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Tesla’s Gigafactory might be behind a global battery shortage
Tesla has been besieged by reports of production delays and quality control issues lately, and now it's coming under fire for problems at its Gigafactory, which have led to a global shortage of cylindrical batteries. According to sources quoted by etnews, it's now "impossible" to purchase cylindrical batteries in Japan -- where most of the world's electronics manufacturing happens -- because Gigafactory has hoovered up the supplies needed to create them, but has failed to do so.
Nokia has a laugh with cylindrical cellphone patent application
You kvetch enough about that ultrathin candybar taking up too much room in those über-tight Emo-style jeans -- we know you'd throw a fit if you had to tote around a mobile akin to a rolling pin. Nevertheless, that's not stopping Nokia's wildly imaginative R&D team from throwing out a patent app for a cylindrical cellphone. Granted, we are digging the movable materials and the potential for a fairly wide display, but unless we get some sort of spray can holster from The Home Depot, how else are we supposed to carry this thing without embarrassing ourselves?
MET's Jupiter 301 speakers
We've peeped MET's cylindrical speakers before, but thank the powers above that this incarnation doesn't bring us back to the crazy 70's. The Jupiter 301's would look right at home on some B-rate Sci-Fi movie but hopefully their sound are more Oscar worthy. Chance are though, we won't be able to hear 'em ourselves anytime soon as they aren't meant for the US market. A set will cost you 450€ ($613 USD) if you can get your hands on 'em.
