> 00:42:39,799 Speaker 1: probably know that X rays. It's not a good idea 724 00:42:39,840 --> 00:42:43,360 Speaker 1: to be exposed to X rays UM at high levels 725 00:42:43,760 --> 00:42:45,560 Speaker 1: you want to be you want the picture to be taken, 726 00:42:45,560 --> 00:42:47,839 Speaker 1: and then that's it just exposed to film and let's 727 00:42:47,840 --> 00:42:50,239 Speaker 1: get it over with because it can be dangerous. Yes, 728 00:42:50,280 --> 00:42:54,799 Speaker 1: it's ionizing radiation. UM. This technology, UH that I just 729 00:42:54,840 --> 00:42:57,799 Speaker 1: spoke of a moment ago reduces patient exposure to a 730 00:42:57,880 --> 00:43:00,440 Speaker 1: quarter of what they were being exposed to before. So 731 00:43:00,480 --> 00:43:04,160 Speaker 1: that's significant that that's much safer for the patient. Uh. 732 00:43:04,160 --> 00:43:07,880 Speaker 1: And definite improvement in technology, but not you know, particularly 733 00:43:07,920 --> 00:43:10,560 Speaker 1: exciting for the man on the street. Yeah, unless that 734 00:43:10,600 --> 00:43:12,839 Speaker 1: man on the street has just broken a leg. Yes, 735 00:43:13,440 --> 00:43:16,400 Speaker 1: which get that man off the street. Not glamorous, but 736 00:43:16,800 --> 00:43:21,160 Speaker 1: very very important. Yes. So this wraps up episode two 737 00:43:21,280 --> 00:43:24,520 Speaker 1: of the g E story. We will finish with episode three, 738 00:43:25,040 --> 00:43:28,000 Speaker 1: so stay tuned for our next episode where we will 739 00:43:28,040 --> 00:43:31,399 Speaker 1: conclude and talk about all sorts of stuff, starting with 740 00:43:32,040 --> 00:43:37,200 Speaker 1: a short visit to the moon. And if you guys 741 00:43:37,239 --> 00:43:40,640 Speaker 1: have any suggestions for topics we should cover. You had it. 742 00:43:40,760 --> 00:43:44,160 Speaker 1: You held it together so well until like three seconds 743 00:43:44,160 --> 00:43:46,120 Speaker 1: before I did that. Now, if you guys have any 744 00:43:46,160 --> 00:43:48,279 Speaker 1: suggestions for a topic that we should cover here on 745 00:43:48,320 --> 00:43:50,880 Speaker 1: tech Stuff, please let us know. You can write an email. 746 00:43:50,920 --> 00:43:53,920 Speaker 1: That address is tech stuff at Discovery dot com or 747 00:43:54,000 --> 00:43:57,040 Speaker 1: send us a message on Twitter or Facebook. 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