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With one year in the rearview mirror, FirstBuild takes lessons learned as GE Appliances’ first startup, global online co-creation community and microfactory to plan for what is shaping up to be an even more exciting second year.

Nugget ice, the popular soft, chewable ice especially favored in the South and associated with restaurant chains and convenience stores, can now be enjoyed at home with the affordable Opal™ nugget ice maker from GE’s...

FirstBuild, GE Appliances’ new global co-creation community, is set to showcase ChillHub, its community-generated smart refrigerator in the Ubuntu booth (Stand 545) at the second annual Internet of Things (IoT) World...

FirstBuild™, a global co-creation community, today announced the winners of its 33-hour Mega Hackathon: Hack the Home challenge, the biggest hackathon related to home appliances ever.

The old adage that the way to a man’s heart is through his stomach just might be true if you consider the success of GE Appliances' FirstBuild’s crowdfunding campaign for its Paragon Precision Cooktop.

FirstBuild is GE Appliance’s global co-creation community—a physical state-of-the-art microfactory in Louisville, Ky., and an online forum that harnesses the global brain power of the maker movement. FirstBuild engineers, working in tandem with makers, will speed the next generation of home appliance innovation and enable customization through small-batch production without the cost and risk of traditional mass manufacturing.