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Board games
fromwww.bostonherald.com
2 days ago

Toy inventor Burt Meyer, who dreamed up Lite-Brite and Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Robots, dies age 99

Burt Meyer invented iconic 1960s toys—Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Robots, Lite-Brite, MouseTrap—using mass-produced plastics and engineering to transform American children's play.
Startup companies
fromBusiness Insider
2 days ago

My parents and siblings are doctors, but I became a toy inventor. My company raised $5 million this year.

Sydney Wiseman invented Fingerlings, sold tens of millions, and now partners with her pediatrician sister to create playful medical tools.
Medicine
fromFortune
3 weeks ago

This founder went from designing Happy Meal toys to making prosthetic skulls for a living-and her company now rakes in $20 million a year | Fortune

A former toy designer applied 3D-modeling skills to found MedCAD and develop 3D-printed surgical implants that restore patients' appearances.
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