Who really invented the fidget spinner? Meet a guy who's been selling something similar.

1,444 views · Published 23 June 2017 · 2:22 · Indexed 4 November 2026

Channel: The National Desk · 2017 · News & Politics

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Meet Scott McCoskery, who began development of the Torqbar back in 2014. It looks wildly similar to the fidget spinners you see everywhere, but just a couple of differences. " Working in IT I would spend a lot of time in long meetings and conference calls and I would usually click a pen, flip a knife open and closed and just fidget with whatever and I thought one day there should be a device specifically for what I am doing." 

Full story: http://circa.com/lifestyle/scott-mccoskery-invented-the-torq-bar-and-its-similar-to-fidget-spinners

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