Tensegrity Demonstration

Demonstration of the strength and elasticity of a Tensegrity structure (R. Buckminster Fuller) by partially disassembling it. It is interesting to see how the structure degrades non-linearly. It is worth mentioning that the tension component of this structure is not elastic - it is high test mono-filament fishing line. In the video it looks like it could be rubber.

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Science & Technology

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• tensegrity
• r buckminster fuller

[bkesty]

Thanks for the tip. I will read A. Edmonson's text and make the required corrections.

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[daisheyaku]

The reverse/sped up part looked really cool. 

[floatingbonesjournal]

Thanks for sacrificing your tensegrity model for science. YouTube was made for great little videos like this.

One note: Kenneth Snelson was the inventor of these structures; he was studying under Fuller at the time. Bucky discussed the behavior of these structures in "Synergetics". Harvard professor Amy Edmondson followed up with a more readable "A Fuller Explanation" (free to read in its entirety on Google Books).