TENSEGRITY - How to Build "Impossible" Structures

[@kylehill]

*Thanks for watching you wonderful geeks! If you try this at home, tweet me some photos*

[@joedemelfie5509]

This is actually pretty neat. Might have to try it as a craft day with my family. So how much weight can it hold?

[@onerbreziar]

I do not have Tweet :( I used Instagram

[@Hacker1MC]

Amazing video with a thorough explanation on how to do the robot- I mean build a tensegrity structure. I did this as a school-at-home project for my Engineering class 2 weeks ago, but I made it using cardboard, duck tape, and kite string. Let's just say it did not last very long...

[@B00s3]

@@joedemelfie5509 Exactly what I was thinking, how much weight... Maybe it could be tested in an Office Hours live stream.

[@gianlucasarperi3197]

What about 3d printing one... Maybe I'll try...

[@dernudel1615]

You don't move around too much. Your movements and gesticulations show how enthusiastic you are about what you're talking about. That enthusiasm (and to be fair, the generally awesome content,) is why a lot of us are here. Keep up the awesome work, and spare a few "extra" movements to shake off the haters.

[@B00s3]

☝️This comment, it is the winner for this video. 💯 Keep on moving Kyle.

[@tsukiko3517]

Exactly! You're just animated which means you enjoy what you're talking about! It helps people stay engaged too as your energy kind of transfers over (at least for me).

[@MistahBryan]

I was trying to say the same, but Der Nudel phrased it perfectly :) If you did the opposite and simply stood static, we'd tune the topic out and not learn anything.

[@grat3436]

Agreed and it would be boring if you didn't move at all.

[@GAROU-THEGODSLAYER]

As a long time fan...I love this comment😍😍

[@John73John]

7:08 "It's just a perfect balance of compression and tension forces." So what you're saying is that it's perfectly balanced, as all things should be.

[@luminusprime]

"Did you do it?" "Yes." "What did it cost?" "About forty bucks."

[@John73John]

@@luminusprime The most stable structures require the strongest tensegrity.

[@GAROU-THEGODSLAYER]

Little one its a simple physics.

[@tobechukwuoffurum5974]

40 bucks, a small price to pay for tensegrity

[@CerealExperimentsMizuki]

Thanos memes.

[@Reac2]

I love how some rooms in THE FACILITY just look like normal living space.

[@IneffableParadox]

Well, they do have normal living people.

[@tylermadison6896]

It's so you don't have to worry how he eats and breaths, and other science facts

[@B00s3]

You can't run accurate tests on humans without mimicking there "natural" living environments.

[@natanoj16]

@@tylermadison6896 why does he need to eat and breath. I mean he lived in the void for years.

[@gamingelementalist6725]

SCP Foundation?

[@rossgoosen7269]

Hey Kyle, love the show! Don’t be self-conscious about moving around a lot, I really enjoy your animosity, it adds a feeling of excitement that I (and I’m sure some of your other viewers) really like.

[@sergiomachado2983]

Exactly I find more engaging rather than just staying stiff all the time

[@Pro_Triforcer]

I do occasionally enjoy me some animosity too, but that's probably not the word you wanted to use :P

[@Daniel-gz3mj]

Right. It's one of the charms of the show. The excitement to learn something new.

[@gwouru]

Animosity - Strong hostility Animation is what you're after.

[@rainydaylady6596]

Autocorrect strikes again?

[@VFenris6184]

Kyle: “I’m not a super villain. I’m not a spider person.” Me:*gasp* “hes a spider villain!”

[@salimaa9209]

@@jackschitt1709 i don't think so because venom is sludge. Other than that what would he be called kyleder man?

[@salimaa9209]

@@jackschitt1709 whats the spider?

[@odinson5911]

He's a villain who uses lightning.

[@salimaa9209]

@@odinson5911 guys! we need spider puns since he's a *spider* villain

[@sixstix965]

Brain too big

[@liamjohnston2000]

7:09 Perfectly balanced, as all things should be.

[@Nullermanden]

Get this man some likes!

