{"682424":{"#nid":"682424","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Rule the Pool This Summer and Make the Biggest Splash","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EWant to create the biggest splash in the pool this summer? Forget the bellyflop and the cannonball.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cPopping the Manu\u201d will make you a winner.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech researchers studied dives by the M\u0101ori, the indigenous people of New Zealand, who have made Manu jumping a cultural tradition. By hitting the water in a \u201cV\u201d shape, then quickly extending their bodies underwater, they\u2019ve perfected the art of huge splashes.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESee a video on how to make the splash and \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/coe.gatech.edu\/news\/2025\/05\/rule-pool-summer-and-make-biggest-splash\u0022\u003Eread the entire story on the College of Engineering homepage\u003C\/a\u003E.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Georgia Tech roboticists explain the physics of epic pool jumps and the New Zealanders who have mastered them"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech researchers studied dives by the M\u0101ori, the indigenous people of New Zealand, who have made Manu jumping a cultural tradition. By hitting the water in a \u201cV\u201d shape, then quickly extending their bodies underwater, they\u2019ve perfected the art of huge splashes.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"By hitting the water in a \u201cV\u201d shape, then quickly extending their bodies underwater, the M\u0101ori have perfected the art of huge splashes. "}],"uid":"27560","created_gmt":"2025-05-16 15:41:33","changed_gmt":"2025-05-16 16:37:41","author":"Jason Maderer","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","location":"Atlanta, GA","dateline":{"date":"2025-05-16T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2025-05-16T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"677084":{"id":"677084","type":"video","title":"Make a Big Splash in the Pool","body":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech researchers learned the physics of epic pool jumps and the New Zealanders who have mastered them.\u003C\/p\u003E","created":"1747412201","gmt_created":"2025-05-16 16:16:41","changed":"1747412201","gmt_changed":"2025-05-16 16:16:41","video":{"youtube_id":"POda_NwypSM","video_url":"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=POda_NwypSM"}}},"media_ids":["677084"],"groups":[{"id":"1237","name":"College of Engineering"}],"categories":[{"id":"135","name":"Research"},{"id":"152","name":"Robotics"}],"keywords":[{"id":"187915","name":"go-researchnews"},{"id":"188776","name":"go-research"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[{"id":"71881","name":"Science and Technology"}],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EJason Maderer\u003Cbr\u003ECollege of Engineering\u003Cbr\u003Emaderer@gatech.edu\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["maderer@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}