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Google App Solves Sudoku in Seconds

John Johnson — Tue, 11 Jan 2011 12:20:05 CST

Sudoku fans might love or hate this: The updated Google Goggles phone app can solve even the most difficult of the numeric puzzles in seconds. The phone's camera takes an image of the puzzle and sends it to Google, whose central servers make quick work of it and send back...

Lose Weight: Do a Puzzle

Kevin Spak — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 11:44:32 CST

Hunkering down with a Sudoku puzzle could help you shed some pounds. Tim Forrester, the man behind brain training website cannyminds.com, says mental exercise doubles as real exercise, with the body burning 90 calories for every hour spent working on crossword puzzles or brain teasers. A passive brain requires...

Crazy Questions Google Asks During Interviews

Kevin Spak — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:08:30 CST

Google is hiring, and we hear it’s a great place to work. But even if you’re an Ivy League grad with a great GPA, you’re going to have to survive the dreaded Google Interview process. How dreaded? Well, here are some questions they’ve asked, along with how Business Insider would...

Mathematician Solves Sudoku

Nick McMaster — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 13:11:00 CDT

A mathematician has devised a foolproof method for solving Sudoku puzzles, USA Today reports. The stimulating mental challenge of the game has attracted millions of fans all over the world, but, from a mathematical perspective, “the interesting fact about Sudoku is that it is a trivial puzzle to solve," says...

Rubik's Cube Gets a Makeover

Rob Quinn — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 06:00:00 CST

Hungarian puzzle patriarch Erno Rubik promises his sphere will be as fiendish to tackle as his cube, the Melbourne Herald-Sun reports. The Rubik 360, which goes on sale later this year, features a transparent orb with colored balls that must be moved through spheres. Puzzle fans worldwide say they are...

THE SEARCH FOR THE NEXT SUDOKU

Heather McPherson — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 11:48:44 CDT

Nikoli, the Japanese publisher that turned sudoku into a blockbuster, has about 250 more where that came from, most of them unknown outside Japan. Founded by a college dropout with a horseracing habit, the company doesn't invent puzzles, it relies on its readership to submit ideas, as well as help...