Reader-Submitted Geeky Easter Eggs [Pics]

After posting Martin’s awesome portal-themed Easter egg earlier today, two three other readers then thought to send us their geektastic Easter creations as well. Check ’em out!

Vlad F.

WOW + Star Wars Easter Eggs

Star Wars Logo Easter Egg

Jade K.

They Might Be Giants

Neil Gaiman & Amanda Palmer

Stephen Colbert

Wheatley from Portal 2

Bob S.

These aren't the eggs you are looking for...

Thanks guys!



Awesome Deus Ex: Human Revolution Promo Clip [Video]

Check out the awesome promo clip Eidos has recently released for their upcoming first-person RPG Deus Ex: Human Revolution (Deus Ex 3), which is planned for release in August.

The game takes place during the year 2027, 25 years before Deus Ex. Nanotechnological augmentations have yet to be developed and biomechanical augmentations are the current state of the art. The main protagonist, Adam Jensen, is a private security officer with Sarif Industries, a leading company that specializes in human augmentations. After he witnesses a chilling attack on his company which leaves him horrifically injured and forced to undergo augmentation to survive, “the conspiracy begins.” The visuals are a combination of cyberpunk and Renaissance aesthetics, resulting in a futuristic-looking Baroque world. [Source]

[Pre-Order Deus Ex: Human Revolution @ Amazon.com]

Portal Easter Egg Fun

Geeks are Sexy reader Martin M. just sent in a picture of the geektastic portal-themed Easter egg he created in honor of the day. Check it out!

Just thought I would share my geektastic Easter egg with you. Its a pretty lame attempt but I thought it would be cool to get all the other geeks on this site to put up special Easter geektastic eggs?

Thanks Martin!

Real Birds Tweeting on Twitter [video]

You knew it was going to happen: angry that their language has been held hostage by humans obsessed with communicating in 140 characters or less, Internet denizens of the avian variety are taking it back. Yep… birds are reclaiming Tweets. OK, so maybe that’s not exactly how it went down, but birds really are sending out messages on Twitter. A Latvian man named Voldemars Dudum got the idea to attach bits of pork fat to each key on a keyboard so the Tomtits that live in the area could “communicate” while they ate. Mostly it’s just jibberish, but every now and then you’ll find gems like “lololol” and “wowow.”

“Who cares?” you might be asking. Well, at least 1,186 people do – that’s the following hungry_birds currently has on Twitter. It would appear that the birds are currently on hiatus to “catch bugs and build nests,” but I’m sure they’ll be back soon.

[Source | Via Oddity Central]

New Graphene Paper: Light, Strong, and Crazy Flexible

We need planes and cars that are lighter so they burn less fuel, stronger so we’re safer aboard them, and less pollutive to produce. The University of Technology Sydney claims to have an answer in a recent breakthrough in graphene nanotech.

A graphene paper sample. Picture by Lisa Aloisio.

The synthesized graphene paper (GP) samples produced at UTS are composite materials made from graphite (an abundant resource in Australia), which has been milled through a purification process which leaves the base material in nano-structured configurations. The graphene is then stacked in layers to create thin sheets–roughly the same thickness as paper, but with exceptional flexibility, strength and lightness.

According to UTS lead researcher Ali Reza Ranjbartoreh, “Not only is it lighter, stronger, harder and more flexible than steel, it is also a recyclable and sustainable manufacturable product that is eco-friendly and cost effective in its use.”

The properties testing results of University of Technology Sydney’s GP reveal that, compared to steel, graphene paper is one-sixth as heavy, one-fifth as dense, twice as hard, and has ten times the tensile strength and 13 times the bending rigidity.

Other carbon-based technologies are replacing fiber and wires in commercial aircraft at companies like Boeing. The next logical step, says Ranjbartoreh, is to find a way to incorporate graphene paper. “The exceptional mechanical properties of synthesised GP render it a promising material for commercial and engineering applications.”

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