Fact of the Day

[singularity75]

The British import Spirograph was introduced in the United States in 1967 by Kenner and has racked up millions of dollars in sales. It was invented by a British electronics engineer, Denys Fisher, who was inspired to create the toy while doing research on a new design for bomb detonators for NATO.

Comments

[fonny.livejournal.com]

what's spirograph?

[singularity.livejournal.com]

It's that toy that does the fun looking drawings. You can view an online version of it here: http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/7174/spirograph.htm

[fonny.livejournal.com]

oh dude! i remember those! i think i had one when i was a kid ... i remember the patterns, but i don't remember what the actual toy looked like, or how it drew ;)

[singularity.livejournal.com]

Hehe, neither do I. I had one when I was younger and kept thinking how neat the drawings where. I loved playing around with it heh.