Gaming
For Rubix’s 23 is the New 25
Tomas Rokicki is at it again! If you recall, in March I wrote about his latest revelation that all Rubik’s Cube are solvable in 25 moves. Like any good mathematician and computer enthusiast, when in doubt, throw more hardware at the problem. Using the same algorithm as before with a Quad Intel Core 2 and [...]
All Rubik’s cube variations solvable in 25 moves
The childhood toy, the Rubik’s cube, has been proven to be solvable from any initial configuration set in 25 moves, one less than the 26 proven last year by a group at Northeastern University. Tomas Rokicki, a mathematician by school, uses a rather nifty piece of computer science. Rokicki’s proof is a neat piece of [...]
Computer plays a mean game of checkers
Resistance is futile as man takes another backseat to machine, this time courtesy of the friendly Canadians. Nature.com says: Jonathan Schaeffer and his team at the University of Alberta, Canada, have been working on their program, called Chinook, since 1989, running calculations on as many as 200 computers simultaneously. Schaeffer has now announced that they [...]
E3 Take a Look at Wii
The Nintendo Wii was fully introduced today at the E3 Expo in Los Angeles, and frankly, it looks awesome. Some key Nintendo Wii features: The controller – Something only Nintendo would dare try (does anyone remember the VirtualBoy?). But look what it offers: Motion-detection: You move it like a wand in front of the tv [...]
Take a Look at Wii
Time has a great article that provides the public it’s first-look at the Nintendo Wii. From the article: It’s a remarkable experience. Instead of passively playing the games, with the new controller you physically perform them. You act them out. It’s almost like theater: the fourth wall between game and player dissolves. The sense of [...]
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