THE OPUZZO FACTS AND STORY

The games and Software has The following legal protection: Copyrights (Playing cards, therapy cards, game instructions, package design and puzzle), Trademark (Opuzzo)and Design Patent of the Opuzzo shape.

The Opuzzo 360 game is a hands-on 3D puzzle card game. The game challenge each player to manipulate the 3D puzzle into the correct shape that matches the shape configuration on the playing cards. Each card has a point value. Once every card is played the players total up their points. The player with the largest number of points wins the game. The Opuzzo game can strengthen the brains memory, learning, creativity, and cognitive skills. 

Dr. Rasheed,  the Opuzzo 360 inventor has researched educational needs to improve K-12 learning in the United States. He designed the Opuzzo 3D puzzle to improve cognitive and learning skills. According to the 2022 report of the International Program for Student Assessment (PISA), the United State is rank 18 in Math and Science. Singapore is rank #1 in Math and Science according to the PISA report in 2022. 3D 3D Brain Teaser Puzzles are used in the following K-12 public school: Singapore, Finland, Japan, Sweden, Norway, China, India, United States, South Korea, United Arab Emirates, and India. However, very few   K-12 schools in the United States are using 3D Brain Teaser Puzzles. 

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The Opuzzo, Inc. designs and manufactures the educational 3D brain, teaser puzzle card game, Opuzzo 360. Neurologist contend 3D puzzles improves the brains cognitive skills and memory. The puzzle also is intrinsic with math and emulates, math problem-solving. The Opuzzo 360 game is a general market product which is marketed in K-12 public and private schools, online retailers, such as Amazon, and Walmart. Also, the puzzles can be used as a therapy device to improve eye and hand coordination in stroke victims, Alzheimer and dementia patience.

INVENTOR

The Opuzzo experience and system was invented by Dr. Thomas Abdul Rasheed Ph.D./MFA, Who has been a Design Professor in Product and Visual Communications Design for over twenty years.  

Dr. Rasheed acquired his Doctor of Philosophy degree in Educational Technology from the College of Education, Division of Educational Technology, Research and Assessments at Northern Illinois University. His dissertation was predicated on a qualitative interdisciplinary case study of an educational engineering computer video game. The video game Spumone was used to teach Newtonian physics in the College of Engineering at NIU. The research he conducted revealed the engineering game (Spumone) learner-centered design and student motivational strategies.  http://www.spumone.org/ 

Dr. Rasheed also obtained a Master of Fine Arts degree in Visual Communications from Northern Illinois University, School of Art and Design. His Bachelor of Science degree in Fine Arts was acquired at Florida A&M University.  Dr Rasheed’s vitae, bio, Art/Design work, and research can be viewed at his personal website Dossier: https://thomasrasheeddesigner.com

WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS OF 3D BRAIN TEASERS PUZZLES?

The ability of students in problem-solving, memory, and learning is improved substantially by solving brain teasers regularly. The common perception is that reading is sufficient activity to give their mind a good workout, but it is not enough. It would help if you challenged their intellect, and doing brain teasers constantly would be very helpful.

There is a common thread to all types of brain teasers – from the little, endearing animal puzzles that are suitable for international preschool and primary school children to those that involve Math problems and language puzzles for teenagers. These activities enable children to think innovatively and out of the box. Doing so requires a different level of thought process. You must think calmly, use reasoning, approach the problems stepwise, and approach the problem from all angles, and the results are exceedingly better.

Using the mind to solve puzzles and riddles teaches kids to process information quickly. It is a lot like exercising your body.

Physical exercises build the muscles of the body and make the bones stronger. Similarly, brainteasers help in building an agile mind that operates quickly. You can consider it as a workout session for the brain.

Regularly working on brain teasers can help build problem-solving skills and enhance memory and learning abilities in kids. Compared to reading and writing, puzzles challenge the kids to actively use their thinking ability to find different ways to solve a problem, contributing to their troubleshooting ability.

Solving brain teasers can offer incredible satisfaction. Consider a kid taking up a puzzle at the end of a day in school and solving it convincingly. They would feel a sense of accomplishment and an odd sense of relaxation, no matter the hard work that went into finding the solutions.

Schools sometimes introduce brain boosters that are not part of the syllabus during activity classes. Such activities can stimulate the brain and leave the mind refreshed.

As the old saying goes, memory goes first. However, there are ways in which you can keep it in top condition, and brain teasers and puzzles are one of them. These activities improve memory by reinforcing the bond between the brain cells, resulting in keener short-term memory.

Brain games and puzzles require you to remember shapes and patterns, which aids in building memory. Also, research indicates that playing brain teasers that challenge you to think can enhance overall cognitive function.

As you know, there are two sides of the brain – right and left. Both sides have different functions. The left side of the brain takes care of the analytical and logical side of things, and the right side is responsible for creativity. Doing stimulating brain teasers or puzzles engages both sides of the brain and thus improves logical thinking ability and encourages creativity.

Some kids have trouble remembering geographical directions and get lost frequently. Including regular puzzles as a part of their daily schedule may help.

Stimulating brain games help in building visual and spatial reasoning, which aids in improving navigational skills. Spatial reasoning has a crucial role in the comprehensive development of mathematical skills.

Children in preschools are known to have a short attention span, and many kids have trouble with focus and concentration.

When solving complex brain teasers or puzzles, you need to focus on the problem and concentrate on finding the solution because of the great sensations you experience due to the dopamine release when you manage to solve the puzzle.

Most brain teasers and puzzles require lateral thinking to find solutions. Hence you would have to come up with creative solutions to the problems. So, the kids are encouraged to build their creativity because doing so would provide you with a solution to the problem.

This usually finds resonance in many areas of their lives, from social exchanges to work atmosphere and even cooking up a meal – they can gain from creative thinking.

According to Dr. Richard Restak, an award-winning Neuroscientist and neuropsychiatrist: "The interactive use of puzzles is a fun way to stimulate the brain's capacity to learn." Most Neuroscientists have concluded that people who engage in puzzle solving activities improve their brain and transform these skills into everyday life problem-solving. 

The brain function evitable undergoes a decline over the years of our life. However, perhaps engaging in a deliberate activity of playing puzzles and games will improve our brain's ability to concentrate, memorize, problem-solve, visual observation, logical reasoning, cognitive thinking, imagination, and creativity. 

The repetitive activity of puzzles is needed for the brain's information to be held in the long turn-memory. The effect of the interactive puzzles is located in the left hemisphere of the brain.