Re: Buckminster Fuller - Everything I Know (42 hours of video)
by notdrunkatall on Friday December 20, 2013 @10:43PM
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Although actively lethal seems like a bit of a stretch, I agree with the rest of your post. It seems that Bucky Fuller's greatest accomplishment was the geodesic dome, and even that was a result of his popularization of the dome, rather than its invention. A pity really, as I was somewhat excited be able to read a work entitled "everything I know" by someone whom I assumed was worth reading.
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Re: Buckminster Fuller - Everything I Know (42 hours of video)
by penrod on Thursday January 02, 2014 @07:24PM
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The Dymaxion car had three wheels, two at the front, with rear-wheel steering and the engine mounted at the back.
Imagine a car with the dynamic qualities of a Reliant Robin. Driven backwards.
Unsurprisingly, the car rolled over at the 1933 Chicago World's Fair, killing the driver and severely injuring two passengers.