A selection of articles, reviews, interviews and biographies relating to logic puzzles as a way of life. Read about education, health, handicraft, solving techniques, illusions, tutorials, championships, polls, travel, new games, and much more. http://www.conceptispuzzles.com/de/index.aspx?uri=info/article http://www.conceptispuzzles.com/de/index.aspx?uri=info/article/361 Tue, 23 Nov 2010 10:00:00 GMT The world's best known puzzling event, the World Puzzle Championship, was held this year in Paprotnia near Warsaw, Poland. 116 representatives from 26 countries competed with each other during the week of October 24, solving language-independent logic puzzles in both individual and team competitions. The team playoffs were won by Team USA while Taro Arimatsu from Japan won the individual playoffs. The World Puzzle Championship (WPC) is run annually by the World Puzzle Federation (WPF) since 1992, when the first championship took place in New York. http://www.conceptispuzzles.com/de/index.aspx?uri=info/article/356 Thu, 14 Oct 2010 13:00:00 GMT In recent years, cognitive scientists have shown that a few simple techniques can reliably increase the benefits of studying. Gali Finkel, a product manager at Mind360.com compiled a series of cognitive techniques that can give students, young and old, something many did not have before: a study plan based on evidence, instead of schoolyard folk wisdom. http://www.conceptispuzzles.com/de/index.aspx?uri=info/article/347 Wed, 16 Jun 2010 17:40:00 GMT If you've been around this website for a while then you know how much we love maze puzzles at Conceptis. Mazes, amongst the oldest puzzle in history, are simple to solve and great fun; they require no special rules or culture-dependent knowledge and are the perfect pastime for children and adults alike. Picture mazes, such as Maze-a-Pix (see free playable sample below) and similar puzzles that are popular in Japan, go a step further by offering recognizable images formed by the process of solving the maze. http://www.conceptispuzzles.com/de/index.aspx?uri=info/article/338 Thu, 18 Mar 2010 18:00:00 GMT Geocaching began when the US government decided to remove selective availability from their GPS satellite system on May 2, 2000. Only one day later, on May 3, 2000, the very first geocache was placed in the woods of Oregon. The idea was simple: Place a container in the woods, note its coordinates, and share those coordinates with others under the condition that seekers follow one simple rule: if you take something, leave something. http://www.conceptispuzzles.com/de/index.aspx?uri=info/article/318 Thu, 24 Sep 2009 13:00:00 GMT Julie was my student in the class "What Is Math". She was so afraid of Math that she never even looked at the board whenever anything mathematical was mentioned. One early morning Julie came to my office, handed me a paper and said: "Dani, I just woke up from a most vivid nightmare and wrote it down a few minutes ago, please read it". I took the paper from her hand and read the following story that will forever stay with me. This is what Julie wrote: http://www.conceptispuzzles.com/de/index.aspx?uri=info/article/313 Thu, 23 Jul 2009 10:00:00 GMT Prior to the emerging of Sudoku as global phenomena in 2005, some of us have made the mistake in believing we can keep our minds sharp by merely doing crossword puzzles. By 2009 most of us realize true cognitive fitness stems from immersing your mind in a wide variety of challenges and puzzle types. http://www.conceptispuzzles.com/de/index.aspx?uri=info/article/309 Thu, 4 Jun 2009 06:00:00 GMT Some of us avid puzzle fans already know Sudoku puzzles are not just for solving. They also inspire artists and craft makers in their work, make us create fabulous doodles while solving, and otherwise cause us to behave in all sorts of unexpected ways. While solving Sudoku has become part of our culture and a widespread activity all over the world, for some of us it has become much more than that, to the point of an addictive obsession. http://www.conceptispuzzles.com/de/index.aspx?uri=info/article/306 Wed, 6 May 2009 11:00:00 GMT Only 4 years went by since the great Sudoku boom of 2005 and by now almost everyone agrees these devilishly addictive number logic puzzles have made their mark on human culture. If you are a regular reader of conceptispuzzles.com articles and news you know that logic puzzles are far more than just a brain game. They are also a source of inspiration to endless of wonderful creations - from Sudoku pizza and Pic-a-Pix wood sculptures to car license plates and creative doodles to name a few. With 21 examples of quilts and knits below, Sudoku puzzles are undoubtedly an inspiration on handicraft and arts as well. http://www.conceptispuzzles.com/de/index.aspx?uri=info/article/296 Tue, 17 Mar 2009 05:00:00 GMT Logic puzzles are sometimes more than just a brain game! Although most of us solve puzzles for fun or to exercise our brains, there are lots of weird ways to use them which most of us won't even think of when placing a number in another Sudoku or painting another square in new Pic-a-Pix. From an appetizing Sudoku Pizza to a whole Pic-a-Pix wooden sculpture exhibition, here are 9 creative, bizarre and somewhat unexpected ways of using logic puzzles. http://www.conceptispuzzles.com/de/index.aspx?uri=info/article/292 Mon, 2 Mar 2009 06:00:00 GMT Schools in Finland have a national part of the curriculum which covers most of the studies all students must have in order to graduate high school. Yet, there are also optional studies In Finland. We have nationally agreed for what we call "special advanced studies" in all the common subjects and schools are allowed to develop their own special courses for that matter. Thus, for two years in a row I have had the wonderful opportunity to include a course about Japanese puzzles to my teaching schedule at Turun iltalukio, night gymnasium for adults in Turku, Finland. http://www.conceptispuzzles.com/de/index.aspx?uri=info/article/289 Thu, 12 Feb 2009 03:00:00 GMT A doodle is an unfocused drawing or sketch made while a person's attention is otherwise occupied (Wikipedia). Some doodles have meaning or a recognizable shape while others are abstract. Anyone who ever solved logic puzzles on a piece of paper has made at least one doodle so puzzle fans make the most fabulous doodlers as they generate countless numbers of those little sub-conscious masterpieces. http://www.conceptispuzzles.com/de/index.aspx?uri=info/article/275 Wed, 22 Oct 2008 04:00:00 GMT I have always been a puzzle person since I was a little boy. There was just something about watching a picture develop out of chaos that was really intriguing to me. I also always liked the idea of “progress” in doing some crazy-big 5,000 piece puzzle: only 3,000 more pieces to go, only 1,000 more, 100 pieces, done!