Tensegrity Explained

2021-01-14

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Tensegrity (or tensional integrity, or floating compression) is really counterintuitive. These bizarre structures can be explained quite nicely with a 2D version (you know I love to explain things with a 2D versions!).

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Previous videos where I explain something by making a 2D version:

Heron's fountain: /youtube/video/D07aJB0Blzw

Pythagorean syphon: /youtube/video/Cg8KQfaT9xY

The entropy video featuring the stirling engine: /youtube/video/w2iTCm0xpDc

The video featuring the rope tower: /youtube/video/a6jJzOc9gaE

Get your own tensegrity tables and Stirling engines from https://stirlingengine.co.uk

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