Erik Demaine and Martin Demaine's Puzzles:

CSAIL Annual Meeting 2023 Puzzle

In what has become a regular event, Erik Demaine and Martin Demaine give out puzzles each year at our lab's Annual Meeting. Here is the 2023 edition, also distributed at the CSAIL + Imagination in Action, in celebration of CSAIL's 20th anniversary and Project Mac / LCS / CSAIL's 60th anniversary.

This puzzle is based on a folding puzzle (Level 1) by Markus Götz (1974–2018).

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Rules

There are three puzzles of varying difficulty.

Puzzle 1 (medium): Fold the 3 × 6 puzzle down to a 2 × 2 square that shows four CSAIL logos on each side, as shown:

Puzzle 2 (easy): Fold the 3 × 6 puzzle down to a 2 × 2 square that shows four MIT logos on each side, where each logo can have any orientation, as shown:

Puzzle 3 (hard): Fold the 3 × 6 puzzle down to a 2 × 2 square that shows four MIT logos on each side, where each logo has the same orientation, as shown:

In all three puzzles, you can fold the puzzle anywhere, but you may not cut it.

Printing Notes

Print the puzzle as large as possible on a piece of paper (single sided), and then cut out along the outer 3 × 6 rectangle.

The PDF file is the best combination of printing quality and small file size. You will need a suitable viewer. Alternatively, you can print one of the images. If you can print images scaled to fit, use 150dpi. Otherwise, use 72dpi.

Last updated May 23, 2023 by Erik Demaine. — Accessibility