CERN levels up with new superconducting karts

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

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

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

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

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

I'd be cautious of residual Higgs Booson particles in the tunnels. They can cause unexpected phase shifts if encountered, which may expose the driver to unexpected hazards.

Happy April Fools Day!

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."

I really miss Think Geek :-(

Mario Idraulico and Luigi Fratello overseeing this project? I hope the karts don't run into any stray kooparticles.

Ofcourse the guy explaining the carts is called "Mario".

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

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

high temperature super conductors my beloved

> 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.

Really enjoyed the "karts and equipment will reach underground areas via giant green pipes" caption on the LHC tunnel diagram.

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

Call me a killjoy I hate April fools jokes.

They missed a perfect spot to mention something about "Gordon".

(Half-Life joke)

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

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".

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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.

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

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).