Puzzles

You can get touch technology with almost anything and that includes apparently the Rubik’s Cube. It is a variation of the puzzle that has confused people worldwide for well over thirty years and now it comes with a dual use. If you find that it is just impossible to complete just place it on the side and say that you bought it as a lamp, they will never know. Features – Touch sensors on all sides detect your finger and a motion detecting accelerometer determines which face is active; the colours change according to the direction of your finger’s swipe. Its built-in memory saves ... Read Full Story

All you techies out there who love tinkering with gadgets should read this DIY. Now you can make a cool modified USB Flash Drive Rubiks Cube and exercise your brain wherever, whenever. See the video for all the details. material: a very small usb flash drive (e.g. EagleTec USB Nano Flash Drive or Delock USB Nano Memory stick) (e.g. from http://usb.brando.com/eagletec-usb-nano-flash-drive_p00892c041d15.html) a corner piece of a Rubik Cube an edge piece of a Rubik Cube self-hardening synthetic clay (I used “Apoxie® Sculpt”) a lip balm stick (I used a ”Labello“) a small screw (I got mine out of an old dvd player, it’s about ... Read Full Story

Dr. Pascale Michelon recently shared with our readers which brain areas and cognitive functions are engaged as we solve the type of brain teaser known as Spot the Difference, where we have to find the differences between two versions of one image: "1) You have to identify the objects that you see: this involves your occipital lobes (in red). 2) You have to analyzed the spatial relationships between the objects that you see: this involves your occipital and parietal lobes (in green). 3) You have to remember what you see in one picture and compare it to what you see in the other picture, ... Read Full Story

Matchstick Puzzles Matchstick Puzzles are nothing new and probably date back to the time when we had no electricity and everyone carried matches around to light the candles. Matchstick puzzles are basically rearrangement puzzles in which a number of matchsticks are arranged as squares, rectangles or triangles. The problem is to usually form in a specific number of moves another shape of some kind. Matchstick puzzles normally involve lateral thinking and is not just about making shapes. The common wooden matchstick, with its brightly colored tip and sturdy box, has inspired tricks and puzzles ever since it was invented. Here’s a collection of the ... Read Full Story

Keeping your brain in top shape doesn’t necessarily mean that you have to enroll in graduate classes or write a thesis. Crossword puzzles , word games, logic problems and other games can also help your brain stay fit and healthy, and there are plenty of fun ones to try online during your down time. Crossword Puzzles These crossword puzzles come in all sorts of difficulty levels, from The New York Times to British puzzles. USA Today Crossword : Take this daily crossword puzzle and dig through the archives for even more games. New York Times Learning Network : These NYT crosswords are organized according ... Read Full Story

Professor Erno Rubik, inventor of the Rubik’s Cube puzzle has come out with his latest brain teaser puzzle known as Rubik’s Cube 360. The new puzzle hopes to build on the success of the original cube which became one of the best selling toys over the last 30 years. Cube 360 features six balls trapped within three plastic spheres. The objective of the game is to move the balls from the inner chamber to the matching spots in the outer chamber through two holes in the middle sphere. The new puzzle will be officially unveiled at an international toy fair being held in Germany ... Read Full Story

We now have a pattern showing below formed by nice matchsticks. Can you move two matchsticks to make four equal-sized rectangles?   Easy? How about this one? There is a pink circle in a matc hstick made spade shape. Again, you can only move two matchsticks to get  the pink circle out of the spade. Remember, the spade shape will stay in your answer :-) I will show you how in my next post. Read Full Story