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$80 Roulette Wheel IQ Cube makes solving the Rubik’s cube look easy
So you’re known across the neighborhood as the kid who solves the Rubik’s cube in 5 minutes flat? No big deal. The world’s always ready to throw in a new challenge fore even the best of us. Enter, the Roulette Wheel IQ cube. This one’s fundamentally just like the Rubik’s cube but is a lot…
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Mosaic of Martin Luther King Jr. created using 4,242 Rubik’s Cubes
Artist and designer Pete Fecteau has created a unique tribute to one of the greatest men of the century. He spent a lot of time last year to work on “Dream Big” a portrait of Martin Luther King Jr created using 4,242 Rubik’s Cubes, weighing in at 1000 pounds and measuring 20 feet wide and…
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Cuvestormer II robot made from Lego bricks and smartphone solves Rubik’s Cube in 5.32 seconds
Using a symbiotic union between a bunch of Lego bricks and an Android-powered brain, this geeky device puts most human minds to shame, solving the good old Rubik’s Cube puzzle in a meager 5.32 seconds! Called the Cubestormer II, the robot uses Lego pieces and four Mindstorms NXT kits with a Samsung Galaxy S II…
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Demaine’s algorithm can solve Rubik’s cube of any size
Rubik’s Cube is more than just a 3-D mechanical puzzle toy. This puzzle concept has been well received by the geeky world and we have seen some amazing renditions like the Rubik’s cube Table, Rubik’s Cube subwoofer and Rubik’s Cube with Font Designer smarts. Latest developments tell us that Demaine has found a new way…
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Make your own Keyboard Rubiks Cube
Got a spare keyboard lying around? Here is some activity for you – turn it into a one-of-a-kind Rubik’s Cube. Yes, it’s an activity, because it will require you to use a screwdriver and pop all the pieces out first. Then, using some strong epoxy glue, glue the keyboard keys onto each piece of the…
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Levitating blocks magically transform to a Rubik’s Cube
No prizes for guessing how the makers managed to bring to life a concept so brilliant. These brilliant blocks appear to be levitating and yes, well guessed; it’s some simple magnetic principles that make it all happen. What makes the magic happen is the way the blocks arrange themselves with equidistant vacuums. They mean to…
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Around 9000 Rubik Cubes make the coolest artwork
To commemorate the Rubik Cube’s 30th birthday students from the Yamazaki elementary school in Japan used 9071 of the mystery cubes to create an artwork depicting their version of a technological utopia. A piece of work indeed, it will be on display at the Tokyo toy show starting this weekend. [More images after the jump]
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Mega Man Rubik’s Cube is a hard one to crack
Rubik’s Cubes have been taking a lot of shapes and sizes in recent times. However, when we get the plain colored old shapes in 54 tiny squares then we can well define what a ‘hard’ game is. But when you add screen shots from a game, especially when we’re looking at eight six screenshots of…
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Notebook in the colorblock style
The colorblock note is just a notebook and it does not spin and make you crazy by trying to solve the color combination. It is very useful as a notebook for taking all that important notes. You can also keep it at your office and do a fun IQ test to see if anyone is…
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The Rubik’s Cube now acts as a font designer
When an idea taken from a young mind reaches commercial levels, there is something good we’re talking about. This is exactly what one can say about Liverpool School of Art & Design student, Jas Bhachu. He and his cronies were faced with the daunting task of coming up with an innovative style of writing the…
