Much like sphere packing, crystalline materials can be similarly described via periodic packing of cylinders in 3D space. In this instance, the cylinders represented rods of strongly bonded atoms or ...

Aluminum, non-continuous push-pull compression struts, the 24" sphere rests on its original black, underlit pedestal and six pins that interlock with the metal struts ...

In this April 18 1979 photo, R. Buckminster Fuller holds up one of his inventions, a tensegrity sphere. The structure, made of rods and cables, was proposed as the basis for floating habitats known as ...

20 dia in (51 cm) overall: 64 h × 20 d 44 h × 10 w × 10 d in 163 × 51 cm 112 × 25 × 25 cm ...