Catherine Hettinger knew her invention — the fidget spinner — was working as she sat alone before a meeting with the vice president of Hasbro, one of the largest toy manufacturers in the world. “That ...

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 ...

Fidget spinners, those fiddly little toys with a disc at the center, have become an unstoppable craze. Kids can't stop spinning them at home or in class, and even many adults admit to being obsessed.

Say hello to fidget spinners, the newest toy sensation. Fidget spinners are small plastic toys that provide a quick, soothing rotation. The gadgets were originally designed to help kids with attention ...

A parent was discussing her child's obsession with home-made edible slime, feeling some relief that this trend had displaced the annoying bottle-flipping craze of early 2016. Unbeknownst to her, slime ...

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 ...

Jenn Jarmula, an elementary- and middle-school teacher in Chicago, recently hung a sign outside her classroom. This Is A Fidget Spinner Free Zone, it read. Fidget spinners–which dominate Amazon’s ...

Geek Life: Fun stories, memes, humor and other random items at the intersection of tech, science, business and culture. SEE MORE by Kurt Schlosser on Oct 14, 2017 at 12:48 pm October 14, 2017 at 5:26 ...

As any parent will know all too well, fads among kids come and go extremely quickly. Every holiday season seems to bring a “must have” toy that is in short supply and every now and again one comes ...

Occupational therapist Tera Robinson has seen fidget spinners help kids to concentrate in the classroom. She explains why and how they can be helpful. Fidgets in the Classroom: Why? What? How? We are ...