Monday, July 21, 2008

Tilted Twister: A Robot that Solves Rubik's Cube



Tilted Twister, a robot that can solve a Rubik's Cube without the help of a PC. It uses Lego Mindstorms NXT Retail-kit. Tilted Twister says
"The robot turns and tilts the cube in order to read all the faces of the cube. It then calculates a solution and executes the moves by turning, tilting and twisting the cube."


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Thursday, July 17, 2008

Cycle ball



Cycle ball is a soccer (or football in the rest of the world) sport where the competitors play with a ball while riding bicycles. It is also know as "radball". Each of the team rides a specialized bicycle with no brakes. The ball is controlled by using the bike and the head, except when defending the goal. Currently cycle ball is popular in Austria, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia, Sweden, and Switzerland.






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