Hula-hooping is a popular and seemingly simple activity that many children can do. However, the physics behind what makes a ...

Hula hooping has remained a staple of modern US ... gyrating robot—and their findings provide the first-of-its-kind insight into the perfect spin. “Seemingly simple toys and games often ...

Having a talent for hula hooping could be more down to your body shape than your technique, according to a new study that ...

Researchers of the study, published in the Jan. 7 issue of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, conducted experiments using different shapes and motions on robotic hula hoopers. They ...

The results are the first to explain the physics and mathematics of hula hooping. “We were specifically interested in what kinds of body motions and shapes could successfully hold the hoop up ...

One shopper lost four inches off their waist and said they no longer have any belly fat thanks to the £16 fitness accessory ...

The gyrations of hoop-slinging robots reveal that hourglass-shaped objects are best at keeping a hoop in the air.

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 ...

My first attempt was laughable as I couldn’t grasp how to get the momentum going. I imagined I’d just do what I would with a normal hula hoop; move my body in a circular motion to keep it ...

Hula hooping is so commonplace that we may overlook some interesting questions it raises: "What keeps a hula hoop up against gravity?" and "Are some body types better for hula hooping than others?

Hula hooping is so commonplace that we may overlook some interesting questions it raises: 'What keeps a hula hoop up against gravity?' and 'Are some body types better for hula hooping than others?