Beloved toy takes on inexplicable electronic aspect

For every wonderful gadget that solves a problem you didn't even realize you had, the universe requires that there exist a gadget that solves a problem nobody has. Apparently TechnoSource is in charge of filling that role this week, and they're using a beloved old toy as their funnel.

The Rubik's Cube an absolutely iconic geek toy; if you remember the original and the craze it inspired, how much did you love watching people lying about their ability to solve a problem in 3D geometry? It also separated the world into theorists (those of us who solved the cube by twisting and turning) and the practical-minded (those of us who solved the cube by breaking it apart and reassembling it in the correct configuration) -- possibly in a way not entirely complimentary to the practical-minded. (Fine. The Gordian Knot told me to tell you to bug off.)

So maybe it's just more of the same old disdain when the new Rubik's TouchCube takes away the orthogonal-thinking option. A cube with touchscreens? A cube with no twisting, no turning, no snapping into components? Sounds like a nifty desk toy for a lot of math-minded folk, but in the words of a practical-minded infosecurity pal who just beheld the video below, "If I can cheat I ain't playing." You have your work cut out for you, TechnoSource.