Tensegrity structures, characterised by the interplay of discontinuous compression elements and continuous tension elements, have emerged as a promising design paradigm in robotics. These ...
Of all the stories of art influencing science, tensegrity is one of the most far-reaching. On one level, tensegrity is a system of creating architecture or sculptures involving rods in compression and ...
A collapsible camera obscura and a bamboo tensegrity structure have been revealed as the two winning designs of the 2021 Antepavilion architecture commission in Hackney, London. The Antepavilion ...
While most of biology and medicine focus on the key roles genes and chemicals play in the formation and control of living systems, the spatial arrangement of the components that make up those systems ...
Teague’s 20/20 headphones are one of weirdest and most intriguing industrial designs I’ve ever seen. Instead of using the usual adjusting mechanisms to adapt to different heads’ shapes and sizes, they ...