In a matter of weeks, fidget spinners went from something almost nobody had ever heard of to the must-have toy of the season. The anxiety-reducing handheld spinners are so ubiquitous that dozens of ...

We know that fidget spinners are pretty much everywhere in 2017. But on a New York Fashion Week runway? At Tory Burch's spring 2018 show of all shows? This upcoming season is turning out to be ...

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 ...

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When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Whether fidget spinners really help kids focus is unclear, but one thing is for sure: Don't take ...

How awesome is a fidget spinner in space, where your body can do all the spinning you want? Pretty awesome, it turns out. Astronauts on the International Space Station showed off their tricks in ...

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 ...

My son noticed that when he held a fidget spinner in front of a television (with a 60 Hz refresh rate) and gave it a whirl, it appeared to suddenly spin backwards a few times before coming to a halt.

I’ll let that sink in for a sec. The fidget spinner was supposed to be comfortably resting in its grave back in 2017, but a company has just made the first spinning case for AirPods. The ZenPod is ...

Fidget spinners are literally everywhere. When I’m on my way to university I see parents with children playing with fidget spinners, on the weekend I see children in groups playing with fidget ...