Puzzle Cube Project
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Generate Concepts
For this project, we had to measure each cube and record the dimensions with a dial caliper. This was because we knew that the cubes would not be perfectly 3/4" so we had to find out which cubes were slightly too big to use and which cubes were slightly too small to use. If a cube was not within an acceptable range, then we could not use the cube in the project. The acceptable range is the point at which a cube would be slightly too big or small and this was calculated using standard deviations.
Develop a Solution
Construct and Test Prototype
Evaluate the solution
I asked 5 people to solve my cube. 3 people were all fresh-mans but happened to be the same age. The other two people were my parents and they are about the same age. All 3 of the students were able to solve the cube under 5 minutes. My mother was able to do the same however my father could not do it at all. He tried for 10 minutes and could not come close. It appears that the younger you are, the easier it will be to solve the cube. I cannot come to think of a correlation between time it took and age because my mom and the students on average took roughly the same amount of time and my dad didn't even sole it at all. One thing I would do differently would be to paint the cubes and not color them with marker. Whenever you would touch a colored piece, the ink would bleed off into your hand and it got annoying after a while.