“The Rubik’s Cube is universally understood by everyone in the world,” says Richard The of Google’s Creative Lab in New York. And while a mechanical toy invented 40 years ago seems simple in theory, ...

Jul. 9—The Rubik's Cube, once the ubiquitous toy of the 1970s and'80s, has made a fast and furious comeback in recent years, and Hawaii cubers, as competitors are called, have been making their mark.

One of the more interesting items to come across our desk in a while was the GoCube, which is basically an electronic version of a Rubik's Cube. When you first look at it, the idea that immediately ...