This is Thingummy bob with his caretaker, Miles...

And yes, Miles is appropriately horrified at the crude and unsophisticated nature of his toy. Fortunately, Intelligent Design (me) is here to steer the evolution of the genus Thingummy, and his new cousin will be receiving the finely-honed 2.0 version below.... if I can bear to give Thingummy jig up.

(The nerd in me just couldn't resist the biology injokes... sorry.)