[@WolfRamAndHart]

Kyle can;t hold back his alter-egos admiration for Thanos.

[@JoSan3]

i dunno, this sentence reminds me of yorkshire tea gold somehow

[@salimaa9209]

@@WolfRamAndHart *semi colon intenifies*

[@fenrisulfr3558]

Kyle: "I am not a spider person." Me:*wispers "Yet!"

[@alekseykuleshov111]

Instantly imagine mixture of spider man and bird person

[@nylotical]

* whispers

[@Sean_Lightning_OBrien]

Can confirm as a civil engineering student we study statics ALL THR TIME. Ive made a few of these out of lego.

[@kylehill]

Sean O'Brien Then we took the same classes!

[@devonking8727]

@@kylehill I failed those so hard the first time, but got through eventually :P

[@danese1636]

before Kyle did the explanation I looked at the structure and said the exact same things he was going to say. I had an awesome statics prof!

[@noodel3374]

I didn't knew that thor isn't just intelligent, but also a DIY person

[@paraicmchugh5468]

Well, he does use a hammer a lot.

[@jessehudgins6066]

Lol he left because science probably for that reason

[@jackychang9148]

Know*

[@aceanimations3214]

I'm studying engineering. I'm right now in physics II. We're learning translational and rotational equilibrium. How did you know Kyle? How did you know you had post this video right now?

[@salimaa9209]

he learnt everything in the void and is now omniscient

[@BluDynamo]

He always watching, man. Always....and everyone.

[@GAROU-THEGODSLAYER]

The all-knowing evil genius overlord😈😈.All hail kyle hill.

[@JarieSuicune]

He has the Basilisk... it can just tell him?

[@Blockschrott]

the coolest Version of a Tensegrity Structure I've seen so far, was a Sculpture of a Plain hold by three strings and two Magnets, positioned to repel each other

[@Dr.Fluffles]

Now I want a version of this with the center being a hidden magnet, lol. Confuse everyone!

[@epicmangamer4160]

Ferarn McÆternitum genius

[@julesverne4339]

Very cool idea.👍

[@julesverne4339]

Very cool idea.👍

[@d34dR0d3n7]

And/or fishing line, which is almost transparent. Actually...I may get some foam-core and build a small one for my desk like that. Need to figure out something to make the hooks out of that would be hard to see as well.

[@akshaykumar_r]

Dammit Kyle is conscious about his movement noooo xD

[@kevinj9059]

Just wait till he becomes conscious about his pronunciation of certain words beginning with vowels. Once I noticed it, I can't not notice it: uh-mmense (immense), uh-fficient (efficient), etc... It's like waiting for a Canadian to say "about."

[@docmccrimmon4489]

"Can you talk without waving your hands about?" "Yes!" As he's gesturing. "No." He's the eleventh Doctor. But with longer hair and no bowtie. Bet he'd rock a fez, though.

[@docmccrimmon4489]

@@bigmicproductions I was talking about the gesticulations, not the pronunciations. And my reference was Doctor Who, specifically Day of the Doctor. War Doctor asked 11 if he could talk without waving his hands about. And 11 replies he can, while waving his hands about, thus corrects himself with a no.

[@zachh6868]

"We are going to build this using nothing but physics" No wood. No metal. No plastic. We will conjure physics from the void 🙂

[@SethCrescent]

Hey Kyle, amazing work there. You mentioned before that when an object's mass is large enough to become a planet, it will become a sphere due to its centre of gravity/mass. Does that mean that massive fictional characters like Galactus from the Marvel Comics cannot possibly exist in it's humanoid shape? Would really appreciate if you could answer this, this question have been in my head for the longest time, thanks!

