A connected Rubik’s Cube will let speed cubers compete remotely

In-person competition is a no-go in many disciplines amid the COVID-19 pandemic, but speed cubers will be still able to battle opponents remotely in the Rubik’s Cube World Cup. Rubik’s has revealed the Connected Cube, which links to your phone or tab...

AI learns to solve a Rubik’s Cube in 1.2 seconds

Researchers at the University of California, Irvine have created an artificial intelligence system that can solve a Rubik's Cube in an average of 1.2 seconds in about 20 moves. That's two seconds faster than the current human world record of 3.47 sec...

ICYMI: Mercedes makes a self-driving bus for the masses

Today on In Case You Missed It: Mercedes made a new class of vehicle to take on mass transit systems by autonomously navigating city streets with GPS, radar, dozens of cameras and data links to local networks. It was tested outside Amsterdam; no...

ICYMI: Rubik’s phone, underwater bomb bot and more

Today on In Case You Missed It: The University of Bristol's Interaction Group made a phone prototype out of small cubes that can be flipped around to form different shapes. Saab created an underwater robot to help detect explosives. And Colorado St...

Researchers create Rubik’s cube-like touchscreen display

While modular smartphones like Fairphone or Google's Project Ara are still works-in-progress, a group of researchers from the University of Bristol's Interaction Group have designed a slick new reconfigurable form for touchscreen displays. The Cubimo...