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 ...

The FirstBuild™ Cold Brew Challenge puts revolutionary cold brew coffee technology in the community’s hands Winning designers to receive share in Indiegogo crowdfunding campaign—up to $30,000 ...

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 ...

“At GE Appliances and FirstBuild, open innovation is the key to unlocking consumer needs and transforming them into groundbreaking solutions,” said GE Appliances CEO Kevin Nolan. “By listening to our ...

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 ...

Every now and then, you come across something that makes you look at the world a little differently. FirstBuild, GE Appliances’ microfactory strategy, is a concept that could make you think ...

To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh this page. Since its launch in 2014, the innovation arm of GE ...

Arden's smoke elimination technology keeps the smoke out of your kitchen. LOUISVILLE, Ky., March 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- FirstBuild, the global co-creation community and open innovation lab backed by ...

"At GE Appliances and FirstBuild, open innovation is the key to unlocking consumer needs and transforming them into groundbreaking solutions," said GE Appliances CEO Kevin Nolan. "By listening to our ...