[@umbrascitor2079]

Galactus can probably be human shaped as long as he isn't as massive as he looks -- that is, if he has very low density. His bodily structure would have to be mostly hollow and have powerful active support architecture, but I think it can be done. If you saw him up close he'd look more like a megastructure than a man, though. The biggest challenge for Galactus is that he wouldn't be able to move anything like a human can. If he were to bend his arm, for example, instead of his forearm moving in one stiff line like waving a stick, his arm would bend in a wave motion like cracking a whip. When you're the size of Galactus, it takes a long time for a motion that starts at the elbow to travel all the way down to the hand, and if he tries to move too fast he'll overstress whatever material he's made out of and break his arm, if not rip off a part of it entirely and send it hurtling through space. You could possibly solve this problem by having thrusters down the length of his arm, pushing harder as they get closer to the hand, so that the arm still effectively moves like a rigid structure. It's basically using coordinated thrusters to mimic human-like movement the way you play with the articulations on an action figure. Although when you're the size of Galactus, you have to consider the speed of light: it's hard to send the proper signals to those distant thrusters to get them aligned properly when you're dealing with minutes, hours, days, or whatever of signal lag, and it's worse when their orientation in space (and thus distance apart) is constantly changing. Of course, you can always solve that problem by breaking the laws of physics with superpowers. Then he can just do whatever he wants.

[@albertobaruco3943]

Well if we get nerdy, Galactus isn't really human-shaped, he is if i remember correctly a sort godlike entity made out of pure energy , but he projects himself in the same form of the race/species that is looking at him

[@GAROU-THEGODSLAYER]

He is made of pure energy and therefore weightless.

[@reubenneate3492]

@@GAROU-THEGODSLAYER E=MC² my dude. Einstein proved that mass and energy aren't too different of a thing

[@LightyMiner]

So basically a tent with extra steps?

[@christianheichel]

No no no You're supposed to build your tent on top of those three strings over there lol

[@alfiemcfarland2932]

Isn't it easier to put together than a tent?

[@andrewince8824]

@@alfiemcfarland2932 depends. After 12 beers it's easy to put the tent together, or maybe you just won't care that it's not up properly. Either way, it'll provide a serviceable tent in ten minutes.

[@MrTeen-ul7yc]

Well someone's getting laid in college

[@steeljawX]

@@alfiemcfarland2932 Depends if you're an officer or not. If you are, you just tell all the recru- oh wait, you meant actual camping.

[@Cindercrown]

@Kyle Hill, you're not moving around too much, you're just being express with your hands. I often find myself doing this even if I talk to people via TeamSpeak or Discord (no video conversation). What I mean to say is, if it helps you to express yourself don't stop it!

[@edenoftheeast1739]

2:18 well i personally prefer tabels with 3 or 4 legs...

[@jacobrodrig8]

What if the two legs are giant. That way there's no tipping

[@CthulhuTheory]

"I'm not a spider person!" Exactly what a secret spider person would say!!!

[@VegetaLF7]

Right? First he goes on and on about how he totally isn't a super villain, now he's trying to convince us he isn't a spider person. I think we're on to something here...

[@smolmouse5320]

this video may be older, and maybe it’s just the italian theatre kid in me, but i find your constant motion comforting rather than jarring. not to mention tensegrity is one of my favorite topics, but i find a lot of the videos on it incredibly slow and harder to watch, so i really appreciate you covering it in your own style!

[@NPrinceling]

Kyle's pretty handy with that hammer. Like he's worthy of it.

[@joshmaxwellreinerallen3521]

Yes! I won’t be able to do this but think a montage of all the faculty’s sculptures would be amazing

[@ChipTech2000]

Statics!!! I love statics, one of my favorite courses I took at my college, makes me love these Tensegrity sculptures even more!

[@captianbacon]

If I would've had a science teacher half as interesting as you in high-school I probably would've gone into science...

[@Eneov]

You don't move too much, you do you man. I'd rather someone be animated and energetic than just stand there. 👍

[@bradschultz1470]

You don;t more around too much in your videos. I think your gestures emphasize your point. Keep making them!

[@JubeiKibagamiFez]

Keep up the amazing work, Kyle. You move around just enough. It helps to keep the attention on you while the camera is on you, and the cut aways work for the diagrams and graphs.

