Here’s another look at the magical floating table that looks just like a giant Rubik’s Cube, minus the colors. It consists of a three-by-three grid of smaller wooden cubes held together by thin wires to keep each one from hitting the others, while powerful magnets hold the constituent pieces apart. Continue reading for a video and more information.
No, this isn’t an optical illusion, or digital trickery, but rather a real table. It’s called “The Float Table”, consisting of a matrix of magnetized wooden cubes that levitate with respect to one another. The repelling cubes are held in equilibrium by a system of tensile steel cables. Continue reading for a video and more information.
Since the weekend is coming up (or already here for some), we thought it’d be a great time to show how you can finally conquer the Rubik’s Cube that’s collecting dust in your home. Best of all, it’ll only take 20 moves or less. Click here to view the first image in today’s viral picture gallery. Continue reading for a fascinating video of an astronaut wringing a wet towel in space.
Let’s face it, not everybody, including geeks, can solve a Rubik’s Cube, Fortunately, for the latter group, many have the skills to build robots that are able to solve any Rubik’s cube in just seconds. Continue reading to see ten of the coolest.
When are Rubik’s Cubes not just a puzzle? When talented artists use them to create real works of art. For example, the images above show versions of The Mona Lisa, Ray Charles, and even Iron Maiden along with Nirvana album covers. Continue reading to see more.
Designer Pete Fecteau spent 40-hours and used approximately 4,242 to create an incredible Martin Luther King Jr. portrait. Surprisingly enough, “each cube has been ‘reversed solved’ or twisted so that one of the faces maps its nine stickers into the total image, 38,178 stickers total.” Video after the jump. Click here for more pictures.
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Solving a Rubik’s Cube is hard enough for some people, imagine juggling a few of them simultaneously. That’s exactly what ultra geek David Calvo has accomplished, as he “can juggle three Rubik’s Cubes while solving one.” Video after the jump.
This isn’t Calvo’s first brush with Rubik’s Cube greatness, he already holds the Guinness World Record for the most Rubik’s Cubes solved in one hour (185).
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A group of college students at the Swinburne University of Technology have built a robot — called Ruby — that is capable of solving a Rubik’s Cube in less than 11-seconds. Basically, it uses cameras to scan each face of the cube, collects the data, and then runs that information through a custom software algorithm. Video after the break.
While Ruby is the fastest documented cube-solving robot, the fastest human time for solving the cube is 6.24 seconds so Ruby still needs some improvements to beat that.
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Just when you thought you’ve seen all the Rubik’s Cube creations out there, Oskar van Deventer unveils the world’s first 17 x 17 x 17 model, which was created using 3D printing technology. That’s right, Deventer “assembled the cube from 1539 individually dyed pieces, resulting in this oversize 5.5″ cube.” Click here for more pictures. Continue reading to see other Rubik’s Cube-inspired creations by Oskar.
And since the design has actually been turned into a digital format, you can print one for yourself – for the low, low price of $2006.54 (USD).
