Engineers describe the creation of a new class of mechanical metamaterials that delocalize deformations to prevent failure. They did so by turning to tensegrity, a century-old design principle in ...

The design team at Kontax Engineering Ltd have returned to Kickstarter this month to launch their new very unique Tensegrity iPhone stand. The tension design makes the stand look as though it is ...

In context: Companies like Boston Dynamics have brought us two and four-legged robots. NASA has even been working on a "tensegrity" design called the "Super Ball Bot" that has no legs but moves by ...