[@sisi7304]

Hey Kyle! I said this on discord but I’ll also say it here. Amazing episode today! I loved the “at home project” aspect to the episode, and I might as well make one, if I have the materials, cause it is so interesting and awesome to look at and make yourself! I love the interesting science of tension lasagna aka spider silk! I do want to say that, although spider silk is so strong, stronger than steel, it is delicate that it is hard to actually bundle up to be as thick as steel, so in practice we cannot use it quite yet. The overall science of static physics is really interesting as well, and is presented in a way most people who aren’t nerds can understand, even though nerds know tension lasagnas are much more complex than in the diagrams! Thank you for this amazing content during these time, please continue forward with these great videos, they make my day whenever they are released!

[@jaredrobinson7071]

I love the way you "move around too much." some of us learn visually. even basic hand motions can emphasize a point.

[@edwin_thegreat9769]

Took a static’s class and it’s so fun watching someone explain it again in a different way to understand it in more ways than one

[@THATGuy5654]

Even as he describes how he's trying not to move so much for a few seconds, his knees are saying "gotta dance!"

[@johndipietro9301]

FINALLY an explanation that makes sense. Thank you!

[@turambar304]

Nothing wrong with moving around like that. If I'm standing I constantly sway. Just cant help it. Always in slight motion. But for you it shows energy and enthusiasm for what your doing! Keep up the great work. Oh and "love the video Kyle"

[@eskimoprime09]

In that moment where you were trying to stay still, you still ended up moving more than the average science-talk channel.

[@ryans8113]

Glad to see you still using your signature pose and doing it slowmo looked hilarious

[@TheRealLap]

3 episode in 1 week! ＼(^o^)／ praise the sun!

[@joshuarush5762]

SWEET! Kyle, I teach children Martial Arts and this is definitely in the lesson plan for next week...they are going to flip out when they build this. Thanks for the coolest science videos.

[@ArDeeMee]

„And this, kids, is why we practice STANDING.“ My kids do Judo, and everything is about balance.

[@ReaperUnreal]

There's some really incredible Lego MOCs that use this principle. My favourite is a dragon trapped by a wizard casting a spell. It's a few pages back on Brothers Brick right now.

[@julesverne4339]

Tensgrity structures are pullies with immoveable and moveable links. They essentially divide overall forces in multiple parts.

[@Franky_Sthein]

Only two after a friend of mine showed me one of this ''things'' you post a video about them and how to make one yourself. Kyle, never stop what you are doing. You are awesome.

[@h0ll0w0ne]

I just came here to make one thing clear, The Expanse is awesome and I am thankful to this man for shoving it down my throat. carry on.

[@BewbsOP]

Dude! That is so frickin' cool! I gotta build one of these, but with fishing line to make it look even more floaty from a distance.

[@altheaunertl]

You know, I like your intense arm movements... I have a hard time focusing on words, and it helps keep my attention!

[@tatuvarvemaa5314]

All right, hows the small brain making comments about Kyle moving too mutch? We all know you’re in the wrong place, move along!

[@swanclipper]

ironically the people who wanted him to stop moving.... have to move along.

[@gwouru]

wow... that's a lot of errors for calling other people small brain.

[@dstinnettmusic]

Wolfe Wright lol right?

[@nathanielsharp2615]

You and old you upload at the same time hmmmmmm conspiracy

[@mattcossey]

nathaniel sharp I honestly can’t believe they did that.. shows what kind of people they are

[@mattcossey]

Robbi Rose no need to be hostile, have a good one ✌🏽

[@robertk1701]

I figure they're doing it just to keep the channel alive while hopefully looking for a replacement. I imagine all the Covid stuff has made it more difficult. I turned off notifications for them because it was a bit annoying, but hoping they'll start releasing quality content again soon. I assume he had a team at Because Science that helped him. If they didn't all leave, maybe they'll help whoever replaces him turn out good content too.

[@dainbramage3558]

@@robertk1701 i just unsubbed b s ... im here for discount thor and thats it im afraid :D

[@bigmicproductions]

@KwishS, "Backstabbing Staff" I mean because science will always try to STEAL fans from this new "Kyle Original" KZbin channel.

