Rubik's Cube for the blind developed

Now, the blind can discover the joys of playing with the RUbik's Cube, the six-faced puzzle that has become one of the world's best-selling toys. Tom Stringham of Emerald Models Inc., a company that has built projects for the New York State School for the Blind, made a Braille version of the cube for the blind.

"For this project we took an existing Rubik's Cube and added shapes to it. Six distinct shapes were chosen, one for each color on the puzzle. The shapes were machined from clear acrylic sheet so the shapes would be raised. We chose a translucent adhesive to let the original color still come through," he said on the Custom Made blog. The project cost $100, but Mashable said it is not for commercial sale. Custom Made said Stringham has had experience creating custom projects for the vision-impaired, adding his mother worked for the New York State School for the Blind. His project stemmed from a post from "Lauren," who said she wanted to give her friend a Rubik's Cube but did not have the skills to make one for him. "Although this 3D puzzle was invented in Hungary in 1974 and became a worldwide sensation in the 1980s, it has made a strong comeback in the 21st century.  The Rubik’s Renaissance has also inspired some of today’s makers and modders to create some unusual and striking Cubes," Custom Made noted. — TJD, GMA News