Wednesday, February 28, 2018

A-maze-ing!



Every now and then the maze that the above slice comes from makes the rounds of the internet. Cliff Pickover put it out there again recently on Twitter. It was created decades ago by a Japanese janitor over a 7-year period (but only discovered ~5 years ago), and it can actually be purchased these days, probably more as a work of art than an actual puzzle maze (anyway, I’ve never heard of anyone solving it):

If you prefer your mazes a bit tamer, here’s another one from Cliff’s site:

And finally, a h/t to @MathematicsProf on Twitter who recently linked to this kinda cool/fun free maze generator, for creating your own:



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