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A Working 5D Rubik's Cube

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the i'm-still-confused-in-2d dept.

Melinda Green writes "Readers who enjoyed the previous Slashdot postings regarding the 4-dimensional Rubik's cube called MagicCube4D will be interested to know that a couple of brilliant developers have recently created a working 5-dimensional Rubik's cube. Operating a 5 dimensional puzzle projected all the way down to a 2D computer screen may seem a hopeless task but the full 5D puzzle has already been solved by 3 people. Also noteworthy is the fact that the 4D puzzle has now been ported to Java and is available as both a full-featured desktop application and as an Applet."

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  1. I think... by scheming · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I think because we don't live in the matrix, rhat a real 5 dimensional cube sounds impossible...

  2. So bad by Speed47 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Too bad it requires Windows XP. Even with .NET installed, it's complaining about a missing symbol in kernel32.dll under 2K. :|

  3. Go Roice and Charlie! by frohike · · Score: 1, Redundant

    Both of these guys who wrote this are my co-workers at my day job. They're both really brilliant guys. IIRC Roice has actually solved a 3D cube behind his back before...

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