Hula hooping has remained a staple of modern US culture since the 1950s, but people around the world have participated in ...

Using 1/10th scale 3D-printed hula hooping robots and a lot of math, researchers have determined the ideal body shape for ...

"What keeps a hula hoop up against gravity?" and "Are some body types better for hula hooping than others?" A team of ...

The research identifies hula hooping as mechanical levitation driven by rolling points of contact and influenced by body ...

Popularized in the late 1950s as a child’s toy, the hula hoop is undergoing renewed interest as a fitness activity and performance art. But have you ever wondered how a hula hoop stays aloft against ...

Senior researcher and associate professor Leif Ristroph explained in a press release that mathematical models were developed to explain the physical principles observed. These models offered insight ...

A study from New York University examines the physics and mathematics behind how a hula hoop can appear to defy gravity, ...

“Hula hooping involves these issues and others associated with the rolling point of contact on the body surface, which itself is actuated with gyration motions and whose geometry is expected to ...

"What keeps a hula hoop up against gravity?" and "Are some body types better for hula hooping than others?" A team of mathematicians explored and answered these questions with findings that also ...