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Submitted by robin398 on Fri, 2008-09-12 16:53.
Private long driveway to secluded private home with treetop views. This sophisticated geodesic home sits on almost 2 acres on a cul-de-sac street. Backyard abuts conservation land. Great new construction potential. Close to Armonk, Bedford and Greenwich, CT. Come see this oasis for yourself. Call for details. Motivated seller.
Please call Robin Lynch, Teardowns.com, at 914-315-6182 or email me at rlynch@teardowns.com for more details.
Submitted by Deril Catstone on Mon, 2008-08-18 10:00.
I'm about to delve in to college life but want walk away from it with abilities and knowledge to change the world - Bucky style.
As I assume, most people who read this are through with college - if not involved with its perpetuation - If you were to return to university for the first time again, what would you do different? Where would you focus your efforts? What subjects would you place first and last on your list?
What direction would you take to give the most by following Fuller's footsteps?
I'm very intrigued to read the responses, if any.
Thanks,
-DC
Submitted by Polyman on Thu, 2008-07-31 17:16.
I want to construct a 15m diameter, frequency 3, 4/9 truncation geodesic dome entirely of thick walled (ideally 200-300 mm S grade Polystyrene) panels. The panels will be longitudinally finger jointed (a sinusoidal wave pattern of 25mm depth) along their edges so that once the dome is completed a single panel would be mechanically held in place and could not be dislodged even if there was localised failure of the
Submitted by Michael Russo on Wed, 2008-07-16 15:19.
Not knowing exactly what "Design Science" is, I contend Bucky's Floating Breakwater - U.S. PATENT - 4,136,994 - has more potential NOW than it did in 1977. Is anyone prepared to produced one of these things? We have a location on Narragansett Bay in Providence, RI, that could definitely benefit from the installation of this technology. Please visit us at www.savebay.org to find out more. Very truly to yours, Michael Russo, Save the Bay Facilites Manager
Submitted by DomeMountain on Mon, 2008-03-17 12:10.
Having to add a permanent heating and cooling system to the Dome will be quite a trick. I had hoped to use radiant heating, maybe hooked to a geothermal system, but the cost will be way to much. I left space in the floor as I built because I didn't realize that I should have put the tubes in the cement base as I poured the original floor. Now I have sections of six inch rises and 4 inch rises. I was going to put 2 inches of insulation down and tubing and then pour cement on top. So much for trying to fix my mistakes.
Submitted by Springs on Sun, 2008-02-24 09:05.
Manufacturing shell elements netted in a special machine-similar to the ribosome living cells.
For residents in the building- mobile phone and the Internet.
It is necessary to synthesis of knowledge about genetics, mechanics and architecture to create
fantastic architectural diversity and sustainable development.
Made mini "House-sphere ARK" (puppet theatre) for children with limited abilities.
Stability of the future - is to use the structure of DNA. I believe that
New technology will help solve the problems of housing and creation
a stable civil society.
Submitted by aidomes on Tue, 2008-02-19 13:44.
Dome Owners Creating Web Pages to Display Their Progress
February 19, 2008 -
Some of American Ingenuity’s Dome enthusiasts created websites and blogs to spread the word.
In the British Virgin Islands, Craig’s Dome is coming along beautiful. There is the most breath taking view. See his pictures and even order prints at: http://picasaweb.google.com/MirkoSangers/CraigDomeBVI?authkey=AnY4kGwflwY
Submitted by pollock1985 on Wed, 2007-11-07 11:08.
Hi,
I'm about to start my dissertation on the effects of holes and openings in Geodesic Domes. I have never dealt with geodesic domes in the past, and have little/no experience in the structural analysis of them.
There isn't a lot of information in my uni library, and am wondering if anyone knows of any good literature on the subject. Even if you know of any good books on the subject of geodesic domes would help greatly.
Any help would be appriciated.
Thanks very much,
Andrew
Submitted by jon_van_meter on Sun, 2007-10-14 11:59.
In creating equality for all people, we need to address the question of basic needs for all of humanity, shelter, sanitation, communication, vocation, political representation, these among others are necessary for a planetary evolution from the money game to a growing society. I think that an artifact must be mass produced that enables each human to participate in the effective use of our planetary resources.
Submitted by jsmith on Tue, 2007-09-18 02:20.
hi,
i designed a typeface a few years ago, imposing the rules of the c60 / buckyball structure to letters etc, with the nodes and connectors becoming the design of the letterforms.
i'm looking to return to it in the near future, completing a lower case, and improving the upper case.
i was contacted a while back about using it on a book cover about buckyballs / rbf etc, which didnt amount to anything in the end, so i thought i'd post a pdf of it here, to see if anyone's interested in it in any way.
thanks
james
Submitted by bertr on Thu, 2007-09-13 23:24.
I would like to start a talk about the following:
The possibilities of Designing and Constructing a Monolithic Glass or Growth Crystal Dome. The ultimate goal is to have a relatively self-sustaining stable environment, capable of supporting a population of 500 to 2500 inhabitants, with a micro economy for basic support and trade internally and externally. so we are talking here of a rather large dome with a ground base diameter of from 500 to 1500 meters. This will most likely turn out to be a true half dome, with a possible portion under ground elevation.
Submitted by godson78 on Wed, 2007-08-29 20:24.
Does anyone know where you can get kit domes in Europe?
Thanks,
Lloyd
Submitted by Dick Fischbeck on Fri, 2007-08-24 17:08.
Ultra-low-cost jails are becoming the thing, sad as that is. This short article is very informative regardless of the context. For example, fire alarms are essential.
Dick
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Submitted by ammarvi on Sun, 2007-08-12 15:40.
First of all, i want to apologise because of my horrible english, i´m from Spain and i´m not used to write in this language.
I´m trying to project a stand made of glass spheres.
Each sphere has different radius and they are conected between them.
The glass is curved, and the stand has to be portable, so the structure mustn´t be fixed.
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