Lego Roboto Solves Sudoku

Swedish hacker Hans Andersson doesn't need a robot to solve sudokus puzzles. That's because he's a genius capable of making a robot that can solve sudoku puzzles. He used Lego Mindstorms to do it, and even the writing is beautiful: More »

Sudokube—The Regular Rubik's Cube is Too Boring Anyway

The Sudokube is exactly what it sounds, and looks like. This little mind-puzzle combines a favorite puzzle game with an age-old mind boggler, the rubik's cube. The lack of colored tiles makes it very color-blind friendly! $10. More »

Acer MP-340 Media Player Has Sudoku

Oh Sudoku, how I love you so, except for Fridays when you are so damn hard I want to commit seppuku. Acer is curing my never-ending thirst for Sudoku with a digital audio player that comes fully loaded with the number puzzle. The Acer MP-340 has a 20GB hard drive, SD expansion, 10-hour audio playback and supports MP3, WMA and JPEG. I think Acer has discovered the secret to beating Apple on the portable media market, and it lies in a little number puzzle known as Sudoku. Congratulations on your new found successes that will come with this player, Acer. – Travis Hudson More »

Imation Sudoku Flash Drive

Sudo who? Oh, it is that crazy numbers game that is taking my beloved newspapers by storm. Imation is feeding into the craze—and profiting off it—with this flash drive that comes preloaded with a Sudoku game. It operates at USB 2.0 speeds, includes Sudoku and two other games and comes in capacities from 256 MB up to 2GB. It also includes a carabiner clip, you know, for the rock climbing Sudoku enthusiasts. Prices begin at $35 and it should be available at Target stores nationwide this month. – Travis Hudson More »

Plug'n'Play Sudoku Video Game

There is only one true way to play Sudoku. You have to go balls to the wall and use a pen. Only the weak and feeble use pencils or gadgets like this. This plug'n'play Sudoku adapter allows any television to be turned into a Sudoku'ing machine. It has millions of puzzles, multiple difficulty modes, hints and error checks—once again, for the weak and feeble. More »

Rubik's Sudoku

Modeled after the highly nostalgic Rubik's Cube, this game takes all of the coolness of Sudoku and makes it worse. Rather than having a handy book where you fill in the numbers, this puzzle requires you to set up a Sudoku puzzle on the board first, then complete it. It is set to ship in May for $14 and includes a book of 100 different puzzles that you can painstakingly program into the game for hours of fun. Stick to the books, folks, unless of course you want people to think you are 5 years old, playing with this highly colorful toy. More »

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Gizmodo Japan: Kazzle and Naple

There's a big thing in Japan right now where all sorts of professors from multiple universities are claiming that puzzles cure aging of the brain. As a result, Japanese toy manufacturers have started to produce lots of electronic puzzle games to reach some of the target groups that they can't hit with Pokemon and hentai. The "Kazzle? ", a nonsense word made up of kazu, which means number in Japanese and the word "puzzle," is a portable (4.7x 3.1x 0.6 inches) version of the famous ultimate logic puzzle "Number Place" or "Sudoku." It has eight levels and over a million ways to play. There are a similar ones like "Nanple (number + play) Master" from Epoch. Should cost about $30.- SKN More »