[@robertk1701]

Kyle's comment about the hacksaw reminded me of Tom Scott's recent video concerning the hidden rules of conversation.

[@sisi7304]

Robert K yeah I saw that video as well, and you make a very good point!

[@johnverrette3805]

Kyle, I love your show and have a suggestion for an episode. I have mentioned it before, but if you could do an episode on whether or not Iron Man’s repulsors would work for fight stabilization and a weapon or not. Just always been curious.

[@DwarfBaerdyn]

I'm watching this at 5 AM and just got excited about using these design principles to build a table. Thank you Kyle, you brilliant nerd. 🙂

[@onerbreziar]

Niiiiice! Hello Kyle, nice show! Always good to learn something new. This one I HAD to try by myself. I build my own Tensegrity out of toothpicks and sewing lines. I do not know how to send it to you, but I posted on my own Instagram and then I marked you there.

[@cgreenland05]

Yeah those stakes I planted in my garden are ready to harvest. Perfect.

[@DasParedes]

maaan, i just discover about this type of sculpture this week and now you make an episode about it hahahahahahah It's almost magic how this work and very mesmerize. Also, great video :D

[@SuperBoomer95]

I think A very common example of this is a spoked rim (bicycle/motorcycle) where the spokes are all in tension and hold the center hub in, well, the center while the outer rim is in compression. The force from the ground is actually transferred to the top of the rim were the spokes in tension keep the hub centralized.

[@infiniteaseem6523]

04:50 : so just in case you happen to scroll down in the comments and find this, Science Thor (or as you recently described yourself, Science Witcher), I just have to ask this coz it's giving me an existential crisis. I remember you telling us in one of your Footnotes (or maybe main episode but I'm pretty sure it was a Footnotes video) back in the day that you are a bug lover and used to be called the big kid or something. I'm guessing you meant bug as in insects exclusively and not arachnids right? If not, this was a joke wasn't it!? Come on man what with the whole stay at home social distancing I'm losing my mind and I don't need another thing to worry about!!! Also I lost it at 5:05 😂😅Okay seriously though, this channel is probably one of the only ones whose uploads I'm always looking forward to, so thank you and keep up the scienceing!

[@cam94080]

What timing! My IG feed has had a bunch of tensegrity models.

[@victorhugoeh974]

Awesome! As an architect I studied myself a good bunch of statics in college as a previous to structural design. And yet it never ceases to amaze me to realizing that forces are acting and reacting all the time around us and even on our own bodies. Thanks a lot for the top quality content of your channel. And yes, "Buckminster Fuller" is a total weirdo name 😂🤣

[@DragonxFlutter]

One of the rare science demonstrations where you are _encouraged_ to try it at home. We need more of these.

[@ScreamingGoatProductions]

First off.. I am glad you continued to make videos. I have my kids watch these. They love them too.. second all.. you be you.. if you move around, that's fine.. because that's you. Dont listen to haters

[@14bis42]

That was instructive , and fun . And the bg music gave it a nice WCBS vibe . :P

[@IYMFC]

I love the boxing stance at the end.

[@wizardo1012]

"and a hacksaw, which I definitely don't use for anything else" we all know you use a bigger one for your victims, we aren't that stupid

[@michaeldevany2066]

Don't worry about moving too much, to me it shows enthusiasm and interest in the subject you are talking about

[@Spiritvoid]

Being a civil engineer I want to say 2 things: Thank you for this video, finally a video on the job of "how to make things stand still". Also I want to compliment on the simple yet good explanation of how it works.

[@blam9360]

Moving around in the particular ways that you do are part of your personality and style. I don't think anyone actually minds. :)

[@Alekkek]

I've seen my brother watch this channel and I thought this was a million view channel, but it's incredibly underrated for the amazing quality

[@paulsullivan649]

Awesome stuff, man. I've been thinking about actually trying to make a side table with this design. Sure, it won't be the best thing to have around with my 11 months old daughter, but... it obviously must be done.

