A child plays with a fidget spinner. Catherine Hettinger invented what would become the wildly popular toy back in the 1980s — but because she couldn’t renew her patent in 2005, she isn’t making a ...

PITTSBURGH, Oct. 24, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- "I wanted to create an entertaining novelty toy to alleviate boredom and nervous energy," said an inventor, from Hampton, Va., "so I invented the HOCKEY PUCK ...

The original fidget spinner was created by an inventor from Florida who thought it could help world peace by calming kids who threw rocks at police in Israel. If you’ve been around kids lately, you’ve ...

Fidget spinners have been keeping fingers and thumbs very busy lately. But, now it seems another part of one's anatomy can be used for fidget spinning: Your nipples. The creative individual behind ...

PITTSBURGH, Feb. 4, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- "Fidget spinners and other devices have become increasingly popular as of late," said an inventor from Jersey City, N.J. "I wanted to capitalize on this trend ...

June 27 (UPI) --The British man who made the record books with the world's largest Rubik's cube unveiled his latest creation: the world's largest fidget spinner. Tony Fisher, who made headlines last ...

Think back to six months or so ago when you first encountered the fidget spinner. (Yes, for anyone experiencing Trump-related time dilation, the fidget spinner craze happened this year.) At the time, ...