Geeks who just can’t get enough of color match on a plastic cube now have accelerometers to thank for the newest version for the latest iteration of the Rubik’s Cube. Dubbed the Fentrix Cube, in loose homage to its inventor –a Brit named Andrew Fentem — the Rubik-rip-off (or “emulation” as it is referred to on YouTube) has multi-colored LEDs activated in the same manner as touch-screen computers.

Fentem related on his corporate Web site the “primary aim of [his] research work has been the creation of intellectual property relating to the design of electronic entertainment devices.” This research has yielded some “innovative machine art.”

Like its progenitor, the Fentix Cube features a six-sided, multi-touch, touch-screen that can be used to create patterns, play games, or simply spun to reconstitute solid colors on the sidewalls. Not surprisingly, the gadget packs a 3D sensor array of accelerometers in its guts.

Folks who are thinking stocking stuffer on this will have to bop over to the web site of the Kinetica Museum in London, England, the device’s sole marketer. There might be a bit of a wait, however. As of the end of November, there is a notice the cube is “coming soon.”