Electric car maker Tesla wants a cheaper, faster way to produce the lithium ion batteries that power its cars, and the company has settled on a gargantuan solution: the so-called "gigafactory" that, if all goes as planned, will crank out more lithium ion batteries than the entire world produced in 2013.
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It’s April Fools day already and what better way to ring in Spring than by hurling outlandish pranks at one another, all for the sake of good fun? The celebrated holiday is center stage for web and tech companies looking to add a little satire to their products, and today was no exception. Cast your gullibility aside and join me as we take a look at a round-up of 2014’s best tech April Fools Pranks.
April showers bring May flowers, but April showers are also made of rain. Spring is nice, but with it comes immense amounts of precipitation. To survive the next few weeks of rain and make it through to summer, you’re going to need an umbrella. And why not one that looks cool? We’ve rounded up some of best designs below.
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In one of the most addictive April Fools’ Day jokes we’ve seen in recent memory, Google released the Google Maps Pokemon Challenge this week. In this challenge, users are asked … Continue reading
There have been many proposed alternatives to the spinning propeller blades used on wind turbines installed all over the county, but none as unorthodox as Festo’s new DualWingGenerator. Inspired by the company’s work on winged flying robots
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Google has returned the much-missed “Search nearby” feature to Google Maps, restoring the ability to search for nearby points-of-interest and businesses around a location on the map. Quietly added back … Continue reading
Admit it: Sometimes what you need to say is best expressed through the image of a WWE character. Now you can send that wrestler, or a picture of Shaun the Sheep (if you’re feeling a little less hostile) to friends via BBM. Following rumors we heard a…
Consider it a frivolity or a useless tradition, fact is that a lot of people around the world spend time and money trying to prank each other on April 1st. Even big companies get in on the fun. Google is well known for its pranks, and is joined by the likes of Samsung, HTC, Sega and more. In this post we look at some of the best April Fools’ 2014 pranks.
April Fools’ 2014 Pranks Roundup original content from Ubergizmo. 
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If you love giant robots in life, celebrate your love of giant robots in death with a Gundam tombstone. It will be a lasting monument to your life that stands out and makes others take notice.
This huge Gundam tombstone is on display with more traditional tombstones at a Japanese monument shop in Yasu City, Shiga Prefecture. With this big guy watching over you, your afterlife will be safe. Your dirt nap restful. In the future, maybe we will all have cool tombstones like this one.
It beats having some weeping angels standing over your grave. Plus weeping angels move around a lot, so they wouldn’t even stay by your resting place for long.
[Rocket News via Neatorama]
Museums are lightning rods for criticism. The most public of all buildings, they’re also the most vulnerable, and even long-accepted classics faced scorn in their infancy. Today we’re taking a look at vintage photographs of New York City’s famous museums while under construction.
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