What madness is Google planning this year for April Fool's Day?
Posted on Tue Mar 31 2009
When it comes to April Fool's pranks, Google takes the prize for creativity. One prank from past years that stands out is the Google Gulp "smart drink," supposedly launched by the Internet search giant to "maximize your surfing efficiency by making you more intelligent, and less thirsty." The Snapple-like bottle was said to contain technology called Auto-Drink, an embedded DNA scanner "reading all 3 gigabytes of your base pair genetic data in a fraction of a second, fine-tuning your individual hormonal cocktail in real time." Offered in four mind-blowing flavors—Glutamate Grape, Sugar-Free Radical, Beta Carroty and Sero-Tonic Water—the Google Gulp created major buzz across the blogosphere. Will Google be able to top itself this year? We won't have to wait long to find out. UPDATE: Looks like this year's joke is the introduction of the "world's first 'artificial intelligence' tasked-array system," called "CADIE."
—Posted by Elena Malykhina
