It all begins with a storm: Lightning strikes the Magic Cube, a mysterious geometric object. The entire power supply of the parallel world “Elektron” goes down. Electric cars, factories, microscopes, streetlights—everything is broken and shut down.

Workshop participants work in teams to solve specific, hands-on tasks to help the people of Elektron. The Magic Cube acts as a “game changer”: When a team solves a task correctly, individual parts of the cube light up. What happens when all teams have solved their tasks correctly?

Magic Cube was developed by mint & pepper, the outreach project of Wyss Zurich, in collaboration with the Department of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering at ETH Zurich.

Video on our website: mint & pepper | Magic Cube

Other events by mint & pepper at Scientifica:

Workshop: Creative Fun with Thymio
Saturday, 29. August 2026, 12.30; 14.30

Workshop: Morph Tales – Discover Artificial Intelligence
Saturday, 29. August 2026, 12.30; 14.30
Sunday, 30. August 2026, 12.30; 14.30

Booth: Discover Innovation through play with mint & pepper
Saturday, 29. August 2026, Zentrum
Sunday, 30. August 2026, Zentrum