5 Amazing Things That We’re Totally Glad Can Talk to Us Now
Isn’t technology great? At this rate, everything we create in ten years will be able to immediately provide us with feedback in some way, if not audibly. Our gadgets and gizmos giving us clear and...
View Article7 Things We Would Like to See Thrown Through a Jet Engine
Planes, and their engines, go through a ton of testing prior to ever actually being in the air. How else do you figure out if, for example, it can withstand a barrage of a dozen or so geese slamming...
View Article9 Things We’d Like to See Powered by the World’s Most Powerful Jet Engine
The GE90-115B is the world’s most powerful jet engine. If it’s powerful enough be the driving force behind Boeing’s 777 aircraft, then just imagine all the other things it could power. GE’s said that...
View Article11 Fantastic Photos From GE’s Surprisingly Intriguing Instagram Page
Brands are everywhere on social media these days. They’re creeping in from all sides, and you’re just as likely to see an advertisement from, say, Taco Bell as you are your buddy’s status update. It’s...
View ArticleSponsored Post: GE AgileTrac Tech Works To Take The Wait Out Of Hospital Visits
Is there anything worse than waiting at the hospital? It’s almost inevitable that you’ve had to wait on a room, a test, admission, and more. What if we could just cut that whole thing out? The waiting,...
View ArticleHow to Properly Embrace Image Macros as a Brand
If you’ve been on the Internet, chances are you’ve seen brands attempt to capitalize on the growing trend that is image macros and memes. This is nothing new, of course, and some succeed more than...
View ArticleHey 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...
View ArticleGE 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...
View ArticleWin 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...
View ArticleHere’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...
View ArticleSend 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...
View ArticleWatch 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...
View ArticleFollow 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...
View ArticleWatch 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...
View ArticleCheck 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...
View ArticleThe 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...
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