Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ernő Rubik, who turns 80 on July 13, finished the prototype of his "Magic Cube" 50 years ago. Fifty years ago, as he sat in his ...

Hidden away in Budapest’s Buda Hills stands Hungarian inventor Ernő Rubik’s minimalist five-storey abode. Adorned with multiple scenic terraces, it stars an elevator that conveniently glides between ...

In 1975, the Hungarian academic Ernő Rubik applied for a patent on his invention. Little did he know that his ingenious teaching tool, created behind the Iron Curtain, would become an iconic global ...

A Redditor entered a room in Budapest and discovered a part of her childhood sitting on a chair. “I had the opportunity to meet the inventor of the Rubik’s Cube, Erno Rubik!!! What an inspiring person ...

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Here's a geek history parallel for you: Hungarian inventor Ernő Rubik's “Magic Cube” first hit Budapest toy shop shelves in 1977 -- the year Star Wars was released. While quickly becoming a full-on ...