186 | Business World Magazine |
February 2013
Consider for a moment, the cheering droves
of spectators that revel in the rocket-like blast
off from their favorite Formula-1 or drag strip
racer, or maybe, reflect upon those passengers
relieved when the airplane’s landing gear de-
ploys to mark the end of a long journey. Con-
sider shorter passages, in the up-and-down
excursions made on an elevator, or even, the
simple yet strangely satisfying, back-and-forth
rocking allowed by your favorite office chair.
Within each of these instances, the function-
ality of the mechanism involved is totally de-
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