Fidget spinners. They're slowly becoming the pogs of this decade, and like pogs, will be an enormous pile of garbage in five years out in a desert. They've gained popularity to the point where we're ...

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 ...

We just closed out the Internet of Useful Things round of the Hackaday Prize, which means we’re neck deep in judging projects to move onto the final round this fall. Last week, everyone on Hackaday.io ...

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, ...

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 ...