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rubber bands to a center ball. With the aid of his brother (an engineer), he was able to develop a simple mechanism that allowed the parts to move relative to each other. He made a few such devices and found them soothing to play with and helpful for meditation:
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1384:Lars Petrus
1314:Yu Nakajima
1266:Rubik's 360
1254:Derivatives
1240:MagicCube7D
1235:MagicCube5D
1230:MagicCube4D
1148:Impossiball
1140:Icosahedron
1079:Pyramorphix
1061:Tetrahedron
1013:Other cubic
1004:Sudoku Cube
905:Tony Fisher
900:Uwe Mèffert
580:Switzerland
566:, Germany,
552:Wernigerode
404:Metapuzzles
280:Combination
138:Golden Cube
134:Tony Fisher
28:Uwe Mèffert
23:Uwe Mèffert
1586:Categories
1339:Kevin Hays
1094:Octahedron
1084:BrainTwist
890:Ernő Rubik
808:2022-08-01
598:References
564:Heidelberg
464:Puzzlehunt
349:Logic maze
271:Mechanical
257:Logic grid
247:Dissection
1508:Superflip
1443:Solutions
1414:Mats Valk
1374:Tyson Mao
1051:Non-cubic
1042:Gear Cube
1032:Dino Cube
994:Bump Cube
989:Void Cube
584:Hong Kong
572:Australia
469:Syllogism
372:Crossword
252:Induction
229:Situation
175:Biography
165:Kokonotsu
146:Gear Cube
102:Tomy Toys
97:Hong Kong
1429:Max Park
1359:Toby Mao
1349:Leyan Lo
1189:Tuttminx
1120:Megaminx
1069:Pyraminx
1037:Square 1
931:Overview
592:COVID-19
303:problems
215:Guessing
123:Megaminx
106:Pyraminx
51:Megaminx
47:Pyraminx
1483:Optimal
1466:Methods
1209:(2x3x3)
833:15 July
786:19 July
568:Geelong
560:Germany
554:in the
454:Paradox
434:Dilemma
347: (
334:Sliding
308:Folding
188:Puzzles
1199:Cuboid
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420:Topics
377:Sudoku
363:Number
318:Tiling
224:Riddle
157:sudoku
140:, and
35:puzzle
32:German
1153:Dogic
1027:Skewb
483:Lists
395:Mazes
339:Chess
313:Stick
238:Logic
206:Types
150:Dogic
127:Skewb
80:balsa
55:Skewb
835:2022
788:2014
756:ISBN
731:ISBN
678:ISBN
648:ISBN
576:Bern
556:Harz
439:Joke
361:and
359:Word
345:Maze
329:Tour
295:Lock
169:nine
93:Cube
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