Rubik Redux
Categories: uncategorized, rubik's cube
Of course you all remember the Rubik’s Cube, that stupid six-sided six-colored time sink that so many of us spent so much time trying to figure out while there was always that ONE GUY in the class who just couldn’t resist showing off how fast he could solve it. Though in his case “solve” wasn’t quite the right word because it really just meant he had memorised a certain pattern of moves. Nonetheless, the rest of us owed a debt to him because he kept us from looking like the complete geek that he was…
Anyways, Professor Erno Rubik, the creator of the original cube is back with a new puzzler: the Rubik’s 360. According to PC World,
It still fits in the palm of your hand, still has six primary colors, and still requires subtle wrist movements to manipulate. But this time, there’s only one solution, and it’s less about a bunch of mathematical algorithms than elementary gravitational physics.Instead of shifting rows of squares to fully align six surface colors, the Rubik’s 360 requires you rotate six tiny colored balls around a transparent sphere, tipping them into matching receptacles. The trick? You have to coax them all into place without expelling the ones you’ve already secured.
Sounds simple enough, right? (Yeah, right… you got any idea what that just said?) (No, not really, but let’s just play along, ok?) (Ok.)
Anyway, if you really need something to take up MORE of your time, or need for some reason to seriously up your geek street cred, you can get the new Rubik’s 360 in August.
2 Responses to “Rubik Redux”
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rl Says:
March 1st, 2009 at 2:56 pmI won’t be buying one of these since I couldn’t get my mind “around” the square one. However, this might actually be easier. Anything to earn a dollar. Wish I had thought of something like this.
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benita Leek Says:
March 23rd, 2009 at 1:49 pmI don’t usually comment on this stuff but I gotta say.. nice blog
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