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The '''Fidget Cube''' is a small handheld device (known as a fidget toy or stim toy) designed by Antsy Labs.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.digitaltrends.com/cool-tech/fidget-helps-concentration/|title=Are fidget toys legitimately good for your brain, or pseudoscientific snake oil?|date=2017-03-08|work=Digital Trends|access-date=2017-05-07|language=en-US}}</ref> It has sensory tools on all sides: a rocker switch, [[gear]]s, a rolling [[ball]], a small [[joystick]], a spinning disc, a "rubbing stone", and five [[push-button]]s.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3780244/Do-fidget-desk-Bizarre-toy-switches-buttons-clickers-claims-able-help-focus-work.html|title=This bizarre 'fidget' toy can help you focus at work.|work=Mail Online|access-date=2017-04-16}}</ref> The cube is intended to provide an easy way to occupy one's hands and other senses, particularly for self-soothing.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://laurakbuzz.com/2017/02/06/fidget-cubes-awkward-relationship-to-autistic-stimming|title=Fidget Cubes Awkward Relationship to Autistic Stimming|date=6 February 2017|publisher=}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> |
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== Description of cube sides== |
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The faces of the fidget cube carry one or two features intended to stimulate different senses. The features include buttons, discs, balls and cogs, switches, joysticks, and dents. The faces are named based on their intended use.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.antsylabs.com/products/fidget-cube|title=Fidget Cube|website=Antsy Labs|access-date=2017-08-18}}</ref> |
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* '''Buttons''': One face has five buttons, with one button at each corner and one in the middle of the face, like the "5" side of a standard [[dice|die]]. Some of these buttons will make sounds when pressed. |
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* '''Spin''': A rotatable disc with a small indentation to help to spin the dial. On some fidget cubes the disc will make a sound when spun in a particular direction. |
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* '''Roll''': Contains captive metal ball (similar to a [[trackball]]) and three ridged cogs (similar to a [[combination lock]]), all of which can be rotated. |
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* '''Flip''': A colored [[rocker switch]]. On some fidget cubes when the switch is moved quickly it makes a sound whereas if it moved slowly it does not make a sound. |
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* '''Glide''': A joystick similar to those found on some [[gamepad]]s. |
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* '''Breath''': A (usually oval) indentation approximately 2–3 [[mm (unit)|mm]] deep. Intended to be used similarly to a [[worry stone]]. |
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== Reception == |
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In a positive review, [[The Verge]] described the cube as "basically a baby toy for adults".<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2017/2/7/14541632/fidget-cube-review-desk-toy-kickstarter|title=The Fidget Cube is basically a baby toy for adults and I love it|work=The Verge|access-date=2017-05-07}}</ref> |
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After its 2016 Kickstarter campaign, The Fidget Cube was one of the [[List of highest funded crowdfunding projects|highest-funded crowdfunding projects]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.polygon.com/2016/9/12/12887894/fidget-cube-kickstarter-success|title=Fidgeters made this toy one of Kickstarter's most successful campaigns|date=12 September 2016|publisher=}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2017/01/30/a-24-year-old-made-345000-by-beating-kickstarters-to-market.html|title=This 24-year-old made $345,000 in 2 months by beating Kickstarters to market|first=Zack|last=Guzman|date=30 January 2017|publisher=}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.adweek.com/creativity/story-behind-fidget-cube-4-million-phenomenon-you-didnt-know-you-needed-173491/|title=The Story Behind Fidget Cube, the $4 Million Phenomenon You Didn't Know You Needed|publisher=}}</ref> (the tenth-highest-funded [[Kickstarter]] project).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.polygon.com/2017/1/3/14157334/fidget-cube-delay-shippping-date|title=The Fidget Cube hit with shipping delays as knockoffs flood market|date=2017-01-03|website=Polygon|access-date=2017-04-15}}</ref> |
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==See also== |
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* [[Worry stone]] |
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* [[Fidgeting]] |
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* [[Fidget spinner]] |
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* [[Stress ball]] |
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* [[Worry beads]] |
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== References == |
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{{Reflist|30em}} |
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[[Category:Kickstarter projects]] |
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[[Category:2010s fads and trends]] |
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[[Category:Mechanical toys]] |
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Revision as of 22:59, 16 October 2017
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| Inventor(s) | Antsy Labs |
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