Rubik's Cube has been one of the world's favorite puzzles for 40 years. Several different methods have been devised for solving it, as explained in countless books. Expert "speedcubers" can solve it in a matter of seconds.
Mathematics
Jan 31, 2020
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A team of chemists from the U.S. and China have constructed a cube of colored, hydrogel blocks, which looks and acts much like a Rubik's Cube. The researchers say their work is more than just fun to play with: it might inspire ...
Polymers
Aug 13, 2019
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Ever since Ernő Rubik invented the Rubik's Cube in 1974, the mathematical puzzle has tested the brains and patience of people of all ages. Two researchers working on molecular manipulation at the Laboratory of Atomic Materials ...
Nanomaterials
Apr 1, 2019
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Feliks Zemdegs a 22-year-old man from Australia has broken the world record for solving a Rubik's cube. He has done it in just 4.22 seconds. The achievement was recorded at an event held in Melbourne called Cube for Cambodia.
University of Michigan mechanical engineering students have made one of the most popular puzzle games much larger. And tougher to solve.
Engineering
Apr 13, 2017
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This week, 14-year-old Lucas Etter set a new world record for solving the classic Rubik's cube in Clarksville, Maryland, in the US, solving the scrambled cube in an astonishing 4.904 seconds.
Other
Nov 30, 2015
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Collin Burns took part in a Rubik's Cube competition at a high school in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, over the weekend. The event is recognized as an official World Cube Association competition. He solved the cube in 5.253 seconds. ...
Last August, 30 years after the Rubik’s cube first appeared, an international team of researchers proved that no matter how scrambled a cube got, it could be solved in no more than 20 moves. Although the researchers ...
Mathematics
Jun 29, 2011
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The world's fastest Rubik's Cube-solving robot has been developed by students at Swinburne University of Technology.
Robotics
May 30, 2011
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Students and researcher’s at the University of Ulster’s Intelligent Systems Research Center (ISRC) watched (and filmed) as the newly acquired Willow Garage, Personal Robot 2 (PR2) autonomously solved ...
