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So Now You Can Use An Oculus Rift To Pilot A Drone, Apparently
The Oculus Rift virtual reality headset is still in development mode and won’t be fully compatible with your favorite video games for some time. That doesn’t mean, of course, that people aren’t...
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First Fully 3D-Printed Rifle Test Fired in Canada
The first fully 3D-printed handgun, The Liberator, was successfully test fired a few months ago, and it seems like it may have kicked off a 3D-printed arms race. A Canadian gunsmith who goes by the...
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Review: Super Mario Bros. 3: Brick by Brick Reminds Me of Why I Love Video Games
Books are rarely written about a single video game. There have been many written about fictional video games, or takes on gaming culture in general, but texts devoted to one particular game are few...
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Geekolinks: 7/27
10 amazing things your ashes can do after you die (Mental Floss) Don’t bring a bat to rob a gun store (Mediaite) Raphael and Michelangelo talk turtle power (GeekSugar) Meghan Stratman’s nerdy collages...
View ArticleMarvel at These Mostly True Facts About the Owl [Video]
How much do you actually know about owls? If I had to guess, I’d say not enough. Thankfully, Ze Frank has once again provided. All of the facts in this video at definitely and totally true, especially...
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Phil Fish Cancels Fez II After Heated Twitter Argument
Bad news if you loved the indie game Fez and were anxiously awaiting the sequel, Fez II. It looks like after a heated argument on Twitter, developer Phil Fish canceled the game. He’s confirmed the...
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Not Just for the Military Anymore: FAA Certifies Two Drones for Civilian Flights
We cover a lot of drone stories on Geekosystem. We don’t always agree on how they’re being used, but we certainly agree that they’re cool. We want a drone of our own, but that’s been an unrealistic...
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That Escalated Quickly, Chromecast Already Rooted
It’s only been a few days since Google announced its Chromecast device that lets you stream content from your phone, tablet, or computer to a TV with a $35 HDMI dongle, but GTVHacker has already...
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The UK Will Get New Breaking Bad Episodes on Netflix Immediately After They Air
Netflix is great at catching up on old seasons of shows you may have missed, but it’s lacking when it comes to getting new shows on quickly — at least in the U.S. The U.K., however, is going to be...
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Geekolinks: 7/28
Watch 167 theremin players performing Beethoven’s Ninth (Mental Floss) Sorry, MTV. Harrison Ford will have none of your Geeks vs. Poseurs nonsense (The Mary Sure) 8 Photo apps that add some designs...
View ArticleAaaaand Here’s a Bike That Lays Down and Pops Bubble Wrap as You Ride It [Video]
This is Eric Buss. He has a bicycle. He also has a giant roll of bubble tape. Buss did what any genius would do when faced with a bicycle and a giant roll of bubble wrap, and he invented the bubble...
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Helpful British Hacker Proposes New Firewall to Block Everything on the...
Tired of surfing the Internet for a little simple pornography, only to be constantly interrupted by things like news and interactions with friends and loved ones? We all bear the mark of that lash....
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World’s First Lab-Grown Hamburger Gets a Taste Test This Week
The world’s first hamburger grown entirely in a laboratory will be served in London this week, apparently to the anonymous donor who las largely funded its creation. Here’s hoping the meat, which is...
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Jack Kirby’s Concept Art For The Fake Sci-Fi Film In Argo Goes Up For Auction
Attention well-off comic nerds and history buffs! The original Jack Kirby concept art for the fake film featured in last year’s critically acclaimed film Argo is going up for auction this week. That...
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Randall Munroe Finally Finishes His 3,099 Panel xkcd Magnum Opus “Time”
Webcomics typically adhere to the classic newspaper funny pages formats of a either a single frame, or a few panels laid out in sequence, but they don’t have to. Online comics can have a limitless...
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My Hate Watch Begins: On Angel, Hate-Watching, and the Irresistible Lure of...
For the last two months, I’ve been kind of stuck in my house due to a stress fracture. While I’m nursing the broken foot that’s kept me from doing a whole host of things I would rather be doing with...
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New Report Confirms Cheap iPhone, Also 86 Factory Labor Violations
A report by labor rights group China Labor Watch outlines a new investigation into the working conditions at Apple supplier factory Pegatron in China. Besides making claims of dozens of labor...
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Don’t Count Physical Media Out Just Yet: Sony and Panasonic Announce Plans...
Between things like online streaming and cloud storage, physical storage is rapidly becoming less and less relevant to the general consumer — that is, unless Sony and Panasonic have anything to say...
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Check Out the First Amazing Pictures of the Sun from NASA’s IRIS
NASA’s Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS) satellite has been open for less than two weeks, and already it’s returned the first images from its mission to study the Sun’s atmosphere. The...
View ArticleThis Gorgeous Star Trail Video Happens to Feature Cameos by Dinosaurs
Borrego Springs, California is one of four certified “Dark Sky Communities” in the world according the Dark Sky Association — which is something that sounds like a supervillain organization but is...
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