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So How Does That Logitech Cube Mouse Work Anyway?
That Logitech Cube mouse we saw last week was weird. Aside from the fact that it isn’t actually a cube, there were questions about how the thing would actually work. Logitech has tried to answer those questions with this product video.
Shrinking A Rubik’s Cube Only Makes It Harder To Solve
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Cubic Timer Counts Down With The Roll Of The Die
This cubic timer is pretty cute, but given its fun design quirk (it counts down from whatever number is on top), it’s limited to only four different lengths of time. This is why timers don’t usually look like dice.
Apple’s Simplistic IPod Marketing Trumped By Blatant Sexuality
Short of physically inserting the waterproof Cube H100D into an open orifice, I can’t imagine this ad for the Chinese PMP being any more suggestive. [imp3 via Le Journal du Geek]
It’s Just Kinda Neat: Interactive Colour Cube
The Interactive Colour Cube doesn’t do anything per se, other than change colour based upon its angle of rotation. Three accelerometers each control a different axis (X, Y, and Z) which directly correlate with either a red, blue or green set of internal LEDs (that “float” in a cube within the cube). The result is a logical, dynamic light show as you rotate the device. Here’s a clip:
Neocube Is Better Than the Rubik’s Cube Because There’s No Right Answer
Rubik’s Cubes are nice if you actually want to think, but how about for those times when you’re just sitting there and you want something to fiddle with? The Neocube has 216 spherical neodymium magnets that connect and make a cube, a sphere, or any other obscene shape that springs to mind. Show me a man who doesn’t like playing with magnets and I’ll show you a man I don’t much care for. All yours for just US$34.95. Bonus video after the jump.
Seekway 3D LED Cube Amazes in Glorious Colour Phasing Fashion
Seekway has put together this spectacular 3D LED display, which is capable of displaying images in full 3D (duh) at an amazing, 30 fps. The prototype consists of a 16 x 16 x 16 grid of interconnected colour LEDs and if our mathematics doesn’t fail us, that’s 4096 individual diodes. We’re sure you’ll agree; it looks amazing, but the video is even more fantastic, so jump in.
