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How to Build a RanDome Geodesic Emergency Shelter

Flatten the sheet material as best as possible with a hammer or other heavy object. Aluminum is the best choice for material for its resistance to fire, water, UV rays, insects and deterioration. In an emergency situation however, you must search your surroundings to find any lightweight, flexible sheet materials. A variety of materials can be combined into one structure if necessary. Consider street signs, corrugated steel roof shingles,  upholstery, cardboard, plywood or plastic soda bottles... View Full Article

 

 

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my friend at tensegrity wiki

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Thanks go to http://tensegrity.wikispaces.com/ for a wicked good job putting together and maintaining a scientific tensegrity wiki blog. It has pages and links to all things tensegrity. It's up to date, too.

http://tensegrity.wikispaces.com

Here is one link tensegrity.wiki has added today to the site which takes you to several of Adrian Rossiter's latest and  revolutionary jitterbug movies, inspired by Joe Clinton's jitterbugging tetrahedron. Thanks, Adrian. Thanks, Joe.

Dick

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BFI Challenge

How to Build a Randome Geodesic Emergency Shelter

RanDome entered the the first Buckminster Fuller Challenge. We didn't win but BFI documents that contest entry. It's a good brief explanation of the RanDome project.  http://challenge.bfi.org/application_summary/161

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