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Plate 2A Skateboard |
2B Desk Penholder |
2C File-cabinet Drawers |
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(Source :2A : http://www.google.co.in/search?num=10&hl=en&site=imghp&tbm=isch&source=hp&
biw=1328&bih=574&q=roller+coaster+sckateboard&oq=roller+coaster+sckateboard&gs_l=img.12..
.45171.76682.3.78052.24.12.3.9.1.0.776.3796.2-10j1j6-1.12.0...0.0...1ac.tkd0O-bLlR4#hl=en&site
=imghp&tbm=isch&sa=1&q=sckateboard&oq=sckateboard&gs_l=img.12...60.10871.3.13102.2.2.0
.0.0.0.0.0..0.0...0.0...1c.7sCKuPZgz0Q&pbx=1&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_qf.&fp=fadb5816affa1c0b&
biw=1328&bih=574 ; Aug 2, 2012
2C : http://www.google.co.in/search?num=10&hl=en&site=imghp&tbm=isch&source=hp&biw=1328&
bih=574&q=File-cabinet+Drawer&oq=Filecabinet+Drawer&gs_l=img.12..0i33i24l10.178916.190858.0.
193589.19.19.0.0.0.0.2578.11553.3j2j6j1j1j0j1j3j1j1.19.0...0.0...1ac.u7jlAfQlRwg ; Aug 2, 2012)
The balls’ movement is often constructed by placing them in a channel, so that the movement is organized and controlled. When we require ball to function in certain way, due to its characteristics, and the balls are not controlled or aligned on a surface and through a channel (plate2D), it may start moving freely. File-cabinet drawer (plate 2C), Desk Penholder (2B), bicycle wheel-hub, skateboard (plate 2A), etc, are some of the examples that illustrate the functioning of ball.
The paradigm of ball functioning are available in every sphere of our life. A ball rolls because it has surface without any projection from the surface plane. We begin our life curled into a ball, because we most easily fit in the womb that way. Ball-like products are widely used for sports and ball bearings related products. But also a wide range of products using balls in a socket (‘ball & socket’) are available. Ball joints are used to connect parts where a wide degree of directional freedom is required, such as in desk-penholders. Balls rotating in sockets are also used to dispense liquid in controlled manner (roll-on deodorant, ballpoint pen). Centipede, armadillo, etc. like insects or animal take protection from any fear of attack rolling in the shape of a ball or a disk.
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