If you can solve a Rubik's Cube in a blink of an eye, then you're part of 6% of Earth's entire population who can solve the damn thing. Actually, I just made that figure up, but suffice it to say up to now I can only do a single face.
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| Rubik's Cube for the blind |
Here's a Rubik's Cube that relies not on color but instead asks you to arrange according to texture: stone, metal, plastic, wood, rubber, and textile.
It's a Rubik's Cube for the blind.
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Since its invention in 1974, Erno Rubik's humble Magic Cube has had many variations to further complicate the already complex, nose-bleeding puzzle, including a cruel 4 x 4 x 4 (called Rubik's Revenge), a crueler 5 x 5 x 5, a 6 x 6 x 6, a 7 x 7 x 7 (Sorry I ran out of adjectives), and a torturous Pentamix Rubix which has 975 parts and 1,212 stickers--which begs the question, do you still have a social life?
Should you get tired of the cube format there's a Rubik's Ball, a Pyraminx, a dodecahedron Rubik (with 12 faces) and an irregular Rubik's Cube (with irregularly shaped pieces that somehow still can be turned).
The first time I saw a Rubik's Cube I marvelled at it for hours. I dismantled it, trying to figure out what engineering feat made it possible for a single piece of cube to be carried off so far and on a different dimension from its starting point with just a few twists. Unfortunately that kind of curiousity and tinkering didn't make me any wiser.
Meanwhile, for those who just don't have the patience (or maybe those who have arthritis) but would like to feel at par with the hypothetical 6% of Earth's population, there's an Idiot's Cube (euphemistically called the Self-Esteem Cube) by CoolThings. All the cubes are of the same color so it pretty much takes care of the solving process for you.
(Photo on right: A Pantone-based Rubik's cube for your interior decorator pal or your geeky web designer friend).
Should you get tired of the cube format there's a Rubik's Ball, a Pyraminx, a dodecahedron Rubik (with 12 faces) and an irregular Rubik's Cube (with irregularly shaped pieces that somehow still can be turned).
The first time I saw a Rubik's Cube I marvelled at it for hours. I dismantled it, trying to figure out what engineering feat made it possible for a single piece of cube to be carried off so far and on a different dimension from its starting point with just a few twists. Unfortunately that kind of curiousity and tinkering didn't make me any wiser.
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| Pantone Rubik's Cube for your geeky friend |
(Photo on right: A Pantone-based Rubik's cube for your interior decorator pal or your geeky web designer friend).
More creative takes on the Rubik's Cube here: http://www.oddee.com/item_96712.aspx
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