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  2. Rube Goldberg machine - Wikipedia

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    Something for Nothing (1940), a short film featuring Goldberg illustrating the U.S. Patent Office (and its policy regarding perpetual motion machines), and the power efficiency of gasoline The expression is named after the American cartoonist Rube Goldberg , whose cartoons often depicted devices that performed simple tasks in indirect ...

  3. Slow motion - Wikipedia

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    The second type of slow motion is achieved during post production. This is known as time-stretching or digital slow motion. This type of slow motion is achieved by inserting new frames in between frames that have actually been photographed. The effect is similar to overcranking as the actual motion occurs over a longer time.

  4. Bacterial motility - Wikipedia

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    Still, prokaryotes can measure light intensity and move in a light-intensity gradient. Some gliding filamentous prokaryotes can even sense light direction and make directed turns, but their phototactic movement is very slow. Some bacteria and archaea are phototactic. [108] [109] [110]

  5. Slow movement (culture) - Wikipedia

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    Slow Money is a non-profit organization, founded to organize investors and donors to steer new sources of capital to small food enterprises, organic farms, and local food systems. Slow Money takes its name from the Slow Food movement. Slow Money aims to develop the relationship between capital markets and place, including social and soil fertility.

  6. Slow living - Wikipedia

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    Slow living is a lifestyle which encourages a slower approach to aspects of everyday life, [1] involving completing tasks at a leisurely pace. [2] The origins of this lifestyle are linked to the Italian slow food movement, which emphasised traditional food production techniques in response to the emerging popularity of fast food during the ...

  7. Zugzwang - Wikipedia

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    Zugzwang (from German 'compulsion to move'; pronounced [ˈtsuːktsvaŋ]) is a situation found in chess and other turn-based games wherein one player is put at a disadvantage because of their obligation to make a move; a player is said to be "in zugzwang" when any legal move will worsen their position.

  8. 10 Brands Like Le Creuset (Because You Love a Pretty ... - AOL

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    The good news is that there are plenty of brands like Le Creuset that will deliver similar quality at a fraction of the price. Take it from me, a few PureWow editors and a cookware expert, who ...

  9. Moving walkway - Wikipedia

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    Moving walkway inside the Changi Airport station of the Singapore MRT. A moving walkway, also known as an autowalk, [1] moving pavement, [2] moving sidewalk, [3] travolator, [4] or travelator (British English), [5] is a slow-moving conveyor mechanism that transports people across a horizontal or inclined plane over a short to medium distance. [6]