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In a match made in geeky heaven, ARM (the people behind the processor currently found in your iPhone 3GS, N97 Mini etc.) have combined a Motorola Droid (or Milestone in the Queen’s English) with a Lego Mindstorms kit to solve that 80’s favourite, the Rubik’s Cube. As if that’s not impressive enough on its own, the Android powered Droid manages to solve the popular puzzle cube in an eye watering 24.02 seconds! We could try to explain the intricate ins and outs of this exceptional publicity piece from ARM but chances are you’ve already clicked on the video below. If not, what are you waiting for?

UPDATE: For reasons beyond us, the original video has been removed. The below shows the same Lego Mindstorms rig using a laptop to solve a Rubik’s Cube. Just use your imagination to replace the laptop with a Motorola Droid (Milestone) and you’ll get the idea…

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