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29 December, 2008

Tensegrity, compression islands in a sea of tensions

Tensegrity, basic principle named after Buckminster Fuller (1895-1983) mid-twentieth century that applies to structures that are equipped with tensional integrity (Tensegrity = tensional + integrity).Tensegrity system is one that is in a stable self-balanced and consists of a set of discontinuous compression components within [...]