Transairity. Camp Elsewhere's Tensegrity shade structures. Camp Elsewhere's Tensegrity Shade Structures The idea behind a tensegrity structure is that the solid members are loaded under pure compression with ropes or cables providing all the tension.
This allows them to be very strong while using a minimum amount of materials. Soda Straw Tensegrity Structures. This page shows a relatively quick and easy method for making simple but fascinating tensegrity structures.
The only materials needed are plastic soda straws, small paper clips, and rubber bands. The assembled tensegrity structures are polyhedral forms which vividly illustrate the separate forces of tension and compression. They are robust enough to squeeze and jiggle. Team Syntegrity CD ROM. On September 25, 1996 a research project directed by professors Raúl Espejo, University of Humberside, England and Markus Schwaninger, University of St.
Gallen, Switzerland, reached its culmination: A festschrift3 for his seventieth birthday was handed over to Stafford Beer, the founder of management cybernetics4 . This commemorative publication is the result of a model-based interaction carried out mainly via electronic media, of 30 cyberneticians from sixteen countries and four continents. The ceremonial act took place at John Moores University, Liverpool which houses the Stafford Beer Collection. The project was supported by a considerable donation from the Stiftung für Systemorientiertes Management (Foundation for System Oriented Management, Chairman: Prof.
Hans Ulrich). Flextegrity, Inc. - Technology in Icosahedron/ Advanced Materials/ Advanced Structures - Home.