For kids and adults looking to improve their basketball skills, a portable basketball hoop allows them to practice almost anywhere. The portable hoop has the same regulation-size rim as a basketball ...

With the NBA playoffs getting underway, we’re itching to shoot some hoops ourselves. If you’re in the same boat but don’t have a place to play (or don’t like the crowds at the park), this might be the ...

After designing a curved basketball backboard that redirects every shot through the hoop, Shane Wighton has engineered a new and improved version that’s even more forgiving by actively tracking a ball ...

Although Shane Wighton might have something to say about the creators of the Huupe claiming it’s “the world’s first smart basketball hoop,” the device looks like it could be an interesting (and ...

YouTuber Shane Wighton made a video showing off a robotic basketball hoop that he made. He wrote programs allowing the hoop to track the ball and move the backboard to get the ball in the basket.

As Wayne Gretzky (and Michael Scott) once said, you miss 100 percent of the shots you don't take. But what if you could actually make 100 percent of those shots without any practice? Shane Wighton, an ...

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Which basketball hoop is best? Imagine playing basketball with your friends only to find that a group of kids has already taken over your favorite court. You’ll never face this dilemma again if you ...

A few weeks ago, [Shane Wighton] created a basketball backboard which made it impossible to miss a shot even remotely close to the hoop. As a passive device, though, the backboard had its limits.

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EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — Thousands of basketball hoops are being recalled because the backboard can fall off, posing an injury hazard to anyone standing below it, according to the Consumer ...

Three policemen gifted kids with a new basketball hoop on Feb. 5. — -- Three Ohio police officers gave a big assist Friday night when they gave neighborhood children a new basketball hoop. "This ...