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Paradigm in Nature
Nature’s wealth of paradigm has inspired and worked as the source for innovative design for thousands of years. Paradigms are available in abundance in nature which is yet to be discovered. In the earlier topics we have covered number of such examples. However, through nature’s paradigm we need to examine and understand the basic functioning of various forms. For example the invention of ‘wheel’s’ dynamism is found thousands of years back in Indus Valley Civilization.However, the application of wheel has produced hundreds of other innovative designs that mankind is using. Interestingly many of the paradigms that are surrounding us we never try to understand their nature and functioning. Following are some of the basic paradigms that we would like to understand in term for, shape, functioning and usefulness-
BALL Paradigm
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Plate1A Cricket Ball |
1B Football |
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1 Ball & Socket |
(Source : http://www.google.co.in/search?hl=en&q=Ball&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_qf.&biw=1328&bih=
574&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&ei=fREaUINcpbSJB46IgfgL ; Aug 2, 2012
http://www.google.co.in/search?num=10&hl=en&site=imghp&tbm=isch&source=hp&biw=1328&bih
=574&q=ball+and+socket+joint&oq=Ball+&gs_l=img.1.8.0l10.572556.613515.1.736144.9.8.1.0.0.0.
508.2206.1j1j2j3j0j1.8.0...0.0...1ac.PSacbNSpGkU ; Aug 2, 2012)
In general balls are more or less spherical in form. When we are talk about ‘ball’ we roughly imagine spherical shape that would have characteristics of a ball- rolling or curling in to a ball shape (plate 1). If we examine the characteristic of ‘ball’ both as a word and as a form, it implies a number of things denoting its characteristics. A ball suggests bouncing, rolling, throwing and catching. For example our eyes (ball form) enable them to move freely and smoothly inside our eye sockets. Ball does not have edge. Because of its unique characteristic, ball can move freely and smoothly in any direction. Hence, in order to utilize its unique characteristic we created or manoeuvred it in our desired direction by channelizing its direction with the help of a mechanism that forms ball-bearing.
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