As many parents have been experiencing lately, keeping a child entertained and engaged throughout the day can be hard. Filling the hours without sitting kids in front of TVs, smart devices, and ...

PITTSBURGH, Nov. 18, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- "I wanted to create a baby-safe toy that would provide a head start on learning by helping teach the alphabet," said an inventor, from Auburn, Calif., "so I ...

PITTSBURGH, March 13, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- "I wanted to create a way to simulate the actions, mannerisms and needs of a real pet as many children want to have the joy of owning a pet yet lack the ...

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Toys can have an outsized impact on the future. In a very real way, they program the next generation of scientists and developers, of legislators and builders. And that hasn't always been a good thing ...

PITTSBURGH, Dec. 17, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- "My dog chews tennis balls to shreds," said an inventor, from Allentown, Pa. "I thought there could be a better design to keep the toy intact, so I invented ...

Squeakee The Balloon Dino, BB Hoopster and My Little Pony Sunny Starscout are among their creations. In a nondescript building right near TQL Stadium, Steve Fink and Mike Hoeting have creative juices ...

Katie Sedlar recently spent a week hatching her remote control bird, a white fluffy creature the young inventor pictures dipping and fluttering and soaring until its batteries give out. Its beak will ...

Thanks to the lovable geeks on TV’s “The Big Bang Theory,” an Escondido inventor’s decades-old toy is now spinning with new life. On the popular show’s Feb. 16 episode, astrophysicist Raj tried to ...

PITTSBURGH, June 10, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Sitting at his desk for eight to 10 hours a day, a Portchester inventor created something to avoid fidgeting with his pens and paper while responding to ...