Fidget spinners, the multipronged, whirling gadgets that became so popular this year some schools banned them as a distraction, have been marketed as playful diversions meant to help people calm down ...

We created a saw blade-shaped fidget spinner using a steel waterjet cutter. After gluing a bearing and mounting it on a stand for vertical spinning, we tested it. It initially spun off, but after ...

If you find your fingers are generally a raw, bloody mess due to your boredom-induced nail-biting, or you're driving your cubicle neighbors insane from your desk-drumming and pen-clicking, fidget toys ...

We all fidget. We swing our headphones, we peel twigs and tear cardboard coasters, we flip pens around our thumbs and split the ends of our hair. Do we really need to explain, rationalize and lend ...