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I don’t care how big or small the thing is, I still won’t be able to solve the damn thing. Evgeniy Grigoriev beat his own previous record of 12mm by creating this homemade fully-functioning 10mm-across Rubik’s Cube, which comfortably earns the honor of smallest Rubik’s Cube in the world. Perhaps even cooler, a 3D-printing company named Shapeways lets you buy a replica of the massive 12mm version which you can actually assemble yourself. We expect the 10mm version will be... Continue reading

A team of researchers, using 35 years of Google-donated idle CPU time, has mathematically proven that all all 43,252,003,274,489,856,000 Rubik’s Cube arrangements can be solved in 20 moves or less. The God number, as users in the Rubik’s community like to call it. Every solver of the Cube uses an algorithm, which is a sequence of steps for solving the Cube. One algorithm might use a sequence of moves to solve the top face, then another sequence of moves to... Continue reading

If the girl who can identify Star Wars LEGO minifigs using only her mouth wasn’t enough to make your brain explode, congratulations, you’re still here with us to check out this video of some girl balancing 15 books on her head… while reciting Pi to the 100th digit… and solving a Rubik’s Cube, all in, wait for it… 42 seconds. I dunno, man. I think 16 book really would have put this over the edge. I even have a recommendation. Or... Continue reading

Alright, let’s just be honest here. This Rubik’s Cube isn’t going to be winning any beauty pageants in some alternative universe where Rubik’s Cubes actually have intelligence and hold their own contests. Unless, of course, Rubik’s Cubes have a whole different definition of beauty. Maybe multi-colored, multi-textured, torture device-looking gadgets are their definition of a really hot bod. Probably not though. Unlike the Braille Rubik’s Cube, this cube can be used by everyone (sorry amputees, you don’t count in this argument), as the... Continue reading

The world of a blind geek must be a difficult one. Many of the luxuries we take for granted (watching Star Wars, reading fanfiction, witnessing Steve Jobs unveil the newest device in the Apple arsenal) just aren’t possible for the blind to the extent that the fully-functional among us have become accustomed to. Imagine Star Wars without being able to actually see Chewbacca. The roars are still awesome, but it’s his nuanced facial expressions and movements which make the Wookiee.... Continue reading

Sure, you might be saying to yourself, what’s the use of destroying a perfectly good Rubik’s cube just so you can rebuild it using old keyboard keys? And I say to you… are you INSANE? If you want to get into the technicalities of things, what’s the point of doing anything for the sake of nothing? There doesn’t have to be a point. It just is. And it’s just awesome. This clever Instructable how-to shows you how to demolish your... Continue reading

It’s crazy. Google owns enough major real estate to easily fill up a Rubik’s cube with major tech logos. I mean, Google is, like, a really big deal. And not only that, some of my favorite brands period are represented. You’ve got Google major, you’ve got Blogger, Gmail, Google Calendar. They’ve built themselves quite a little empire, if you haven’t noticed. I might be more into this cube than the standard Rubik’s fare, just for the sheer fact that the... Continue reading