The Code Challenge - a maths treasure hunt by the BBC

August 14, 2011 4:44 PM

The Code Challenge - a maths treasure hunt by the BBC [via mefi projects]
posted by lioness (7 comments total)

For American viewers (sorry for the spammy megavideo links, but you takes what you can gets, I guess).

Episode 1
Episode 2
Episode 3
posted by empath at 5:36 PM on August 14, 2011 [3 favorites]

Tomato/Tomato, Cicada/Cicada.
posted by HLD at 6:17 PM on August 14, 2011

I shall selectively ignore those Megavideo links... ;)

... but you can also find almost all the clues hidden in the show on this YouTube playlist we made.
posted by adrianhon at 6:50 AM on August 15, 2011 [1 favorite]

I would love to pay a license fee to the BBC in return for iPlayer access, but that's not going to happen :(
posted by empath at 7:14 AM on August 15, 2011

Adrianhon, I love the series, a bit stuck on the symmetry puzzle. Once you unlock a mosaic, (i.e. find all the centres) how do you progress to the next mosaic?

Thank you, I'm sure my pupils will enjoy this.
posted by 92_elements at 7:58 AM on August 15, 2011

92: Progression should happen automatically. Are you sure you've found all the centres and then all the rotations? When you do, the golden circles at the top should all be completely filled in. If they're not, then there's probably something missing...
posted by adrianhon at 8:34 AM on August 15, 2011

Adrainhon: I restarted the computer and it seemed to work.

Thanks.
posted by 92_elements at 6:16 AM on August 16, 2011