A few months ago I already wrote an article about the Illuminated Rubik’s Cube Speaker System.

Just plug this 110 mm-tall (4 inch) decorative puzzle into your iPod and watch the 27 light patterns sparkle to the beat. Or, if silence is your preferred modality, you can simply watch it glow. The speakers will be released only in Japan.

Now I found via TechEBlog a link to two video’s on You Tube where you can watch and listen to the Illuminated Rubik Cube Speakers. Demo Video #1 [1m08s] [Read More...]

Category: All Puzzles, Rubik's Cube

Disney has just announced the European launch of their 3-in-1 Puzzle Pack for mobile which consists of these classic puzzlers: Solitaire, Sudoku and Mahjong.

Sunil Gunderia, VP of mobile for the Walt Disney Internet Group, Europe, says, “By presenting mobile versions in a bundled package, we hope to appeal to a broader range of mobile phone users who are looking for a fun and easy way to pass the time anytime, anywhere.”

So whether you’re stuck in the subway or in a boring meeting where no one’s obviously paying attention to the speaker, all you have to do is bring [Read More...]

Category: All Puzzles, Sudoku Puzzles

At RomanSudoku dot com you can find another Sudoku variant by Laura Gibbs. As the name already tells you it uses Roman Numerals in stead of our usual numbers.

At the website you can also order Roman Sudoku book. The Roman Sudoku book costs US$ 11.95 and contains 40 Roman Sudoku puzzles: 10 very easy puzzles (perfacile), 10 easy puzzles (facile), 10 difficult puzzles (difficile), and 10 very difficult puzzles (perdifficile), with solutions provided. The book is spiral-bound, making it convenient to handle while you are working a puzzle.

Category: All Puzzles, Sudoku Puzzles

Hands-On Mobile (formally known as mForma) has announced the North American debut of licensed puzzle game Lego Bricks. In Bricks gamers are tasked with the tried and true puzzle set-up – rotate and match colored Lego bricks in vertical and horizontal rows of three or more to make them disappear.

The game is just one aspect of the company’s extensive use of the Lego brand, which also includes Lego World Soccer, released in August of this year and developed by Danish mobile studio Kiloo.

Hands-On also noted that it is supporting the product with a cross-medium marketing push that encompasses [Read More...]

Category: All Puzzles, Lego Robots / Puzzles, Rubik's Cube

Impulse is a new logic puzzle game from Taparo and is now out and ready to put PC gamers on the edge of the fun kind of frustration. In Impulse, your goal is to hit a target using a ball. Sounds like been there, played that kind of game? Not really. Here’s the twist. You must use the principles of gravity to direct the ball through a course filled with many obstacles of different sizes and nature. The path to scoring ranges from the simple to the deliciously intricate.

You can also make the ball hit your target via an [Read More...]

Category: All Puzzles

At Flickr you can find a photo set from Gary Flixer about his ” Rubik’s Magnetic Cube Project“.

He got the idea after recently picking up some Rubik’s Cubes. He thought it might be be able to create a cube out of simple cubes with embedded magnets. He drew up some plans, figured out polarities, and realized that it could actually work. He set about finding some acrylic cubes from Tap Plastics, and some neodymium disc magnets from K&J; Magnetics. While they were in shipment, he mocked up a version [Read More...]

Category: All Puzzles, Rubik's Cube

Two days ago I published an item about Will Smith solving Rubik’s Cube.

Today at Speedcubing dot com I also found a link to a part of the Oprah Winfrey Show (22 Nov 2006) in which Will Smith is guest to talk about his latest movie The Pursuit of Happiness. At around 8m30s Will Smith starts to solve Rubik’s Cube.

At You Tube there are more parts online of this Oprah Show. Part 1,2 and 3 are about Will Smith and part 4 and 5 is about Chris [Read More...]

Category: All Puzzles, Rubik's Cube