Philosophy
While the amount of technology packed into Rubik’s TouchCube is impressive, the big question remains: Would you want to spend more than a few minutes with it before tossing the $150 puzzle through a window?
In stores Oct. 18 from Techno Source USA, this is the second electronic edition of the famous puzzle from Techno Source, following last year’s Rubik’s Revolution. Rather than physically twisting the interlocked mechanical cubes patented by Erno Rubik in 1977, you swipe your finger against one of the cube’s capacitive sides to “flip” the colors. There are no moving parts; instead, the multicolor LEDs change color with a flipping sound emitted from an internal speaker, while an accelerometer keeps track of which side is up.
The onboard computer provides hints, or it can solve itself. When it is not being used, the cube sits in a charging cradle and lights up, making an ideal geek’s night light.
In case you are still working with the original:
DIRECTIONS FOR SOLVING THE 5x5x5 (Professor) CUBE
How To Solve A Rubik's Cube
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Philosophy
Rubik's Cube is back for a mere $150
"Bust Out the Parachute Pants — Rubik Is Back"
by
Warren Buckleitner
September 29th, 2009
New York Times
by
Warren Buckleitner
September 29th, 2009
New York Times
While the amount of technology packed into Rubik’s TouchCube is impressive, the big question remains: Would you want to spend more than a few minutes with it before tossing the $150 puzzle through a window?
In stores Oct. 18 from Techno Source USA, this is the second electronic edition of the famous puzzle from Techno Source, following last year’s Rubik’s Revolution. Rather than physically twisting the interlocked mechanical cubes patented by Erno Rubik in 1977, you swipe your finger against one of the cube’s capacitive sides to “flip” the colors. There are no moving parts; instead, the multicolor LEDs change color with a flipping sound emitted from an internal speaker, while an accelerometer keeps track of which side is up.
The onboard computer provides hints, or it can solve itself. When it is not being used, the cube sits in a charging cradle and lights up, making an ideal geek’s night light.
In case you are still working with the original:
DIRECTIONS FOR SOLVING THE 5x5x5 (Professor) CUBE
How To Solve A Rubik's Cube
- Practical Jokes
My Fellow Comedists, This week's topic is practical jokes. The experience of having been pranked is the key to it all: first, the confusion, then the realization which gives rise to need for evasive action, then the sense of having been had, and finally...
- Beau Lotto - Optical Illusions Show Us How We See
Look at the cube on the right. Is the center piece on the top side of the cube lighter or darker than the center piece on the left side of the cube? Whatever you 'think' is the right answer (and feel free to test for yourself), there is no denying...
- The "cube Of Rubik" Is Back
"Rubik’s Cube Twists Back Into Limelight" by Douglas Quenqua August 6th, 2012 The New York Times The clatter of 200 Rubik’s Cubes twisting in unison filled the ballroom at the Riviera hotel and casino here on Saturday as Riley Woo, 15, stepped...
- Erno Rubik And A Retro Toy
Hungarian mathematician, educator and inventor of Rubik's Cube (1974), which became a popular toy of the 1980s. Rubik's Cube consists of 26 small cubes that rotate on a central axis; nine coloured cube faces, in three rows of three each, form...
- Puzzles And The Like
Dad's Sliding Block Puzzle Uncle Roy's Jigsaw Puzzle Birthday: This is one of my favorite tricks--guaranteed to astound your friends. Select an individual and tell this person that you can tell them the month and date of their birthday. They will...