Qubits Take Construction to a New Level, Panel Says
Pieces Based on Nature’s Shapes Challenge Thought and Design
By Susan Ledford October 2008
—Mildred Tong
| “It uses the creative side of the brain, yet still uses the mathematical side at the same time.” |
The building set features unique shapes based on triangles and hexagons, which allows for interesting and creative construction.
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"Qubits is an excellent construction toy which will
develop not only hands-on expertise in small children but
also a keen awareness of shapes, patterns as well as
engineering structures. These are essential
abilities that children must learn if they are to have an
intimate awareness of the devices that abound in this
highly technical age"
harry
Sir Harold (Harry) Kroto
- 1996 Nobel Prize in Chemistry - Discovery of Buckyball
C60 molecule
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Dear
Qubits Toy Company,
I borrowed your toy from a partner to play with my 6 year
old son, it just so happens that the basic building
blocks of quantum information science forms the subject
matter of my professional research. Anyway, I wanted to
let you know that playing with my son was pure joy. I
especially enjoyed watching him realize basic (and rather
abstract) notions of geometry through play. He was able
to quickly grasp the notion of self-similarity, i.e. the
fact that with Qubits you can create many duplicates of
the same shape and then recombine them into yet a larger
modular shape. We were able to explore by rolling and
stitching several sheets, the transformation from 2D to
3D. In so many words it was both fun and educational for
us both.
A Professor of Complex Systems Science
Israel
BORON
BALL???
Professor Boris Yakobson of Rice University has pointed
out that the Q-Ball resembles the triangulated structure
of a Boron Ball.
Click here to learn more about
Professor Yakobson's research.
Qubits® Endorsed by the fine folks at Scientific
Frontline
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Qubits Toy Company
I like the design of this geometric system. I would say
that these (Qubits) models will encourage people
especially youngsters to learn of the fascinating
patterns of nature in an intuitive and playful manner
that overcomes the fear of mathematics. In doing that
they can encourage creative thoughts and new lines of
enquiry into our present schemes of engineering matter in
a non-natural way.
Jim
Prof. James K. Gimzewski PhD CPhys FIoN FInstP FWIF FREng
UCLA Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Nanotechnologist
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