The Last Supper Made Out Of Rubik's Cubes

Posted by John Farrier in Arts & Crafts on October 26, 2009 at 5:26 am


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Five artists from the art collective Cube Works in Toronto recreated Leonardo Da Vinci’s The Last Supper out of 4,050 cubes, in all measuring 8.5 by 17 feet. The work was entered into the Guinness Book of World Records and sold to a collector in Florida.

Link via Popped Culture | Artists’ Website (Warning: self-starting audio)

 
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Rubik's Cube Sandwich

Posted by John Farrier in Food & Drinks on July 26, 2009 at 9:06 am

From the food blog Insanewiches:

The Rubix Cube has confounded us for years. Maybe the sandwich version of this puzzling brain teaser will do the same. The Rubix Cubewich contains cubes of pastrami, kielbasa, pork fat, salami, and two types of cheddar.

Link via Geekologie

 
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Petaminx: Rubik's Cube on Steroids

Posted by Alex in Toy & Video Games on March 4, 2009 at 7:28 pm

If the Rubik’s cube is too easy for you, check out this puzzle created by Jason Smith of PuzzleForge, based on Andrew Cormier’s design. Behold, the Petaminx, a dodecahedral puzzle with 4 slices per face:

It is entirely custom built and contains almost 1000 moving parts.

This project took place over two months, including:

20 hours on masters and molds.
12 hours casting parts.
30 hours cleaning up parts and sanding (!!)
7 hours assembling all 1000 parts
6 hours stickering.

Also checkout the video clip of Andrew Cormier’s Teraminx – via Unique Daily

 
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26 Years Later, Man Finally Solved Rubik's Cube

Posted by Alex in Toy & Video Games on January 11, 2009 at 2:05 pm

You’ve got to admire Graham Parker’s persistence: after 26 year’s worth of attempts, he has finally solved his Rubik’s cube:

Delighted Graham, 45, from Portchester, Hants, has been tirelessly trying to solve the riddle of the Cube since he bought the toy in 1983.

Married dad-of-one Graham has endured endless sleepless nights and after more than 27,400 hours he finally managed to conquer his personal Everest.

Builder Graham said: "I cannot tell you what a relief it was to finally solve it. It has driven me mad over the years – it felt like it had taken over my life. I have missed important events to stay in and solve it and I would lay awake at night thinking about it. Friends have offered to solve it for me and I know that you can find solutions on the web but I just had to do it myself. I have had wrist and back problems from spending hours on it but it was all worth it. When I clicked that last bit into place and each face was a solid colour I wept."

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LEGO Robot Solves Rubik's Cube All By Itself

Posted by Alex in Lego on December 11, 2008 at 8:36 pm

Hans Andersson bought a LEGO Mindstorms kit for his daughters, but got caught up in making this spectacular robot himself. Meet Tilted Twister, a LEGO robot that does what most of us can’t do: solve a Rubik’s cube all by itself!

Just place the scrambled cube on Tilted Twister’s turntable. An ultrasonic sensor detects its presence and starts to read the colors of the cube faces using a light sensor. The robot turns and tilts the cube in order to read all the faces. It then calculates a solution and executes the moves by turning, tilting and twisting the cube.

Link – Thanks Zecc!

 
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