About a minute goes by of Bono clapping his hands every six seconds, then announces, "Every time I clap my hands, a child in Africa dies." Bono begins to clap again, pausing every six seconds ...

Halfway through the concert, lead singer Bono stood in a spotlight on stage and asked the audience of 30,000 for complete silence. Gradually the auditorium fell quiet. Then Bono began slowly clapping.

The results: The hand configuration that produced the loudest clap—85.2 dB—consisted of holding the hands 45 degrees to each other with the palms partially overlapping.

The study revealed that the tone of a clap depends heavily on hand shape and cavity size (as expected). Cupped hands trap more air, producing a lower, deeper pop. Flat palms create higher frequencies.

Bono’s supposed advice makes sense on a practical level — why fuck up a winning formula? And Newman knows that fan feeling: ... Clap Your Hands really feels like the year 2005, ...

Bono has denied reports circulating on the internet that he ordered a crowd of 30,000 people to be silent to draw attention to the issue of ... "Every time I clap my hands, a child in Africa dies ...

Whilst clapping is one of the main ways applause is expressed across the world and jazz hands are used in British Sign Language, they’re not the only forms of ovation.

Understanding the physics of hand clapping, Fu says, could help develop methods to identify people by their claps — for example, allowing users to log into a device based on their unique clap.

The research, published in the journal Physical Review Research, shows that the characteristic “pop” sound of a clap is not just from two hands smashing into each other but a much more complex ...

Irish rock star Bono has dismissed reports he silenced an audience in Glasgow, Scotland, recently to demonstrate the plight of poverty in Africa by clapping his hands. Irish rock star Bono has ...

Cavemen and human ancestors — we don't know whether they clapped hands or not. But you don't find primates doing it unless they've been taught to do it. They do clap hands in the wild.

U2's Bono said during a performance that every time he clapped a child in Africa died, to which an audience member shouted at him to stop. Rating: In May 2024, a claim began to spread across Facebook ...