Hououin Kyouma
Regular
We've all heard "believe in yourself" and "don't be lazy", but seriously, follow this advice. This is mostly about any ideas you might have and feel tempted to dismiss or unmotivated to see through.
It was around 2012-2013 or so. I was admiring a new speedcube, amazed by how much friction we had reduced over the years, and thinking about designs that would reduce it further still. I wondered if there might be a way to nearly eliminate friction altogether and flashed back to some time spent with my father when I was very, very young.
The memory was of when I was first turning out to be very interested in physics as he had been and he was teaching me about electricity and magnetism, or the electromagnetic force if you will. I was particular fascinated to realize magnets are also capable of repulsion, not just the familiar attraction, and I started coming up with magic tricks that used this feature to my advantage.
Anyway, fast forward back to 2012-2013 and I started thinking this repulsion would be a good idea in cubes. I didn't think to necessarily replace springs, but I did think to incorporate magnets somewhere so as to reduce friction, what we now know as MagLev cubes.
I did tell my friends and family about my idea but I didn't know how to possibly go about making something like that so I just did nothing and never explained the idea as anything too serious. Fast forward a few years and I heard cubes with magnets were coming out. I felt sick to my stomach and so disappointed in myself. Then I realized they were being used in the more familiar sense of attraction for stability, a completely different idea than I'd had, and I felt relieved.
Still, magnets were now in cubes, so obviously this was going to be my big wake up call, a close call, and I was going to attempt to actually develop and patent this, right? No. I again did absolutely nothing. Now we have MagLev cubes.
So, please, please, if you have any ideas about cubing hardware, cubing methods, or just ideas in general that have nothing to do with cubing, don't dismiss them because it's hard to imagine little old you actually had a good idea. Don't just tell friends and leave it at that. Actually see if your ideas can be developed. If you're very young, try to explain it to your parents and maybe they can help as well.
It was around 2012-2013 or so. I was admiring a new speedcube, amazed by how much friction we had reduced over the years, and thinking about designs that would reduce it further still. I wondered if there might be a way to nearly eliminate friction altogether and flashed back to some time spent with my father when I was very, very young.
The memory was of when I was first turning out to be very interested in physics as he had been and he was teaching me about electricity and magnetism, or the electromagnetic force if you will. I was particular fascinated to realize magnets are also capable of repulsion, not just the familiar attraction, and I started coming up with magic tricks that used this feature to my advantage.
Anyway, fast forward back to 2012-2013 and I started thinking this repulsion would be a good idea in cubes. I didn't think to necessarily replace springs, but I did think to incorporate magnets somewhere so as to reduce friction, what we now know as MagLev cubes.
I did tell my friends and family about my idea but I didn't know how to possibly go about making something like that so I just did nothing and never explained the idea as anything too serious. Fast forward a few years and I heard cubes with magnets were coming out. I felt sick to my stomach and so disappointed in myself. Then I realized they were being used in the more familiar sense of attraction for stability, a completely different idea than I'd had, and I felt relieved.
Still, magnets were now in cubes, so obviously this was going to be my big wake up call, a close call, and I was going to attempt to actually develop and patent this, right? No. I again did absolutely nothing. Now we have MagLev cubes.
So, please, please, if you have any ideas about cubing hardware, cubing methods, or just ideas in general that have nothing to do with cubing, don't dismiss them because it's hard to imagine little old you actually had a good idea. Don't just tell friends and leave it at that. Actually see if your ideas can be developed. If you're very young, try to explain it to your parents and maybe they can help as well.
