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It all begins with a storm: Lightning strikes the Magic Cube, a mysterious geometric object. The entire power supply of the parallel world \u201cElektron\u201d goes down. Electric cars, factories, microscopes, streetlights\u2014everything is broken and shut down.<\/p>\n

Workshop participants work in teams to solve specific, hands-on tasks to help the people of Elektron. The Magic Cube acts as a \u201cgame changer\u201d: When a team solves a task correctly, individual parts of the cube light up. What happens when all teams have solved their tasks correctly?<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

Video on our website: mint & pepper | Magic Cube<\/a><\/p>\n

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Other events by mint & pepper at Scientifica:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Workshop: Creative Fun with Thymio
\nSaturday, 29. August 2026, 12.30<\/a>; 14.30<\/a><\/p>\n

Workshop: Morph Tales \u2013 Discover Artificial Intelligence
\nSaturday, 29. August 2026, 12.30<\/a>; 14.30<\/a>
\nSunday, 30. August 2026, 12.30<\/a>; 14.30<\/a><\/p>\n

Booth: Discover Innovation through play with mint & pepper<\/a>
\nSaturday, 29. August 2026, Zentrum
\nSunday, 30. August 2026, Zentrum<\/p>\n

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