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A flip book is a collection of a series of pictures that vary gradually from one page to the next, so that when the pages are flipped, the pictures appear to animate. This is one of the animation methods.
A flip book cartoon is a type of animation made using the piled up papers, where the picture appears to animate. There are various types of flip book including the preparation by individuals at the end of the note or book by scribbling for playing purpose, to the books that are supplied in printed form. There are various flip books, starting from the simple animation of moving points and lines to the elaborate animation using the images. Though both are primitive animations, the improvement made in these simple animations are called as cartoon film. The flipbook animation film “Pendulum” created for the comical character Tekken (Japanese name for the term “Iron Fist”) was released as an official video clip of the rock band and MUSE of Britain.
This flipbook cartoon was originally produced for the television program, and after the program was broadcast the emotional story becomes a talk of the town. Once the animation was uploaded to the YouTube it becomes the popular animation all over the world immediately. By using the music “Exogenesis: Symphony Part 3 (Redemption)” of the same band as the BGM for this work, it is said that the rumor of animation will reach the band artists soon.
The MUSE band after actually seeing the work in youtube got the impression of the height of perfection, and came to the idea of releasing is as an official video clip of this musical composition. This band was very glad that they made this wonderful video of Tekken (Japanese name for the term “Iron Fist”) that arouses the imagination. They thought it was very wonderful to see their music interpreted in such a wonderful way, and have commented to collaboration again if there is a chance. It was decided that the video clip will be distributed all over the world including North America and Europe from 31st.
It is said that a new animation for about 1 min 30 sec was drawn for Tekken (Japanese name for the term “Iron Fist”) when making the official video clip. It will be soon officially announced that the complete version of "Pendulum" was produced using 1620 frames of the original image and took about 60 days. The Tekken “(Pendulum)” is the work that depicts the life of a man and women, containing various elements such as love, youth, frustration, suffering etc.
During the
creation of this flipbook cartoon, lot of music was listened to find
which one will match for the BGM. And finally the MUSE (Exogenesis:
Symphony Part 3) met the fate! When they first listened this, they
thought “This is it!” and “Only this is!”, and then decided. After that
become the fan, and listening to MUSE nearly every day till now! The
Flipbook cartoon “Pendulum” using the BGM of this MUSE has become one of
the treasures for me now. Please listen to this by all means.
“Bonsai” is an artistic production of creating the scenery of grand nature in a small pot. It differs from the static painting and sculpture, etc., and one can feel the pulse of a beautiful change and the life that nature weaves through the four seasons.
“Bonsai” is highly valued all over the world; there are several thousand copies of specialized magazines issued in the United States, Spain and France, and there is even a university and museum for bonsai in Italy.
There seems to be some concepts like “It is difficult to raise" and “Hobbies of rich and elderly people” in the bonsai, but the younger generation with the hobby of making very small bonsai (about 20cm) and mini bonsai (10cm) seems to rapidly increasing.
Because the work load is less in Bonsai, it is possible to continue even in the old age. The light work of every day is a perfect workout to maintain one’s health. Moreover, the life of Bonsai is surprisingly long. In the evergreen variety, there are some Bonsai plants that exceed the 1000 year tree life. Bonsai improves little by little as long as it is kept alive. Will it not be fantastic for one to keep aging along with the Bonsai?
It is natural that we cannot speak to Bonsai or move it. It continues to endure quietly even if it is hungry, or it is hot, or attacked by disease, and waits for us to notice. Instead, if we take firm care, it will present a beautiful shape that is impossible to mimic using artificial materials. It is a highest luxury to be able to feel the change of the four seasons just before our eyes. We can mutually give and take, without making any complaint or having a contract. The mutual trust with such a bonsai gives "Comfort and Richness" to our life.
The appearance looks just like an ordinary rubber sheet, but a
glass is placed over the rubber sheet, it is slightly pressed and then you can
see that the glass does not fall at all. It does not fall down even after
shaking. This scene will truly surprise you.
Now, Keiichi Tsuchiya wants to compete with this rubber sheet.
(Keiichi Tsuchiya is a professional race car driver. He is also
known as the "Drift King" for his nontraditional use of drifting in
non-drifting racing events and his role in popularizing drifting as a
motorsport.)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keiichi_Tsuchiya
The rubber sheet was place on the rear of the AE86 driven by
Keiichi Tsuchiya, and a glass was placed over that rubber sheet, and the car
was driven.
It was thought that it would definitely fell down!!
Somehow, the glass did not fell down.
Silicone non-slip eco sheet is a sheet that stops the slipping,
heat resistant, and environment friendly silicon material.
This is used to stop the slippage of important tableware,
television, stand, vase, telephone, interior, mobile phone, smart phone,
personal computers etc. during earthquake.
Silicon is heatproof and heat resistant (High temperature limit
+150°C to +170°C). It has an excellent low temperature resistance (Low
temperature limit -70°C to -90°C). The
performance doesn't change inside a car during hot summer.
ASIMO
is the first and real two-legged robot in the world developed by HONDA. It can
freely walk, ascend and descend the steps, turn, and also dance. A more
friendly design was adopted. The name of “ASIMO” is abbreviation of “Advanced
Step in Innovative Mobility”. It was said that the cartoon character “Astro boy”
(Also called “Mighty atom” in English, and called as “Tetsuwan Atom” in
Japanese language) by Mr.Osamu Tezuka was
one of the motive in the development.
The
robot development by Honda was secretly done from the year 1986 based on the
consideration that there is lot of scope for pioneering in the mobility, which
is different from the traditional vehicles like car and bike etc. Following the
development of E series (experiment type with only the lower half of the body)
and P series (Human model prototype), the formal announcement of the model called
P2 (prototype 2) was made in 1996.
E0 model, 1986
E1 model, 1987
E2 model, 1989
E3 model, 1991
E4 model, 1991
E5 model, 1992
E6 model, 1993
P1 model, 1993
P2 model, 1996
P3 model, 1997
P4 model, 2000
ASIMO, 2000
ASIMO, 2005
ASIMO, 2011
The
research and development at the Waseda University announced the two-legged
robot as the state-of-the-art. At the time of the announcement, the robot
researchers in the world were greatly astonished because it was a Human type
autonomous two-legged robot that surpassed the standards of the university
laboratory. Then, the P3 model was announcement that brought the shape close to
the humans, and then the present ASIMO was announced in the year 2000. Thereafter
the cost reduction and weight reduction are under progress.
