Propeller-powered 4D Rubik's cube?
I know that a Rubik's cube can be built fairly easily without any electronics involved. And I've never quite understood the Electronic Rubik's cube since nothing moves or changes but I just had an insane thought.
What about building a 4-dimensional Rubik's cube? http://www.superliminal.com/cube/cube.htm is an exploded view of a 4D cube. But what about making a physical one with a matrix of LED's to represent the higher-dimensional sides? The hardest part I see is getting 8 different colours out of an LED.
I suppose a first step might be a 3D cube in frosted plastic and LED's that actually move when you twist each side. From there it should be posible to include the extra dimension.
Anyone think this isn't totally insane???
John Gay
What about building a 4-dimensional Rubik's cube? http://www.superliminal.com/cube/cube.htm is an exploded view of a 4D cube. But what about making a physical one with a matrix of LED's to represent the higher-dimensional sides? The hardest part I see is getting 8 different colours out of an LED.
I suppose a first step might be a 3D cube in frosted plastic and LED's that actually move when you twist each side. From there it should be posible to include the extra dimension.
Anyone think this isn't totally insane???
John Gay
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I think that's the easiest part. A RGB LED could easily produce 8 colors.
How would you represent all those inner cubes?