What is that childrens toy you usually see in drs/dentist offices with the wood base, colorful metal wires and "beads" that can be movedd along the wires?
Sort of abacus-like but its not really for counting, probably helps with developing motor skill
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I did a web search for wood and wire toy and this came up as one of the top results: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bead_maze
I hope nobody gets upset I ask here instead of searching, its interesting to ask ;)
Also sllightly embarassed I didnt intuit the maze part, makes sense altho technically theres not anything outside of defined paths that cant deviate
No worries, I hadn't thought much about those things, so it was interesting, like you said.
Yeah maybe it should be a "bead labyrinth"!
I had no idea they were less than 45 years old, would have guessed 1950s or older.
That’s so weird! I remember one in my doctor’s office as a kid and I’m 44. That means it was a new toy. It already felt old 😂
It's called a Petri dish because it's still amazingly efficient at spreading viruses and bacteria from one child to the next...
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