Erik Demaine, a computer scientist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, has discovered an algorithm for solving a Rubik’s cube with any number of sides.  For all those people out there struggling with their 11×11 cube, this nifty piece of math may offer some clues. Firstly, just in case you didn’t know, Rubik’s cubes are…

Industrial designer Markus Kayser has been playing around with some very fascinating technology over the last year.  During that time he has created a solar powered light cutter and a solar powered 3D printer that melts sand to create objects out of glass.  Very cool indeed! The Sun Cutter is a low-tech light cutter that…

An American gamer/artist has decided to live in a crate on the back of a trailer for seven days, while playing Lord of the Rings Online.  While you would be excused for thinking he was a little nuts, he is actually on a mission to raise awareness for post traumatic stress disorder. Jordan Long is…

Suspicion that mobile phones could cause cancer has been around for many years, but the World’s Health Organization (WHO) has recently published an unsettling discovery  to this regard: mobile phones can indeed cause cancer, actually a form of brain cancer called glioma, to be more exact. This type of cancer is malignant which means it…

IBM has celebrated its one hundredth anniversary and prepared a few surprises to mark the event properly. Apart from the plans of launching a book and a movie, the company has chosen to celebrate its 100th birthday by going back to its roots. IBM has displayed historic hardware equipments in its Huxley offices (near Winchester, UK)….

Iran is preparing to put into practice an aggressive form of censorship. The so-called „national Internet” could enable the Iranian cyberspace to disconnect itself from the rest of the web. The regional authorities consider that this project could end the fight over Internet control. The country’s leaders also promote the idea of national internet because it…