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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? (lemmy.world)
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Sort of abacus-like but its not really for counting, probably helps with developing motor skill

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[–] 14 points 2 months ago (5 children)

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

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  • [–] [S] 13 points 2 months ago* (2 children)

    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

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    • [–] 2 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    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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