Puzzling Skydive as Man Completes Rubik’s Cube at 2,500m, in a Dinghy
Well, he was in one sense. He jumped out of a plane at 4,300 metres. His boat was held in place by two helper skydivers and the student cracked the Cube with a satisfying 2,500 metres to spare. So he had plenty of time to deploy his parachute, float safely to the ground, and relax in the knowledge that the YouTube video of his exploits were guaranteed to take off.
Fichte said: ‘Solving the Rubik’s Cube in freefall has been done before by three people, as far as I know. But I am the first to do it in a rubber boat.’
Well, that’s great, Fichte. What will your next trick be? Doing a sudoku puzzle while being chased by tigers? We waited with baited breath.
In the meantime, check out the plane crazy YouTube video of Fichte’s Rubik’s Cube antics:
Sharky, Tea Infuser by Pablo Matteoda
Designer Pablo Matteoda from Argentina has come up with the coolest tea infuser. Simply fill the Sharky Tea Infuser with loose leaf tea, and let it float around a cup of hot water. During the waiting process, you can see the colour of your tea create a beautiful effect.
The Human Magnet
The Magnet women Brenda Allison – who claims that she has a powerful personal magnetic field that makes metal objects stick to her skin. Strangely, this even applies to non-magnetic objects.
Bricks From Recycled Plastic
A plastic-recycling machine invented by Dunedin man Peter Lewis is spitting out the building blocks of a multimillion-dollar business.
Recycled Lottery Ticket Art
Ghosts of a Dream is an artistic duo made of Adam Ecksrom and Lauren Was, two talented graduates of the Rhode Island School of Design. They take the used lottery tickets and recreate what people usually dream of winning when they buy them. You could say the tickets go from dreams to complete garbage and finally turn into something (sort of) real.
