A once popular ghost, the rubiks cube seems to have made a huge comeback. Originally called the 'magic cube', it was invented by a Hungarian sculptor and architect named Erno Rubik in 1974. It was then licensed and sold under the Ideal Toy company in 1980. Since then and its comeback, over 350,000,000 have been sold today making it the best selling game of all time!
I have so many frustrating memories of spending hours as a kid in the 80s trying to solve the puzzle. I know I succeeded a few times but what is really remarkeable to me about the rubiks cube is its iconic 1980s character. Just one look at a rubiks cube and i'm having flashbacks of Michael Jackson moonwalking. It was everywhere and it was cheap and everyone had one.
The rubiks cube faded from prominence during the late 1980s then in 2006, while teaching junior high in Taiwan, the kids were passing them around between class.
Here the young man furiously tries to unlock the algorythm while the girl next to him interacts with much later technology.
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