[Credit: VRGamez/Amazon] When Hungarian sculptor and professor of architecture Erno Rubik came up with the original ‘Magic Cube’ in 1974, he probably wasn’t expecting his invention to make him one of ...

Here's a geek history parallel for you: Hungarian inventor Ernő Rubik's “Magic Cube” first hit Budapest toy shop shelves in 1977 -- the year Star Wars was released. While quickly becoming a full-on ...

In the interest of creating a device flexible enough to transform from game controller to tablet to smartphone, a team of researchers at Hasselt University (Belgium) have created “Paddle,” a device ...

The world’s best-selling toy is 40 years old. The first Rubik’s cube was created in 1974 by Erno Rubik, a professor of architecture in Budapest, Hungary. Then known as the “Magic Cube,” it took its ...

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The reclusive Hungarian inventor who gave headaches and sore wrists to fans of his brain-teaser Rubik’s Cube nearly three decades ago will unveil his latest puzzle, Rubik’s 360, this week.

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Inventor Erno Rubik demonstrates his cube in London in 1981. * Photo: Associated Press/John Glanvill * __1975: __Erno Rubik files for a patent on his twisty toy cubes. He'll get the patent and, later, ...

There are two kinds of people in the world: Those who can solve a Rubik's Cube and those who can't. I, for one, belong in the latter camp — and was relieved to hear the Cube's inventor, Erno Rubik, ...