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 ...

Where gadget lovers are rejoicing, many are in disbelief that this trend is still making headlines (what can I say, I’m an enabler). But, over the past few months, fidget spinners have jet-packed into ...

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The fidget spinner trend is dumb. They very well could be the downfall of society as we know it. In case you haven’t heard of this fidget spinner thing, you apparently haven’t hung out with a ...

A FOX6 producer fidgets with a pen at his desk. It used to be the only fidgeting device people needed was a pen -- clicking or twirling it on their finger. It's the original fidget spinner. Now, ...

Those hot new toys called fidget spinners, gadgets originally touted as a calming distractions for kids, are triggering high anxiety for toy executives. The toy craze, which is expected to drive sales ...

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 ...

Fads seemingly come and go without so much as a single notice. In the 80s, leg warmers ruled the hallways of schools and bars of ballet classes. They were meant for dancers but every woman had to have ...

Had enough of fidget spinners yet? If you haven’t heard, a toy that consists of a bearing in the center of a multi-lobed flat structure that’s designed to spin around the bearing’s axis with little ...