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    integrity". Tensegrity is characterized by several foundational principles that define its unique properties: Continuous Tension: Fundamental to tensegrity, the...
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  • in 1995, whose stated purpose was "to sponsor Tensegrity workshops, classes and publications". Tensegrity seminars, books, and other merchandise were sold...
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  • in 'windriders', essentially large (approximately one-mile diameter) tensegrity bubbles that employ a hot-air lift mechanism. These windriders may also...
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    the development of tensegrity technology, Fuller invented the term "tensegrity", a portmanteau of "tensional integrity". "Tensegrity describes a structural-relationship...
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    Kurilpa Bridge is the world's largest hybrid tensegrity bridge. Only the horizontal spars conform to tensegrity principles. The Kurilpa Bridge is a multiple-mast...
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    struts and cables produces a widely-used tensegrity structure, also called the six-bar tensegrity, tensegrity icosahedron, or expanded octahedron. The...
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    edges of the Schönhardt polyhedron can be used to form a tensegrity structure called the tensegrity prism, with compression elements for its non-convex edges...
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  • articulated in Needle Tower. The structure style displayed is known as "tensegrity," a description given by Snelson's former professor Buckminster Fuller...
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  • Narukawa had designed a simplified tensegrity modeling manual which he presented in his master thesis 'Tensegrity Modeling Manual' in 1996. The manual...
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    Fuller named tensegrity. Fuller gave the idea its name, combining 'tension' and 'structural integrity.' Kārlis Johansons had exhibited tensegrity sculptures...
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