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 real-life fidget spinners: An app that simulates a fidget spinner is now the top free app in the App Store. Called "Finger Spinner," the app is a gamified version of the super-popular toy. The ...

Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. But fidget spinners are a strange take on this trend: a play off the popularity of a physical toy that serves ...

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 ...

They're suddenly the hottest toy for kids of all ages. Fidget spinners are popping up in stores all over the Ozarks, and kids are collecting them. But some parents have mixed feelings about the toys.

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 ...

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.

There is no hotter trend in kids toys than fidget spinners. Period. Also referred to as hand spinners, these tiny little gadgets are huge right now. Kids love them and teachers hate them (because they ...

MILWAUKEE — Kids made fidget spinners wildly popular. Now, adults are keeping them that way. The spinners, hand-sized toys balanced with ceramic ball bearings weighted in the center and three rings on ...