Noise “R” Us: The evolution of noisy toys
Twenty Thousand Hertz
The History of Toys and the Speaking Spell
The invention of the speaking spell marked the first time a children's toy had speech recorded onto a computer chip as opposed to mechanical technology, like a record or a tape. The growing affordability and computing power of these chips made it possible for toys to make so, so many sounds. In the mid 90s, some of these noise making toys sparked their own cultural phenomenons: tickle meo mo.
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