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A robot that can solve the Rubik's Cube in just over ten seconds has been developed by scientists. The android - called Ruby - first scans the initial status of the scrambled cube before setting to work. She is able to both survey and solve the iconic puzzle in 10.18 seconds. Developed by six engineering and science students at Swinburne University Of Technology in Melbourne, Ruby was built from scratch as their final year project. Professor Chris Pilgrim, of Swinburne University, said: 'Ruby works by scanning each face of a scrambled cube through a webcam. 'It then uses a software...

You know those guys who can solve a Rubik's cube in a matter of seconds? Well, Graham Parker is definitely not one of them. After 26 years of trying, Parker finally managed to solve the Rubik's cube that confounded him. Now, you may be thinking that he only occasionally picked up the puzzle, slowing his progress—but the reality is that he obsessed over it day after day, night after night. 'I cannot tell you what a relief it was to finally solve it,' the 45-year-old from Portchester, Hampshire, said. 'It has driven me mad over the years – it felt...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- A 20-year-old California Institute of Technology student set a new world's record Saturday for solving the popular Rubik's Cube puzzle, turning the tiled brain-twister from scrambled to solved in 11.13 seconds.

ST. HELENS, Ore. - So far as she knows, Pufferbelly Toys owner Stephanie Cox hasn't been passing any state secrets to sinister foreign governments, or violating obscure clauses in the Patriot Act. So she was taken aback by a mysterious phone call from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to her small store in this quiet Columbia River town just north of Portland. "I was shaking in my shoes," Cox said of the September phone call. "My first thought was the government can shut your business down on a whim, in my opinion. If I'm closed even for a day...

<p>Dan Knights has about 150 pounds and a few gazillion brain cells on his Rubik's Cube, but it's not always clear who has the upper hand in the relationship.</p> <p>Like some kind of time-traveling ambassador from 1982, the 24-year-old takes his cube everywhere, whether he's visiting a friend or his favorite cafe or just walking down the sidewalk near his North Beach home.</p>