DESIGN NAME: Maze and Cube
PRIMARY FUNCTION: Educational toy
INSPIRATION: On one hand, the magic cube is a very interesting and complex toy to the ordinary audience. The ability of professional players who quickly restore the magic cube makes people excited.On the other, the structure of the magic cube is complex, and the cost of learning is high.Most people only have the ability to mess up it, but not the courage to try to restore it.Maze Rubik’s Cube combines three-order Rubik’s Cube with three-dimensional and provides three kinds of game modes. In this way, it greatly increases the possibilities and the playability. At the same time, it satisfies the curiosity of the users.
UNIQUE PROPERTIES / PROJECT DESCRIPTION: Maze&Cube is an educational toy which combines 3d maze with third-order Rubik’s cube . The maze will change when children rotate the cube . It creates a variety of possible status . There are three ways to complete the game. Children can roll the ball in the cube reach the terminal point , restore the Rubik’s cube or make them at the same time . This toy provides a motivation for the development of right brain and memory ability . It can train children’s eye-hand coordination and space thought.
OPERATION / FLOW / INTERACTION: Children can roll the ball in the cube reach the terminal point , restore the Rubik’s cube or make them at the same time
PROJECT DURATION AND LOCATION: The project started in March 2017 and finished in July 2017 in Zhejiang University of Technology.
FITS BEST INTO CATEGORY: Toys, Games and Hobby Products Design
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PRODUCTION / REALIZATION TECHNOLOGY: injection molding(ABS、Acrylic)
SPECIFICATIONS / TECHNICAL PROPERTIES: 6.8cm ×6.8cm×6.8cm
TAGS: Educational toy,Rubik’s cube,3D maze,Right brain development, Space graphs thought
RESEARCH ABSTRACT: There are two trends in the design of Rubik’s Cube: increase the number of Rubik’s Cube orders and the number of Rubik’s Cube faces. The two kinds of trends meet the curiosity of the users, but they are unfriendly to the users in studies. On the premise of trying to satisfy the curiosity of the users, maze Rubik’s Cube improves playability, increase game modes, and reduce learning costs.
CHALLENGE: the connection problem of rolling steel ball between different cubes and the complexity of maze
ADDED DATE: 2017-06-30 10:39:41
TEAM MEMBERS (3) : Yangyang Tu, Xiangyu Bai and Xingyu Xu
IMAGE CREDITS: Yang yang Tu, 2017.
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