Rubik’s Cube with an electric touch
“See Me. Feel Me. Touch Me. Solve Me.” No offense intended to Tommy or The Who.
This is actually the advertising slogan attached to the new, all electric version of the decades-old mind bending game, Rubik’s Cube.
The new version comes from the people at Techno Source USA is officially called Rubik’s TouchCube.
In case you forgot, missed or ignored the craze the first few times around here are some wonderful Rubik’s Cube facts to consider:
The Rubik’s Cube was created in 1974 by Hungarian inventor Erno Rubik as the first manipulative puzzle that stayed in one integrated piece. It made its international debut at the toy fairs of London, Paris, Nuremberg and New York in 1980.
Hungarian actress Zsa Zsa Gabor was chosen to host the Rubik’s Cube’s American launch, beginning with a Hollywood party on May 5, 1980.
The Rubik’s Cube has 43,252,003,274,489,856,000 different possible configurations. One, and only one, presents the ’solved’ Cube (a single color on each of its 6 sides).
The current world record for solving the 3×3 Rubik’s Cube is 7.08 seconds by Erik Akkersdijk at the Czech Open 2008.
Over the years the Rubik’s Cube has become a worldwide phenomenon. Featured in films and advertisements, it is recognized as a “global symbol of intelligence”.
350 million cubes have been sold worldwide since 1980.
As for this nifty, new electric version there is one more fact you need to know
If you just can’t wait to buy your TouchCube you’ll be happy to know that pre-sales begin this weekend exclusively on cable retailer QVC. They’ll take your orders now but expect delivery to begin in the fall. The price is TBA.
PS: If you keep your eyes on the cube in the video below you just might figure out how to solve the puzzle.