A healthy 8- to 12-year-old generates about 150 watts of energy per hour whilst vigorously playing. Empowered Playgrounds’ merry-go-rounds channel this natural energy and store it in battery packs.

Google Maps/Screengrab Kids were playing on a merry-go-round at an Oklahoma park when parents say a man started to “forcefully” yank children from the playground equipment.

A team of Brigham Young University student engineers this week unveiled a merry-go-round capable of turning children’s play into electricity. The students’ prototype merry-go-round uses a direct ...

BYU technology and engineering education students are also developing an educational curriculum, so the merry-go-round can be used as a hands-on science lesson. “Hopefully it will give them an ...

For nearly a century, the historic carousel entertained riders at Griffith Park until it broke down. The city of LA wants to ...

A video that shows three children playing on a makeshift merry-go-round has won thousands of hearts on Twitter. The old video resurfaced on the microblogging platform last week after being shared ...

This merry-go-round turns kid energy to clean energy Now energetic kids in rural Ghana can charge up LED lanterns by playing, so they can study at night. Empower Playgrounds Holly Richmond Published ...

Simulation The simulations below allow us to compare and contrast the view of the path of the ball as seen by a stationary observer, with the ball’s path as seen by a person riding on the (rotating) ...

Gracie Nicholson and other neighborhood children play on the merry-go-round at Dogwood Park in Cornelius. The structure was removed in November and is slated to be replaced with toddler equipment ...

Griffith Park Merry Go Round 4730 Crystal Springs Dr Los Angeles, CA 90027 (323) 665-3051 www.laparks.org ...

Ah, to ride the fine steed over fields of grass! This was my world when I was on the merry-go-round. I am 76 years old and the memory is still there. Oh, childhood, how poor you have become. Sep 9 ...

When I was growing up, my first exposure came about the age of 3; there were signs which read no running, no getting on or off of the merry-go-round when it is moving; and children 6 and under had ...