Fidget spinners — the multipronged, whirling gadgets that became so popular this year that some schools banned them as a distraction — have been marketed as playful diversions meant to help people ...

Terrible news. Mere weeks after obtaining my beloved fidget spinner, I have been told that not only are they "over," but they have been over for months. The first murmurs of the spinner's demise came ...

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A Fidget Spinner is a little toy built around a centered bearing and weight in three arms to help it spin fast and long. Since the fidget spinner is certainly not the latest fad, somebody here might ...

The persistence of vision (POV) optical illusion is pretty common in cheap toys nowadays, but how cool would it be to have your own programmable POV message board? German electronics grad student ...

If you have an elementary age kid, tween or teen, you know all about the fidget spinner craze. For the last couple of months, this small bearing device made of three blades that fit in your fingers ...

A toy fidget spinner that can be snapped together in various configurations is being advertised on Amazon in the shape of what looks like a swastika. “Imagine sending a kid to school with these ...

Since the fidget spinner is certainly not the latest fad, somebody here might wonder what else it could be used for. Well, let me spill the beans! A while back, I chanced upon a cheap fidget spinner ...

You’ve seen fidget spinners, although you probably hadn’t just a year ago. You woke up one recent day, backpack stuffed with pogs, only to walk outside and see that the times have passed you by again.

What are fidget spinners? Fidget spinners started gaining popularity in March this year, and can be bought anywhere from pasar malams to department stores. Before fidget spinners, a device known as a ...