Update: If you've had some fun with the Rubik's Cube on Google's homepage, you should venture to the Chrome Cube Lab next. The site explains some of the technology running the virtual incarnation, as well as access to
The Rubik's Cube, both a torture and a delight to many of us, today celebrates its 40th birthday, and Google has joined in with an interactive Rubik's Cube Google doodle. I've already spent about 15 minutes playing around
The Rubik's cube was first invented by Hungarian architect Ernő Rubik in 1974. Google is commemorating this achievement with one of its trademark Doodles that lets you play with the legendary toy in the comfort of your own
Today's Google Doodle marks the 40th anniversary of the Rubik's Cube: the toy and/or puzzle that has rapidly infuriated and then eternally haunted almost every person to have walked this fair Earth since the 1970s.
“Released to the public in the 1980s, [the Rubik's Cube] quickly became an international obsession, bigger than hairspray and breakdancing combined,” writes Richard The, a designer at Google and self-proclaimed child of the 1980s, on Google's blog.