The school nurse told the court she had knowledge of eight prior instances where students were injured while using the merry-go-round, occurring between Sept. 8, 2006 and Oct. 23, 2007.

At first glance, a merry-go-round that generates electricity appears to be a charming idea. But Empower Playgrounds President, Ben Markham, came up with the idea in 2006 during an 18-month stint ...

The Essam merry-go-round is the first to be installed in a village where there is no electricity. Ghana’s Ministry of Education would like to have six more merry-go-rounds installed in villages this ...

This is where the electricity generated by Empower Playground’s merry-go-round goes. Thanks to sponsorship by Energizer, Empower Playgrounds is able to provide each school with up to 50 advanced ...

The island is not linked to the national energy grid. To bring them electric light, Empower Playgrounds had the idea of installing a special merry-go-round in the playground of a local primary school.

“The biggest challenge is matching the low speed of children playing on the merry-go-round to the high shaft speed required by the electrical generator,” Germane said. “The speed increase needed for ...

MARSHFIELD — A merry-go-round at a Marshfield elementary school is at the center of a lawsuit lawsuit filed against the district after a local child broke her leg. Attorney Kevin McMahon has ...

Glen Lake has a lot of students with physical disabilities, but no wheelchair merry-go-round, swings or any adaptive playground equipment, which really bothered the kids in Betsy Julien's fifth ...

Kids play on the Omni Spinner in Harper's Playground. (Courtesy of Cody Goldberg) The problem -- or, one of the problems -- with the old school merry-go-rounds most of us grew up with is that they ...

Kids will be kids, accidents happen. There could have been an adult right there at the merry go round, but things happen so quickly. I highly doubt that any child could say exactly how many adults ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WSET) -- A playground in Richmond is now more inclusive to children with disabilities. SOAR365, a non-profit, in the state's capital unveiled theunique new merry-go-round that was ...

So far, a swing and merry-go-round have been ordered. Part of the new playground should be installed in August, before school starts, Julien said. The students hope to reach the rest of the $1 ...