Hadigaun Festival - Nepal

Hadigaun Festival - Nepal

A man rotates a traditional chariot during a celebration of the Hadigaun festival in Kathmandu, Nepal, October 8, 2025. The Hadigaun festival is celebrated every year after the Dashain festival. Photo by Hari Maharjan/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

Nationwide Emergency Simulation Drill In India

Nationwide Emergency Simulation Drill In India

Civil defence member rotates a hand cranked siren as other personnel take part in the nationwide war preparedness drill, in Guwahati, India on May 7, 2025. Nationwide war preparedness drills are conducted to strengthen India’s national defence readiness and prepare for potential threats, particularly in light of ongoing tensions with Pakistan. Photo by David Talukdar/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

Zhongtiao Mountain Wind Farm in Yuncheng

Zhongtiao Mountain Wind Farm in Yuncheng

YUNCHENG, CHINA - NOVEMBER 21, 2024 - Wind power equipment rotates against the wind at Zhongtiao Mountain wind farm in Yuncheng, Shanxi Province, China, November 21, 2024.

Zhongtiao Mountain Wind Farm in Yuncheng

Zhongtiao Mountain Wind Farm in Yuncheng

YUNCHENG, CHINA - NOVEMBER 21, 2024 - Wind power equipment rotates against the wind at Zhongtiao Mountain wind farm in Yuncheng, Shanxi Province, China, November 21, 2024.

Zhongtiao Mountain Wind Farm in Yuncheng

Zhongtiao Mountain Wind Farm in Yuncheng

YUNCHENG, CHINA - NOVEMBER 21, 2024 - Wind power equipment rotates against the wind at Zhongtiao Mountain wind farm in Yuncheng, Shanxi Province, China, November 21, 2024.

Zhongtiao Mountain Wind Farm in Yuncheng

Zhongtiao Mountain Wind Farm in Yuncheng

YUNCHENG, CHINA - NOVEMBER 21, 2024 - Wind power equipment rotates against the wind at Zhongtiao Mountain wind farm in Yuncheng, Shanxi Province, China, November 21, 2024.

Zhongtiao Mountain Wind Farm in Yuncheng

Zhongtiao Mountain Wind Farm in Yuncheng

YUNCHENG, CHINA - NOVEMBER 21, 2024 - Wind power equipment rotates against the wind at Zhongtiao Mountain wind farm in Yuncheng, Shanxi Province, China, November 21, 2024.

Zhongtiao Mountain Wind Farm in Yuncheng

Zhongtiao Mountain Wind Farm in Yuncheng

YUNCHENG, CHINA - NOVEMBER 21, 2024 - Wind power equipment rotates against the wind at Zhongtiao Mountain wind farm in Yuncheng, Shanxi Province, China, November 21, 2024.

Zhongtiao Mountain Wind Farm in Yuncheng

Zhongtiao Mountain Wind Farm in Yuncheng

YUNCHENG, CHINA - NOVEMBER 21, 2024 - Wind power equipment rotates against the wind at Zhongtiao Mountain wind farm in Yuncheng, Shanxi Province, China, November 21, 2024.

Zhongtiao Mountain Wind Farm in Yuncheng

Zhongtiao Mountain Wind Farm in Yuncheng

YUNCHENG, CHINA - NOVEMBER 21, 2024 - Wind power equipment rotates against the wind at Zhongtiao Mountain wind farm in Yuncheng, Shanxi Province, China, November 21, 2024.

Zhongtiao Mountain Wind Farm in Yuncheng

Zhongtiao Mountain Wind Farm in Yuncheng

YUNCHENG, CHINA - NOVEMBER 21, 2024 - Wind power equipment rotates against the wind at Zhongtiao Mountain wind farm in Yuncheng, Shanxi Province, China, November 21, 2024.

Zhongtiao Mountain Wind Farm in Yuncheng

Zhongtiao Mountain Wind Farm in Yuncheng

YUNCHENG, CHINA - NOVEMBER 21, 2024 - Wind power equipment rotates against the wind at Zhongtiao Mountain wind farm in Yuncheng, Shanxi Province, China, November 21, 2024.

Zhongtiao Mountain Wind Farm in Yuncheng

Zhongtiao Mountain Wind Farm in Yuncheng

YUNCHENG, CHINA - NOVEMBER 21, 2024 - Wind power equipment rotates against the wind at Zhongtiao Mountain wind farm in Yuncheng, Shanxi Province, China, November 21, 2024.

Zhongtiao Mountain Wind Farm in Yuncheng

Zhongtiao Mountain Wind Farm in Yuncheng

YUNCHENG, CHINA - NOVEMBER 21, 2024 - Wind power equipment rotates against the wind at Zhongtiao Mountain wind farm in Yuncheng, Shanxi Province, China, November 21, 2024.

Zhongtiao Mountain Wind Farm in Yuncheng

Zhongtiao Mountain Wind Farm in Yuncheng

YUNCHENG, CHINA - NOVEMBER 21, 2024 - Wind power equipment rotates against the wind at Zhongtiao Mountain wind farm in Yuncheng, Shanxi Province, China, November 21, 2024.

Mountaintop Wind Power Generation in Yichun, China

Mountaintop Wind Power Generation in Yichun, China

YICHUN, CHINA - AUGUST 12, 2023 - A wind power facility rotates under a blue sky and white clouds at the peak of Bajiao Mountain in Yichun City, Jiangxi Province, China, August 12, 2023.

Mountaintop Wind Power Generation in Yichun, China

Mountaintop Wind Power Generation in Yichun, China

YICHUN, CHINA - AUGUST 12, 2023 - A wind power facility rotates under a blue sky and white clouds at the peak of Bajiao Mountain in Yichun City, Jiangxi Province, China, August 12, 2023.

Mountaintop Wind Power Generation in Yichun, China

Mountaintop Wind Power Generation in Yichun, China

YICHUN, CHINA - AUGUST 12, 2023 - A wind power facility rotates under a blue sky and white clouds at the peak of Bajiao Mountain in Yichun City, Jiangxi Province, China, August 12, 2023.

Mountaintop Wind Power Generation in Yichun, China

Mountaintop Wind Power Generation in Yichun, China

YICHUN, CHINA - AUGUST 12, 2023 - A wind power facility rotates under a blue sky and white clouds at the peak of Bajiao Mountain in Yichun City, Jiangxi Province, China, August 12, 2023.

Mountaintop Wind Power Generation in Yichun, China

Mountaintop Wind Power Generation in Yichun, China

YICHUN, CHINA - AUGUST 12, 2023 - A wind power facility rotates under a blue sky and white clouds at the peak of Bajiao Mountain in Yichun City, Jiangxi Province, China, August 12, 2023.

Mountaintop Wind Power Generation in Yichun, China

Mountaintop Wind Power Generation in Yichun, China

YICHUN, CHINA - AUGUST 12, 2023 - A wind power facility rotates under a blue sky and white clouds at the peak of Bajiao Mountain in Yichun City, Jiangxi Province, China, August 12, 2023.

Ukrainian Bread Festival at Pyrohiv Museum

Ukrainian Bread Festival at Pyrohiv Museum

KYIV, UKRAINE - JULY 29, 2023 - A boy rotates millstones during the Ukrainian Bread Festival at the National Museum of Folk Architecture and Life in Pyrohiv, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine.

Japan's Asada at 3rd in Four Continents SP

Japan's Asada at 3rd in Four Continents SP

JEONJU, South Korea - Japan's Mao Asada under-rotates on a triple axel in the women's short program in the ISU Four Continents Figure Skating Championships at the Jeonju Hwasan Ice Arena in Jeonju, South Korea, on Jan. 27, 2010. The former world champion and Winter Olympic gold medal hope placed third in the program on the opening day of the competition, while compatriot Akiko Suzuki won the program.

Piezo Sonic's PSM60N-ET ultrasonic motor. Motor (front) and driver (back)

Piezo Sonic's PSM60N-ET ultrasonic motor. Motor (front) and driver (back)

Piezo Sonic (Setagaya-ku, Tokyo) has released a high-torque ultrasonic motor, the PSM60N. The ultrasonic motor rotates by minute vibrations and frictional force. Since it does not use coils and magnets, it can be used in high magnetic field environments such as magnetic resonance tomography (MRI) systems.The company's ultrasonic motor uses a piezoelectric element to vibrate a ring with a comb-shaped slit. When the rotor (rotating body) is brought into contact with the ring, the vibration of the teeth is transmitted to the rotor, which rotates. The comb tooth structure amplifies the vibration. We chose a material with high friction to increase the torque. The maximum torque is 1.2 Newton meters, which is 5 to 10 times higher than a DC motor of the same size. The motor is also equipped with an optical encoder. (Photo taken on December 4, 2019, credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images)

Man sharpening blades using bicycle in India

Man sharpening blades using bicycle in India

A man operates his blade-sharpening business using a bicycle converted into a sharpener in Mumbai, western India, on Sept. 8, 2015. By pedaling the rear tire of the bicycle sitting on a street, the man rotates a disk-shaped sharpener installed near the handlebars. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Man sharpening blades using bicycle in India

Man sharpening blades using bicycle in India

A man operates his blade-sharpening business using a bicycle converted into a sharpener in Mumbai, western India, on Sept. 8, 2015. By pedaling the rear tire of the bicycle sitting on a street, the man rotates a disk-shaped sharpener installed near the handlebars. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Disaster area in Miyagi

Disaster area in Miyagi

MINAMISANRIKU, Japan - A woman rotates playground equipment in rubble in Minamisanriku, Miyagi Prefecture, on April 17, 2011. Smoke filled the area as firefighters were burning rubble. (Kyodo)

Japan's Asada at 3rd in Four Continents SP

Japan's Asada at 3rd in Four Continents SP

JEONJU, South Korea - Japan's Mao Asada under-rotates on a triple axel in the women's short program in the ISU Four Continents Figure Skating Championships at the Jeonju Hwasan Ice Arena in Jeonju, South Korea, on Jan. 27, 2010. The former world champion and Winter Olympic gold medal hope placed third in the program on the opening day of the competition, while compatriot Akiko Suzuki won the program. (Kyodo)

Rice Harvest in China

Rice Harvest in China

The harrow marks made by the tractor as it rotates the rice on the sunning grounds are beautiful. Suqian, Jiangsu Province, China, October 19, 2020. Hongze Lake farm 50 thousand mu of rice harvesting.

Rice Harvest in China

Rice Harvest in China

The harrow marks made by the tractor as it rotates the rice on the sunning grounds are beautiful. Suqian, Jiangsu Province, China, October 19, 2020. Hongze Lake farm 50 thousand mu of rice harvesting.

Rice Harvest in China

Rice Harvest in China

The harrow marks made by the tractor as it rotates the rice on the sunning grounds are beautiful. Suqian, Jiangsu Province, China, October 19, 2020. Hongze Lake farm 50 thousand mu of rice harvesting.

Rice Harvest in China

Rice Harvest in China

The harrow marks made by the tractor as it rotates the rice on the sunning grounds are beautiful. Suqian, Jiangsu Province, China, October 19, 2020. Hongze Lake farm 50 thousand mu of rice harvesting.

Rice Harvest in China

Rice Harvest in China

The harrow marks made by the tractor as it rotates the rice on the sunning grounds are beautiful. Suqian, Jiangsu Province, China, October 19, 2020. Hongze Lake farm 50 thousand mu of rice harvesting.

Rice Harvest in China

Rice Harvest in China

The harrow marks made by the tractor as it rotates the rice on the sunning grounds are beautiful. Suqian, Jiangsu Province, China, October 19, 2020. Hongze Lake farm 50 thousand mu of rice harvesting.

Rice Harvest in China

Rice Harvest in China

The harrow marks made by the tractor as it rotates the rice on the sunning grounds are beautiful. Suqian, Jiangsu Province, China, October 19, 2020. Hongze Lake farm 50 thousand mu of rice harvesting.

Rice Harvest in China

Rice Harvest in China

The harrow marks made by the tractor as it rotates the rice on the sunning grounds are beautiful. Suqian, Jiangsu Province, China, October 19, 2020. Hongze Lake farm 50 thousand mu of rice harvesting.

Rice Harvest in China

Rice Harvest in China

The harrow marks made by the tractor as it rotates the rice on the sunning grounds are beautiful. Suqian, Jiangsu Province, China, October 19, 2020. Hongze Lake farm 50 thousand mu of rice harvesting.

Soy sauce maker invents hula hoop-like activity to promote tradition

Soy sauce maker invents hula hoop-like activity to promote tradition

A man rotates a Taga Hoop during an event in Hekinan, Aichi Prefecture in July 2016. Japanese soy sauce and miso fermented soybean paste makers have been holding competitions to hula "taga," or the bamboo hoop used to fasten the wooden barrel that holds the fermented products, in a bid to maintain the condiments' traditional production method. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo