Wednesday 29 April 2009

Human Tetris


The east has been responsible for many giant leaps in human achievement, from gunpowder to Honda's humanoid robot "ASIMO". But if we look down the list of great inventions over time there is one that stands out head and shoulders above the rest which was not invented in the east. Yes, Tetris was a Russian invention by Alexey Pajitnov (who incidentally did not receive a penny) who in 1985 wrote the software. Since then an infamous history of legal battles over who owns the rights to the software continues to this day, however now a new version of the game has been indisputably developed by the Japanese. Thanks to good old youtube Human Tetris is available to the world and the world loves it. Look out for the solutions in the bottom left of the screen!