[Credit: VRGamez/Amazon] When Hungarian sculptor and professor of architecture Erno Rubik came up with the original ‘Magic Cube’ in 1974, he probably wasn’t expecting his invention to make him one of ...

In the interest of creating a device flexible enough to transform from game controller to tablet to smartphone, a team of researchers at Hasselt University (Belgium) have created “Paddle,” a device ...

The world’s best-selling toy is 40 years old. The first Rubik’s cube was created in 1974 by Erno Rubik, a professor of architecture in Budapest, Hungary. Then known as the “Magic Cube,” it took its ...

NEW YORK — If you’ve ever had trouble solving a Rubik’s Cube, a good piece of advice is to break it down into steps. It’s worth a shot: That advice is from the man who invented it. “Problem solving is ...

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Inventor Erno Rubik demonstrates his cube in London in 1981. * Photo: Associated Press/John Glanvill * __1975: __Erno Rubik files for a patent on his twisty toy cubes. He'll get the patent and, later, ...

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There are two kinds of people in the world: Those who can solve a Rubik's Cube and those who can't. I, for one, belong in the latter camp — and was relieved to hear the Cube's inventor, Erno Rubik, ...

Some kids want to be firefighters when they grow up. Others want to be a teacher, superhero or president. Sydney Weaver, however, wanted to be a professional speed cuber. Weaver, a Ridgeland resident, ...

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