The Three (Half) Rings
The planet of Torus 1.5 was famous throughout the galactic disc for this strange structure. It appeared to defy gravity. Visitors came from far and wide to view and study the structure and made of the majority of the planet's economy.
Was the structure the work of a canny entrepreneur with a talent for structural engineering or an ancient alien artefact? Nobody knew...
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This a Lego tensegrity structure, inspired by Steve Mould's short video, over on YouTube. The video reminded me of a structure I built when tensegrity was a short-lived Lego fashion. Technically its predecessor was a series of stacked pendula.
There are more images on Instagram.
The Three (Half) Rings
The planet of Torus 1.5 was famous throughout the galactic disc for this strange structure. It appeared to defy gravity. Visitors came from far and wide to view and study the structure and made of the majority of the planet's economy.
Was the structure the work of a canny entrepreneur with a talent for structural engineering or an ancient alien artefact? Nobody knew...
+++++++++++++++++++++++++
This a Lego tensegrity structure, inspired by Steve Mould's short video, over on YouTube. The video reminded me of a structure I built when tensegrity was a short-lived Lego fashion. Technically its predecessor was a series of stacked pendula.
There are more images on Instagram.