There’s lots going on at NEXTFEST Saturday. It’s the second day that the exhibit is open to the public and the crowds are huge!! Some of my earlier day 2 highlights are women’s high heel shoe with a GPS locator and a video screen on the bottom that projects video! The next generation soldiers gear has technology that can tell where a soldier has been shot; and infrared video technology built into the helmet.

A shameless plug; the GE “Edison’s Desk” is running a video feed for GE on Demand, a podcast series of GE scientists providing glimpses into their labs. Like the whole scientist exhibit, its drawing great crowds. Yeah scientists!

Last night there was a VIP reception to officially kick off NEXTFEST. Mark Little who runs our Research Labs gave a great talk about innovation—and developing technology to create a better tomorrow. He was standing at “Edison’s Desk,” where a bunch of scientists from our labs are manning some exhibits. They are also writing posts for GE’s technology blog, “From Edison’s Desk.”.

There is lots going on here outside the GE space. Looking forward to taking a long walk across the whole show. More reports to come!