I have been reading "The Idea Factory: Bell Labs and the Great Age of American Innovation"
which focuses on Claude Shannon for one of its chapters. We all know of Shannon and all
of his contributions to science. What you may not know of (as I certainly did not) is his
fascination with the cube, as evidenced by this poem:
http://www.jaapsch.net/puzzles/cubic7.htm#p36
It's pretty clear from the many deep references that he was more than a little interested
in the cube!
Well worth the time to read.
Is anyone here that was at MIT around that time (80's) who might know something of his
interest and involvement? Apparently he built a robotic cube manipulator as well.
which focuses on Claude Shannon for one of its chapters. We all know of Shannon and all
of his contributions to science. What you may not know of (as I certainly did not) is his
fascination with the cube, as evidenced by this poem:
http://www.jaapsch.net/puzzles/cubic7.htm#p36
It's pretty clear from the many deep references that he was more than a little interested
in the cube!
Well worth the time to read.
Is anyone here that was at MIT around that time (80's) who might know something of his
interest and involvement? Apparently he built a robotic cube manipulator as well.
. They had his cube solver machine, if I remember correctly. He was also into juggling, btw. Here are two videos, the first one is about the exhibition and there's his cube machine at 1:30