[@LOBricksAndSecrets]

Important take away here is that Kyle has a museum

[@theermac6024]

"Perfectly balanced, as all things should be."

[@Ratheri]

I love that Kyle has so much energy that he can't even stand completely still when he's trying to 🤣🤣🤣

[@Leftismforever69]

Who cares if ppl complain about you moving to much, As long as doing it makes u happy, keep doing it!!

[@dedge8030]

Glad you have your own channel...missed your videos!

[@yo-kai6124]

Kyle you move your hands so much because your a true scientist

[@BlueDolphinGamerWoLS]

All of these videos are just straight awesome!

[@Rick-the-Swift]

haha, 8:18 he says, "if you doo-doo". Very interesting content and entertaining as well. I approve. :)

[@Poop_Deck_Pappy]

Kyle and company, set free to make as willed, is the best!

[@matthewlofton8465]

A pretty epic application of tensegrity principles would be, well, acrobatics...specifically those amazing balancing acts where a performer balances his/her entire weight on a fingertip or a whole troupe links together to form a human buckyball.

[@RyanPerrella]

0:44 Bravo! I have 23 or more of Bucky’s books and i never came across the seed which inspired him to drop the geodesic dome and go full on into TENSEGRITY. How could I account such a radical departure from the perfect geodesic design…… a piece of art of course. A piece of art which he explore to maximum. No one else ever told me that, but you did, and you lead your presentation with it. Thank you. Great job, thank you for not only studying R Buckminster Fuller, but for sharing him with your audience. 🩵

[@eddieg.9568]

Badass vid Kyle! Thank you

[@Beateau]

"I'm being static" *Still can't hold still* love it.

[@alfiemcfarland2932]

There is a limit to what the body can do.

[@gru_k]

Kyle doesn't move around too much, he just maintains dynamic tensegrity, or should I say, Kinegrity!

[@getmorpheeus]

Impressive editing and AE skills

[@SmokeADig]

This is really cool! Thanks Kyle!

[@kunu9051]

Love the Serum Visions art

[@michaelh496]

I might try this eventually!

[@spamuel98]

Kyle: *tries to stand still* Also Kyle: *keeps bouncing up and down with his speech* And we know you aren't a spider person. We all know you're a lizard person.

[@MonkeyJedi99]

Now this is a crafting channel?! My worlds are colliding! First Louis Rossmann does a real estate series, then a construction series, and an ongoing political series over right-to-repair. Then Jeremy at black magic craft gets us into recycling, now our science-Thor-villain gets us into construction. Oh, and Leo Moracchioli at frog leap studios turning all of the music better with metal. Wild ride this year.

[@otakuribo]

Kyle did the thing!! 6:16

[@dropbear66548]

Killer episode man!!

[@realsoupersand]

Definitely not too much. You're excited about this and people often are more expressive about things they're excited about.

[@timcarter1164]

I'd almost be willing to bet that the university Buckminster Fuller was lecturing at was Southern Illinois University here in Carbondale. The home of the first geodesic dome home ever built. And Mister Fuller's residence for many years. It's currently undergoing restoration.

[@JayFolipurba]

good to have you back in a similar format... we missed you, Kyle

[@drpope4303]

Perfect I'm going to do this with my kids and play this video to help them along

[@BoDiddly]

With a few modifications, that would make an Awesome Chair!

[@BlueJay2]

"I'm not a spider person." I'm betting one of his villain plans went wrong and accidentally turned him part spider.

[@XTheManWithoutNameX]

Imagine playing Jenga on a table made like that. It is gonna be nerve wracking!

[@andrewince8824]

Kyle Hill is science brain and eye-candy. Change my mind.

[@xf8xwolfhound13adventure8]

That is pretty interesting ill need to make one of them one soon. That would be cool to have and talk about

[@2zachary3]

There's so much good shit on this channel. So happy I found it

[@nathanl6401]

New character unlocked: Workshop kyle

[@randalljecksii7757]

This video has your "old voice" that has been missing since you broke free of the void. I don't know how to explain it. Keep up the good work!