It looks like any other Rubik's cube, but for the little mechanical squeaks it makes as he scrambles it. He puts it down on the table and watches it in silence for a while. Then it moves.
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Sep 24, 2018
Self-solving Rubik's Cube
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Trade war: Hasbro is shifting manufacturing to Vietnam and India, drawing down production in China
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This Linux computer plus router is the size of a ring box
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