Monday, September 10, 2012 - 11:31am
Rubik's Cubes are loads of fun, but near impossible for puzzle-solvers who can't see the colors that make up each of the sides. So, how do you translate the way the puzzle plays?
rubik's cube stories
Thursday, December 22, 2011 - 2:06am
I have a tough enough time solving a regular 3x3x3 Rubik's Cube, so don't ask me to try and figure out this 3x3x7 version.
Friday, October 28, 2011 - 3:28pm
Pete Fecteau blocked out most of last year to work on "Dream Big," his portrait and tribute to Martin Luther King Jr. He used over 4,200 Rubik's Cubes to get it done, and the finished product weighs over 1,000 pounds and measures about 20 feet wide and 10 feet tall. We're assuming he didn't just move the stickers around.
Tuesday, October 25, 2011 - 1:17am
Yes, the humans are still winning! After seeing video after video of robots rapidly performing complex human tasks, making us look like flesh-bound simpleton's, one man has raised the stakes in the human vs. automaton efficiency wars via the ultimate geek totem: the Rubik's Cube.
Monday, October 17, 2011 - 6:00am
The Cubestormer II has squashed all (human) records for solving the Rubik's Cube. That's right, we've been bested. To see just how fast it was solved, check out the video below.
Wednesday, June 1, 2011 - 3:20am
Making a robot that can solve a Rubik's Cube is nothing new, but this one from Swinburne University in Australia has shattered the speed record by spinning the cube to show all solid colors in a mere 10.18 seconds.
Wednesday, July 21, 2010 - 5:14am
I can't even complete a regular Rubik's cube, yet here's the Motorola Droid back with another cube-solvin' trick. This time, it's tackling a massive 7x 7x7 monster of a puzzle with the help of David Gilday and his Lego Mindstorms...
Tuesday, February 23, 2010 - 3:35pm
Continuing the trend this week of awesome LEGO creations is the CubeStormer, a Rubik's Cube solvin' 'bot built from scratch from a LEGO Mindstorms kit. The CubeStormer uses a LEGO webcam in conjunction with some special software running off a...
Monday, November 30, 2009 - 7:55am
Is the Rubik's Cube just too easy for you? Do you crave punishment? Do you enjoy giving yourself a frustration headache? Well, say hello to the 12 Surface IQ Pentagon! This horrifying monstrosity of a puzzle looks next to impossible...
Monday, July 6, 2009 - 10:50am
Rubik's Cube was a genius and iconic puzzle that captured the world's attention like no other. Now the man behind the cube, Hungarian professor Erno Rubik, is about to unleash a new puzzle on an unsuspecting world, the ball-shaped 360....
