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Min7 Micromouse Robot Solves Maze Under 4 Seconds, Real Mice out of a Job

Are you geek enough to realize that there is actually an annual Micromouse Robot Competition? It’s where a bunch of small robots face off against each other not in the ring, but in a labyrinth. The goal is to solve the maze as quickly as possible.…

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November 22nd, 2011 by: Conner Flynn

Harry Potter Maize Maze: Sending Him Off in Style

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Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ll be fully aware that the final Harry Potter… movie is coming out this week. Apparently, people are celebrating (and commiserating) this all over the world. Check out what a farmer in the UK decided to do with his corn field.

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July 12th, 2011 by: Range

Robotic MicroMouse Finishes Maze in Under 6 Seconds

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Wanna see a fast robot? These tiny little robotic mice are designed to make their way through a maze, with the simple goal of finding their way to the end of the maze. Apparently, racing tiny “micromouse” robots is a regular occurence in Japan, but this is the first time…

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December 17th, 2010 by: Technabob

Superplexus Vortex Puzzle Makes My Head Spin

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As its name implies, the Superplexus Vortex is a super-sized version of the Perplexus, a plastic spherical maze. The Superplexus Vortex not only has a catchy name, the mere sight of it is probably enough to make a drunk man vomit. In marketing speak, the gigantic maze is “a complex …

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February 17th, 2010 by: Lambert Varias

Soul: Indie Horror Puzzler for Xbox 360

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Made by Kydos Studio, Soul is an Xbox Live Indie game with a simple premise: guide a dead man’s soul to heaven. Actually it’s not that simple, not with things like this blocking your way:

Yeah, that helpless-looking blue thing is the soul…. As if that disturbing screenshot isn’t

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January 28th, 2010 by: Lambert Varias

Spewer: This Game Will Make You Want to Puke

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Here’s a fun concept for a video game… you’re stuck in a maze and the only way out is to puke all over the place. That’s the basic concept behind Spewer….

In this indie physics-based game from Eli Piilonen and Edmund McMillan, you play a test subject caught in

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July 1st, 2009 by: Technabob

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