What happens when you combine an Arduino-based microcontroller with a palm-sized aluminum box and clicky buttons? A fidget ...

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 ...

First there were the fidget spinners, then the squishies, then the pop toys, then the faux game controllers, bendable this-and-thats and a number of other hand-held items that my kids could manipulate ...

When the Kickstarter launches, it will cost $179 for the machined aluminum version, but if that’s too much, its makers say ...

A toy fidget spinner that can be snapped together in various configurations is being advertised on Amazon in the shape of what looks like a swastika. “Imagine sending a kid to school with these ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I am a journalist covering consumer protection and fraud. Electric fidget spinners have joined hoverboards and other unregulated ...

As a child of the late ’80s and ’90s, I can mark my grade school years by a series of fads. First came pogs. Then there were beanie babies. Next up: Tamagotchis and Tech Decks. And it’s impossible to ...

First there were the fidget spinners, then the squishies, then the pop toys, then the faux game controllers, bendable this-and-thats and a number of other hand-held items that my kids could manipulate ...

Fidget toys allow for manipulative play, he explained, similar to the satisfaction one gets from twirling a pencil around one's fingers. Their collectability also makes them fun for kids, who enjoy ...

First there were the fidget spinners, then the squishies, then the pop toys, then the faux game controllers, bendable this-and-thats and a number of other hand-held items that my kids could manipulate ...