Tensegrity Explained

The first 1000 people to use this link will get a free trial of Skillshare Premium Membership: https://skl.sh/stevemould01211 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!). I found out after uploading that the Lego model is the creation of a YouTuber! Check out their channel: Previous videos where I explain something by making a 2D version: Heron's fountain: https://www.seevid.ir/fa/w/D07aJB0Blzw Pythagorean syphon: https://www.seevid.ir/fa/w/Cg8KQfaT9xY The entropy video featuring the stirling engine: https://www.seevid.ir/fa/w/w2iTCm0xpDc The video featuring the rope tower: https://www.seevid.ir/fa/w/a6jJzOc9gaE Get your own tensegrity tables and Stirling engines from https://stirlingengine.co.uk/ Credits: All NASA footage is copyright NASA You can buy my books here: https://stevemould.com/books You can support me on Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/stevemould just like these amazing people: Nathan Williams Matthew Cocke Glenn Watson Mark Brouwer Joseph Rocca Joël van der Loo Doug Peterson Yuh Saito Rashid Al M Paul Warelis Will Ackerly Marcel K Twitter: http://twitter.com/moulds Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stevemouldscience/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/stevemouldscience/ Buy nerdy maths things: