Correlated Magnetics’ co-founder and Chief Scientist, Larry Fullerton, was inspired by youthful imagination to create a self-assembling toy to spark his grandchildren’s interest in math, science, and physics. His idea was to shake a box with various pieces and parts that would assemble into a magnetic toy. Using his scientific background in the area of wireless communications, Larry explored creating the toy object by arranging magnets in patterns or “codes” borrowed from signal processing theory and creating complex magnetic fields. He eventually “encoded” specific magnets based on these experimental complex magnetic arrays and crafted the technology driving Correlated Magnetics Research today.