Neodymium magnet toys
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Neodymium magnet toys are toys consisting of or incorporating neodymium magnet
s. Most commonly they are magnetic construction set
s or magnetic sphere building toys. They are sometimes marketed as executive toy
s. The first neodymium magnet toy set was Neocube, developed by Chris Reda from Pittsburgh, United States in 2008. He got the idea after using magnets to keep track of his pens. The first person to use magnetic dots to build complicated geometric shapes was Janos Szaki, a programming analyst and mathematician from Hungary
. Similar products are available under several brand names such as Nanodots, Buckyballs, Desk Dots, and Zen Magnets.
The swallowing of small magnetic toy components such as those in these magnetic toys can result in intestinal injury requiring surgery, or in rare cases even result in death because the components attract each other strongly.
Neodymium magnet
A neodymium magnet , the most widely-used type of rare-earth magnet, is a permanent magnet made from an alloy of neodymium, iron, and boron to form the Nd2Fe14B tetragonal crystalline structure. Developed in 1982 by General Motors and Sumitomo Special Metals, neodymium magnets are the strongest...
s. Most commonly they are magnetic construction set
Construction set
A construction set is a set of standardized pieces that allow for the construction of a variety of different models. The pieces avoid the lead time of manufacturing custom pieces, and of requiring special training or design time to construct complex systems...
s or magnetic sphere building toys. They are sometimes marketed as executive toy
Executive toy
An executive toy is a novelty item that is usually a small mechanical gadget placed on the desk of a corporate executive or other office workers...
s. The first neodymium magnet toy set was Neocube, developed by Chris Reda from Pittsburgh, United States in 2008. He got the idea after using magnets to keep track of his pens. The first person to use magnetic dots to build complicated geometric shapes was Janos Szaki, a programming analyst and mathematician from Hungary
Hungary
Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...
. Similar products are available under several brand names such as Nanodots, Buckyballs, Desk Dots, and Zen Magnets.
The swallowing of small magnetic toy components such as those in these magnetic toys can result in intestinal injury requiring surgery, or in rare cases even result in death because the components attract each other strongly.