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Tensegrity Icosahedron
Tensegrity, tensional integrity or floating compression, is a structural principle based on the use of isolated components in compression inside a net of continuous tension, in such a way that the compressed members (usually bars or struts) do not touch each other and the prestressed tensioned members (usually cables or tendons) delineate the system spatially.
The term tensegrity was coined by Buckminster Fuller as a contraction of tensional integrity. The other denomination of tensegrity, floating compression, was used mainly by Kenneth Snelson. Tensegrity as “The Architecture of Life” is an idea developed by Donald E. Ingber, explained in a January 1998 article in Scientific American and further discussed at the blog “Tensegrity”.
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Tensegrity Icosahedron
Tensegrity, tensional integrity or floating compression, is a structural principle based on the use of isolated components in compression inside a net of continuous tension, in such a way that the compressed members (usually bars or struts) do not touch each other and the prestressed tensioned members (usually cables or tendons) delineate the system spatially.
The term tensegrity was coined by Buckminster Fuller as a contraction of tensional integrity. The other denomination of tensegrity, floating compression, was used mainly by Kenneth Snelson. Tensegrity as “The Architecture of Life” is an idea developed by Donald E. Ingber, explained in a January 1998 article in Scientific American and further discussed at the blog “Tensegrity”.
