July 2, 2007

LEGO NXT Rubik's cube solver
Crazy Hacks

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Daniele Benedettelli made a LEGO robot that can solve the Rubik’s Cube automatically. Looks like the robot has been well thought of and constructed. Video after the jump. “A motor actuates a prismatic joint that pushes the side of the cube; another rotates the cube’s support; the third one has the double function to help the pusher arm to accomodate the cube on the support and to hold the cube

iPhone Taken Apart
Cool Gadgets

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Hacked Gadgets doesn’t normally cover off the shelf items but there has been so much buzz over the iPhone and the guts do look interesting. One of our advertisers, iFixit, bought a perfectly good iPhone and took it apart to see what makes it tick. By the looks of it Apple doesn’t think the battery will ever need replacing… Great job guys! “Samsung manufactured Apple ARM chip. Numbers: 339S0030ARM, 8900B