SparkFun Electronics have been at it again, this time building something that will definitely slow down your candy habit (unless you just raid the store of course). The M&M Dispenser Maze features a classic wooden labyrinth around which you must guide an M&M without it falling off the edges. It uses 8-bit Nintendo buttons for resetting and starting the game, and the joystick from a PlayStation for controlling pitch and roll of the table. Fantastic idea. Now can we have a version with more obstacles and items to control? Via Read more »
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LEGO Mindstorms solves a Sudoku: slow but awesome
This amazing little LEGO Mindstorms robot has been programmed to solve a Sudoku puzzle and to write the missing figures in. As you might imagine, it’s quite a complex procedure that involves scanning the digits already present and working out which squares are blank. Read more »
Is Rubik's 360 the best thing since the Cube?
A couple of days ago the latest puzzle from Rubik arrived on the scene. Professor Erno Rubik explains. “The Rubik’s 360 is one of the most innovative and exciting puzzles we’ve developed since the Cube – adopting elements of my original design, challenging the solver to use concentration, skill and dexterity. But it’s a more kinetic challenge, more physical, because gravity is involved.” The object of the puzzle is to move six colored balls into their appropriate holes by spinning the puzzle around. It’s made up of a 10cm diameter clear plastic sphere with six coloured domes positioned at intervals around the edge. At top and bottom are two black Read more »
