From cube-lovers-errors@mc.lcs.mit.edu Fri Mar 13 12:20:32 1998 Return-Path: Received: from sun28.aic.nrl.navy.mil by mc.lcs.mit.edu (8.8.1/mc) with SMTP id MAA24252; Fri, 13 Mar 1998 12:20:31 -0500 (EST) Precedence: bulk Errors-To: cube-lovers-errors@mc.lcs.mit.edu Mail-from: From cube-lovers-request@life.ai.mit.edu Thu Mar 12 13:47:19 1998 Sender: mark@ampersand.com To: whuang@ugcs.caltech.edu (Wei-Hwa Huang) Cc: cube-lovers@ai.mit.edu Subject: Re: Blindfold Cube-solving References: <6e60l8$2bc@gap.cco.caltech.edu> From: Mark Atwood Date: 12 Mar 1998 13:47:11 -0500 In-Reply-To: whuang@ugcs.caltech.edu's message of 11 Mar 1998 12:39:04 GMT Message-Id: whuang@ugcs.caltech.edu (Wei-Hwa Huang) writes: > > Is there anyone who knows some good techniques for blindfold cube-solving? > > I can solve the cube in about 7 "peeks" or so, but that's still quite > a ways from looking at the cube once and solving it behind one's back. I have heard of something like "cubes for the blind". Probably either have a different textured material attached to each cubie face, or a Braille glyph embossed into each cubie face. (Never tried to solve one blind, but I could probably solve on in about a dozen or so glances. But for a while I worked on solving them with my feet, after seeing someone do it on TV.) -- Mark Atwood | Thank you gentlemen, you are everything we have come to zot@ampersand.com | expect from years of government training. -- MIB Zed [ Moderator's note: You'll notice this is a different topic. Perhaps Wei-Hwa Huang should consider his problem "memory solving" rather than "blindfold solving". I've heard that John Conway has a good memory method, I think requiring five peeks (cf Roger Frye, 20 Oct 1981). There are also several mentions of tactile cubes in the archives. ]