Tag: science
Computer proves Rubik's Cube solvable in 26 moves or less — that's 26 years too late for me
A computer has calculated that any configuration of the classic 3×3 Rubik’s Cube can be solved in a maximum of 26 moves.
This astounding news comes just weeks after scientists programmed a computer played the perfect game of draughts. Haven’t these computers got anything better to be doing with their CPUs?
The Rubik’s Cube has 43 quintillion (43,000,000,000,000,000,000) possible combinations, so the scientists had to simplify the problem by figuring out which arrangements of the Cube are equivalent, identifying special arrangements of the Cube, and not analysing combinations already solvable in under 26 moves.
YouTube Video of the Day – The invisible water effect
This video is only a short one… but it’s still loads of fun. The scientists among you may already know that hydrogen is less dense then air surrounding it, which means you can create an ‘invisible water effect’. If only they’d done things like this at my school!
Video game will help teach science to kids
Video games aren't all about aliens, road wars, and violence (like how I've summed up the entire history of games there in three words? 🙂 ) The game development studio PlayGen has partnered with global nanotechnology consultancy Cientifica to develop…
Use your brain power to play Mindball
Who needs feet? You can control a ball with the power of your brain at the new Neurobotics exhibition at the Science Museum in London. The game is called Mindball – a neurofeedback game in which the most chilled-out brain…
