It had to come to this. For his entry into this year’s Hackaday Prize, [Sean Hodgins] created a persistence of vision fidget spinner. This isn’t just any PoV fidget spinner — this is the ultimate in ...

Forget about dishing out 10 bucks for a fidget spinner at your local convenience store: Someone has built a virtual simulator you can spin all you want entirely free of charge. Developed by designer ...

The toy craze that has swept the nation — cheaply manufactured fidget spinners of dubious metallic constitution — is probably on the way out, with the high-water mark of fidget obsession appearing to ...

Fidget spinners -- much like Rubik's Cubes, pet rocks and Tech Decks (aka fingerboards) -- are the newest way to distract yourself with something other than your phone. Since December, the finger toys ...

Everyone fidgets...except maybe for those guards in front of Buckingham Palace. Whether it's touching your hair, biting your nails, playing with your clothing or spinning pens in your hands, you ...

Like most parents of young children, I've been forcibly made aware of the "fidget spinner" fad. Despite FiveThirtyEight declaring them "over," my kids brought home two new ones from a birthday party ...

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If you know a middle school kid, or a parent or teacher of one, chances are you’ve seen the simple little colorful device that’s driving them all crazy lately. It’s called a fidget spinner, and even ...

IT’S the most popular toy on the planet right now, but the woman who invented the must-have fidget spinner isn’t making millions. Catherine Hettinger knew her invention — the fidget spinner — was ...