42 Hours of Buckminster Fuller might be just the vision we need

Re:42 Hours of Buckminster Fuller might be just the vision w... by chr1 on Saturday August 10, 2019 @01:14AM (#20660320)

One of his ideas that i like the most is the cloud nine, mile wide sphere that floats using only a small difference in air temperature. It seems impractical and not very useful until you realize it is a perfect tool for weather manipulation. Floating above clouds and changing its reflexivity a swarm of these can be used to produce clouds and decrease temperature or to remove the clouds.

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Re:42 Hours of Buckminster Fuller might be just the vision w... by newguy1234 on Saturday August 10, 2019 @01:43AM (#20660416)

The tensegrity sphere is definitely an interesting idea for sure. I like the ideas that fuller presented overall because it really shows the essence of innovation - you must first see the vision in your head for it to become a reality. Then you determine if it is realistic to build and so on but it is all the same - you must see the vision.

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Re:42 Hours of Buckminster Fuller might be just the vision w... by new2628 on Saturday August 10, 2019 @11:42AM (#20662660)

It also helps that as a famous person one can take credit for other people's vision.

In case of tensegrity in particular: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth_Snelson

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Re:42 Hours of Buckminster Fuller might be just the vision w... by tomcam on Saturday August 10, 2019 @12:07PM (#20662815)

It gets more interesting: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karlis_Johansons

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Re:42 Hours of Buckminster Fuller might be just the vision w... by GuiA on Saturday August 10, 2019 @11:40AM (#20662644)

Great, can’t wait for a bunch of corporations to play fast and loose with climate control to boost their short term profitability, while we don’t fully comprehend the magnitude of secondary effect chains we’ve unleashed on the planet until many decades later.

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