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“Tike” Miller, the Illinois inventor of the Mold-A-Rama, was inspired by a broken figurine in his nativity scene.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026

Some of these, the authors own, verge on “technological gigantism,” such as a seven-bell trumpet patented in 1859 by Adolphe Sax, the inventor of the saxophone.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026

Her name as a possible presidential nominee was first put forward in an open letter signed by sixteen prominent Hungarians, including the inventor of the Rubik's Cube, Erno Rubik.

From Barron's ● Jul. 20, 2026

Pierre Coffin, the French inventor of the Minions, who also voices them and co-directed the first three “Despicable Me” movies, had his doubts.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 30, 2026

That makes it difficult for an inventor to foresee whether his or her awful prototype might eventually find a use and thus warrant more time and expense to develop it.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

Both countries lay claim to being the inventors of the sport and in the early days the fixture was dominated by the Scots, who popularised the passing game.

From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026

Longo and Maura Fanti are also inventors on a U.S. provisional patent application covering aspects of the methods and findings described in the study.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 10, 2026

Airship captains and Victorian inventors gather Down Under.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 2, 2026

Siminoff said it doesn’t hurt that Mahan speaks the same language as many tech leaders, who are mostly just “pragmatic inventors and entrepreneurs” who want California’s leader to be “principled in thinking about fixing things.”

From Los Angeles Times ● May 18, 2026

Like the inventors of the elevator, he had conjured an entirely new physical sensation.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson