In a highly industrialized era, it is a bearing that makes the world go round. Take any industrial technology propelling the world forward, and chances are that there is a rotating or a rotary mechanism operating at its heart. Be it a pressing machine, pump, motor, bike, car, escalator, elevator, turbine, windmill, heavy equipment, or capital machinery- everywhere you look, you are likely to find the humble bearing, hidden from plain sight yet working away tirelessly in the background. Take the modest bearing out of the picture; one would be hard-pressed to recreate our modern manufacturing and economic edifice without it.