Principles and Practices
Plan and sketch a potential final project
Though I am not very good at solving the Rubik's Cube and puzzles like it, I've always kept one the shelf. The whole point of these puzzles are to, at the least, pick them up occasionally, but I thought it would be nice if I could still enjoy it while it's sitting on my shelf.
As a result, I'd come up with this LED cube puzzle. The novelty of this cube is that it can solve itself using its internal mechanisms to rotate its faces and microcontrollers.
How it would work:
The color of the LEDs on all 6 faces would be intially set digitally as an already sovled cubed. The press of a button would scramble the cube's colors digitally and then the cube would proceed to solve the puzzle via a more traditional means by rotating sides using its internal mechanisms until complete. The cube would be suspended above its base via electromagnetic repulsion. The base would also be a charging station and house the brains that directs the cube.
This floating cube would have a number of options. The user chooses:
- Operation in perpetual solve mode or single solve mode
- Rate at which the cube solves the puzzle
- The color of each face of the cube when solved
This would be a novelty item for anyone.