FlowingData brings us a neat interactive widget from GE that combines 6000 pages of text of over 100 years of GE’s annual reports, allowing you to interactively search and examine trends over the company’s colorful history.
We’ve scanned 6,000 pages of GEs annual reports to build this interactive visualization. But why? Whats the point? Not only does this provide a rich history of how GE has always been at work building, moving, powering and curing the world, but it is a true reflection of how the economy, U.S. and the world as a whole has progressed from 1892 until 2011. By diving deep into key terms, users can uncover interesting stories about innovation over the last century.
