The inspiration comes from an unlikely source: architecture. In the 1960s, architect and engineer Buckminster Fuller introduced a theory called tensegrity, short for “tensional integrity.” ...

His research interests are neuroscience, metamorphic systems (robotics and hardware), and synergetics (Buckminster Fuller)/tensegrity systems. He studied mathematics and logic at Mesa College and ...

Miriam hastened to add that Mrs. Fuller was along on the flight, and that “he meant love for everything, love for what was happening at the moment, love of ‘livingry’—one of his Fullermade ...

Fuller briefly joined the staff of LIFE, working on a “Dymaxion Globe”—a cut-out-and-fold map that was the first that displayed the round globe in flat facets without the distortion inherent ...

Fuller’s relationships are only running deeper, utilizing his network to become what English anointed “the most feared recruiter in basketball.” Providence is now building into a Big East ...

The term Tensegrity Structures was coined by structural engineer and architect Buckminster Fuller. Fuller used his creative genius to develop unconventional structures that maintain their stability, ...

When Snelson showed his first sculpture to Fuller, the architect coined the term ‘‘tensegrity’’ to describe the structure. Fuller later developed the geodesic dome using his theories about compression ...

What follows is an edited transcript of a previously unpublished conversation between Norman Foster and American inventor and visionary Richard Buckminster Fuller (1895-1983). This meeting took place ...