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GE’s Pinterest Gives Us Bad Science Puns, Silly Putty, Maybe One Day a...
When I say “bad puns,” of course I mean good puns. The man pictured is Dr. Robert Coble, GE researcher, lightbulb expert, and retroactive pun enthusiast. I challenge you to leave your favorite science...
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Go Back In Time With GE And See Some of the Awesome Ladies Responsible For...
This is Katharine Burr Blodgett, the first woman to get a PhD in physics from Cambridge in addition to being the first woman scientist to join the GE Research Laboratory. She’s known widely as the...
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Hey Girl: Before Gosling, There Was Edison [Sponsored]
Yes, we’re already past peak Hey Girl saturation, but perhaps that’s why we enjoy GE’s Thomas Edison-inspired variation on it. It’s reminiscent of everything we loved about the original with a smart...
View ArticleThis Video is Four Minutes Worth of Six-Second Science Experiments
GE hosted a science fair on Vine appropriately titled the #6SecondScienceFair. This video compiled enough of the entrants to fill a a four-minute video that’s densely packed with interesting science...
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GE Is Making December 3rd 3D Printing Day, You Can Win 3D Printed Holiday Gifts
GE has dubbed December 3rd 3D printing day as a way to celebrate the revolutionary technology and what it means for manufacturing (and to make your holiday shopping easier). They’ve teamed up with...
View ArticleKid President Travels to GE to Learn About Inventing, Remains Adorable While...
11-year-old Robby Novak, AKA YouTube’s Kid President, is basically the cutest little dude in the whole wide world. He also uses his cuteness powers for good, which is why he devoted an entire episode...
View ArticleJimmy Fallon and GE Teamed Up to Showcase Some Young Inventors on Last...
It’s Jimmy Fallon’s first week as the host of The Tonight Show, and he’s already crushing it. We particularly loved this segment sponsored by GE to highlight some young inventors called...
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Win a Polaroid Camera or Other Prizes From GE and Polaroid as Part of the “22...
GE is in the middle of their 22 Days of Invention campaign, and we’re on board. Today, they’ve partnered with Polaroid on the anniversary of the first instant camera patent to give away a Polaroid and...
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Here’s The Geekosystem Podcast “General Electric, Specific Podcast”
Geekosystem HQ is mid-move, so our regular podcasting setup is in a box at the moment. I set up a makeshift home studio with a borrowed mixer (thanks, Jason) and used it to record a great interview...
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Send Us Your Questions For Our Friend Bill Nye and You Could Have It Answered...
Our Friend Bill Nye with our Senior Editor Glen Ticke We’ll be at SXSW this year for the GE/Quirky/StarTalk Live mashup known as The Night of Invention this Saturday March 8th, and it’s going to be...
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Watch Quirky + GE’s Night of Invention and StarTalk Live With Our Friend Bill...
We’ve partnered with GE, Quirky, and StarTalk Radio to bring A Night of Invention to SXSW! Watch the livestream of the whole event with Our Friend Bill Nye, Eugene Mirman, and we just heard through...
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Follow Our #SXSW Exploits, Including GE’s Night of Invention As They Happen...
Curious what we’re up to at SXSW this year? Senior Editor Glen Tickle (Hey, that’s me!) is there and will be live-tweeting from our @Geekosystem Twitter account as well as my own @glentickle for stuff...
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Watch the World’s First “Bow Tie Race” Against Our Friend Bill Nye!
At SXSW this year we met up with Our Friend Bill Nye at GE’s Night of Invention to compete in what we believe is the world’s first competitive bow tie tying event. Watch it all right here. And now,...
View ArticleGE Takes “Spring Break” Literally and Destroys Things for Science Today With...
GE’s #SpringBreakIt campaign launches today, and we think it’s exactly the kind of thing you’ll love, Internet-people. To promote their next-generation “Super Materials,” GE is showing you what it...
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Check out Some Destructive Sample Videos From Today’s GE #SpringBreakIt Campaign
This morning, we told you about GE’s #SpringBreakIt campaign where they will send you slow-motion videos of things getting destroyed for science if you tweet at them with that hashtag. If you need...
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The Return of The Tonight Show’s “Fallonventions” Segment Eliminates Pizza...
On last night’s Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon they brought back the GE partnered segment “Fallonventions” where Jimmy showcases three young inventors, their creations, and then hooks them up with...
View ArticleWatch: StarTalk Radio’s Video Cosmic Queries With Our Friend Bill Nye and...
Our Friend Bill Nye continues his job filling in for Neil deGrasse Tyson as host of StarTalk Radio. This time around, they’ve introduced “Video Cosmic Queries” thanks to a partnership with GE. Watch...
View ArticleSuck, Squeeze, Bang, and Blow With Baratunde Thurston in GE’s Master Class...
Comedian Baratunde Thurston is a really smart guy — philosophy degree from Harvard, Director’s Fellow for MIT’s Media Lab, best-selling author — but as far as we know jet engine physics aren’t really...
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Jeff Goldblum In A Very Strange Yet Delightful Ad For Lightbulbs (?)
When you woke up this morning, did you think to yourself, “I haven’t had enough shirtless Jeff Goldblum in my life lately?” Well me too, friend. Me too. Lucky for us, Goldblum is starring in this...
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Things We Saw Today: The ISS Has A Really Great View
I’ve got a few trees and a bunch of buildings, so I guess the International Space Station wins this round. “The Milky Way steals the show from Sahara sands that make the Earth glow orange,” wrote...
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