When Wham-O Manufacturing Co. rolled out its first flying discs on January 23, 1957, there must have been some speculation: Would the idea fly with consumers? But 68 years later, hundreds of millions ...

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Modern Hula-Hoops are plastic rings you twirl around your body by moving your hips. This swiveling motion is similar to that ...

The Hula-Hoop is one of the most famous toys in history, but the science behind it has gotten little attention. Some of us are master twirlers, while others can't manage more than one spin.

It turns out that hula hooping comes naturally to certain people and no matter how hard others may try, they still won’t be able to keep the hoop elevated for long. A new study published by ...

HARVARD — Put on your dancing shoes and grab some dazzling hoops for an unforgettable workshop of hula hoop magic. “Hula Hooping with Wild Kat Hoops” will be held at 3:45 p.m. Thursday ...

To keep a Hula-Hoop aloft, it helps to be in shape — literally. Experiments with gyrating, hoop-slinging robots have revealed how these spinning rings stay up despite the pull of gravity.

Researchers from New York University (NYU) ran tests using robotic hula hoopers with simple shapes for bodies, analyzing how differences in the form and movements of the robots affected the physics of ...

For example, a 24” hula hoop with 13 plants means 13 x 13,872 and an average population of 180,336. Some field guides will also provide tables with the math already completed for these and ...