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

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

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

NYU scientists explore the physics of hula hooping, uncovering body type influences and engineering applications.

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 ...

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?' ...

Overlaid video frames reveal that an hourglass-shaped body successfully hula hoops. (Courtesy: NYU’s Applied Math Lab) Popularized in the late 1950s as a child’s toy, the hula hoop is undergoing ...

Hula hooping has remained a staple of modern US culture since the 1950s, but people around the world have participated in similar activities for thousands of years. The physics behind maintaining ...