Kids today have the fidget spinner — a simple mechanical device that spins when you flick it. Teachers hate them, but teenagers apparently love them. When I was in elementary school, slap bracelets ...

Hmmm, so slap bracelets are making a comeback! Apple, future producers of an iWatch everyone will convince themselves they need, filed a patent today for a “bi-stable spring with flexible display.” ...

The most recent widespread use of such a device was the slap bracelet, also called the slap wrap. The slap bracelet consists of layered flexible steel bands sealed within a fabric cover. Typical slap ...

Back when I was in middle school, the world was hit with something called slap bracelets. They are stripes of sheet metal bent into a slightly parabolic shape, which, once manipulated, would roll onto ...

Though it won’t win any awards for “Best Stylus,” it might just pick up “Most Fashionable Tech Accessory” and “Useful in Cold Weather.” When I was in middle school, there were really only two pieces ...