Guess who is celebrating a 30th birthday?

By kcollins on May 26, 2010.

RUBIK'S CUBE!!

Yes TODAY is the Rubik's Cube's 30th birthday. Happy Birthday! i-8722cb5f10bc41223b12c608d469682d-rubiks cube.JPG

And we will be having a Rubik's cube tournament at the USA Science and Engineering Festival for K-12 students. You have until Oct 1st to enter and it's free! So get practicing and get your teams together. Dr. Erno Rubik, the inventor of the Rubik's cube, will be there to hand out the prizes.

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Shout out to Bora at A Blog around the Clock!

A shout out to Bora over at A Blog Around the Clock for re-posting the press release on the Rubik's Cube Tournament announcing that Professor Erno Rubik will be pres

Rubik's Cube Tournament - Winners Meet Professor Erno Rubik

From the USA Science & Engineering Festival:

Will you solve the Rubik's cube at the USA Science and Engineering Festival?

You CAN do the Rubik's cube Tournament is taking place at the USA Science and Engineering Festival.Have you signed up yet?

Learning to do the Rubik's cube! Practice Makes Perfect.

From time to time, my job requires some travel in order to run my experiments and this week I found myself in Houston, TX, yet again. Upon entering the dinning room of my hotel for breakfast I spotted a 17 year old boy with a Rubik's cube.

Happy Birthday to Rubik Cube!!! I wants to enjoy this celebration cause i love this game. And i am playing it with my son.

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