Posts Tagged ‘Christmas’

GE makes Rudolph obsolete

Thursday, December 17th, 2009

General Electric’s Global Research division has taken its latest technologies and applied them to Santa’s sleigh. GE researchers have taken out the old sled/reindeer/magic-based system and added OLEDs, carbon-fiber composites and ceramic materials, RFID, medical sensors, sodium batteries, and a 500 GB holographic CD.

Seems like a big investment considering he’s been getting it done without it. Click the interactive feature above to check out the upgrades.

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