Science Fair Project

Contents cubes are usually made of (types of plastics, metals, and why).
Different types of lubes that are used (and not used) and why.
Commutators.
Perhaps memory methods for BLD solving and how humans are capable of them. (Might be harder to demonstrate.)
All else fails, you can always through out numbers and facts, but that'll be more of a presentation rather than a science project.
 
Any way to demonstrate the effect of colour scheme on times? Can any colour scheme be learned or is there more "ideal" schemes because of contrasts or whatever?

Of what has been mentioned, I like the BLD thing. But it would be mostly a project on memory or mnemonics and different memory methods like roman rooms or whatever. That could be pretty cool. And then use BLD cube solving as a demonstration of how cubers do it blind. I see you can BLD in about 1:45 or something so definitely something you can demonstrate. I think your science teacher would be amazed. You can also make it interactive by having people try memorizing and see what is easier to memorize. Like, a string of letters vs an image that can be pretty powerful and last a long time.
 
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Ever think of something like what crazybadcuber did, with figuring out how cube color affects color recognition? That might work, as long as its okay with him...
 
sneaklyfox said:
Cold hands being faster sounds counter-intuitive to me. My hands get slower when they're cold too. Think of water. When it gets cold, it becomes ice. Ice doesn't move. It's frozen.
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I figured I was being an incredibly obvious troll, but apparently not. Obviously lower temperatures means things move slower, both on the macro scale as well as the micro scale. Everything from atoms to our hands.
 
Tyjet66 said:
I figured I was being an incredibly obvious troll, but apparently not. Obviously lower temperatures means things move slower, both on the macro scale as well as the micro scale. Everything from atoms to our hands.
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I thought for a moment that maybe you were trolling. But I usually assume people are serious because I guess I don't really understand the point of trying to sound stupid on purpose. But maybe your first "troll" post was like, "Duh, cold hands are slower." I guess subsequent posts really confuse me. But actually I could understand if colder hands makes you solve faster if you have less sweaty, slippery hands.
 
Rubiks cube on fire; that is so awesome.

you could do BLD in different environments or with different musics.

Tyjet, many people from outside the USA do not understand sarcasm like we do, especially if already's primary language is French.
 
Already1329 stated that cold makes your hands slower. My response was like a "No... really...? No one would have ever known that...". It was intended as sarcasm, but he thought I was being serious, so I continued it to mess with him. Eventually I got to the point where I couldn't think of anything to say but "Dude, I'm messing with you!". At which point, I stopped with "I just... wow...", as in "I seriously can't believe you didn't notice that I'm messing with you. No one is seriously that stupid to think being cold would make you faster."

Anyway, sorry for going so far off-topic.

EDIT: I was unaware of that Hunter, now I know.
 
Tyjet66 said:
Already1329 stated that cold makes your hands slower. My response was like a "No... really...? No one would have ever known that...". It was intended as sarcasm, but he thought I was being serious, so I continued it to mess with him. Eventually I got to the point where I couldn't think of anything to say but "Dude, I'm messing with you!". At which point, I stopped with "I just... wow...", as in "I seriously can't believe you didn't notice that I'm messing with you. No one is seriously that stupid to think being cold would make you faster."

Anyway, sorry for going so far off-topic.

EDIT: I was unaware of that Hunter, now I know.
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I guess I wasn't reading too carefully. Sarcasm is easier to detect in person than in writing because you don't get the tone. With the right tone, you could have been equally serious with the same words instead of sarcastic. But yeah, I personally don't like too much sarcasm. Sometimes I think people use it to say half of what they are really thinking. If you have a friend that you don't like all that much and say, "I don't like you" with the proper sarcastic tone, and they take offense, you could always say that you were joking or that you were being sarcastic when in fact you were being partly honest. I can be sarcastic too, but only up to what I know the other person will understand with certainty. If they don't get it, I stop. Anyway, it's weird to try and point out to someone that they are stupid for not realizing that you are acting stupid.

But whatever...
 
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