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Serious Lego
Reading Deane’s post on The History of Legos reminded me of a Web site I saw the other day, where JP Brown had built a Rubik’s Cube Solver out of Lego Mindstorms.
“To achieve a cube solution, you must be able to rotate the whole cube by 90° in two orthogonal axes, and be able to turn a face by 90° relative to the rest of the cube.”
Exactly.
What This Links To
The History of Legos
LEGO: Another great article at Wikipedia. Name one geek who never played with Legos. The company's name was coined by Christiansen in 1934, from the Danish phrase leg godt, meaning "play well." The word "LEGO" is claimed to mean "I put together" or "I assemble" in Latin, although this is…
Comments
by Deane,
March 11, 2004 11:59 AM
That's friggin' genius. Damn.
by Keith,
March 11, 2004 12:37 PM
I think the inventor of the Lego is bowing as we read this. This is far better than the tanks I used to build.
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