CERN levels up with new superconducting karts

Noe2097

> Each kart is turbo-boosted by 64 superconducting engines,” explains project leader Mario Idraulico I guess we can now call you Mario 'Kart' Idraulico. Oh wait. Thank you CERN, that was a smart one.

voidUpdate

Is this an april fools joke? The title image looks so over-the-top that I really can't tell if it's a joke or not

gnarlouse

Happy April Fools Day!

koolala

high temperature super conductors my beloved

rvnx

Meh joke considering this was paid on public money. Same as choosing to spend xxx,xxx USD to have .cern when using subdomains would have worked too (and caused less validation / compatibility issues).

rbanffy

I really miss Think Geek :-(

PunchyHamster

We need followup post exactly 365 days later describing first karting accident inside CERN

thomasgeelens

oh my, I should really visit one day, I'm not even that far from CERN

cern

CERN Research Facility, Geneva. Subject: Gordon Freeman, Male, Age 27

groundzeros2015

Please bro. Just one more particle collider. This one will solve science. The last one wasn’t big enough. Please keep it in desirable real estate though.

Akuehne

This got me. Thought it was real, busted out laughing when I read the project leads name. It still didn't click.

rippeltippel

Right on time! "The Super Mario Galaxy Movie" released today.

shevy-java

It took me a while to notice the first april, but actually the image was too unbelievable. But if such karts were possible, I bet the guys at CERN would absolutely use it. And then post on youtube. We know how things happen in "professional research".

nicman23

if you reached c with such a cart - nevermind the heat from air friction, would you be able to breath from a rebreather?

ourmandave

I would pay stupid money for a CERN Tunnel Rainbow Road track DLC.

anthk

As an homage, Supertuxkart might add a CERN-LHC inspired level with a wormhole as a secret path.

stego-tech

Ah, the stages of a good April Fool's nerd joke: 1, Reading the Headline on HN) "Man, this is probably going to be something more practical, but I wish they were superconducting go-karts or golf-carts to get around the facility in." 2, Reading the article) "...okay, I was right? Kinda? Huh. Something feels off. Wait a-" 3, Remembering the Date) "FUCK. OK, CERN got me. Good one. Still want a superconducting kart though."

NewLogic

Takes me back to the week we all thought room temperature super conductors might be a solved problem.

nekusar

They missed a perfect spot to mention something about "Gordon". (Half-Life joke)

WhitneyLand

Call me a killjoy I hate April fools jokes.