Technophilia

by Arthur Rothstein and George Barany

This "mid-week level" puzzle pays tribute to the way our lives have been transformed by modern technology. It has been deemed to be too nerdy/geeky/edgy for mainstream publication, which is why we have elected to go the samizdat route. After completing the puzzle (spoiler), learn more about the puzzle by clicking here for our "midrash." This puzzle was revised for the June 2015 issue of Natural Selections, as accessed here.

Click here to view or download the puzzle in PDF format; here to download it as a puz file; here to download it as an ipuz file [requires the free Puzzazz app to solve]; here to solve the puzzle interactively (thanks to Jim Horne); here for the solution. During the long incubation period leading to the present version, we benefited from the insights and forebearance of Noam Elkies, Michael Hanko, Brent Hartzell, Martin Herbach, and David Steinberg.

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