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World Game Institute Home-page
This site proclaims: "The World Game Institute is a 27 year old non-profit research and education organization whose mission is to supply the perspective and information needed to solve the critical problems facing global society of the twenty-first century." Worth booking for the eye-opening and ever-ticking Worldometers alone. Taking part in a World Game scenario is a unique experience to get in the driver's seat of Spaceship Earth!
Buckminster Fuller Institute
The definitive Buckminster Fuller site on the Internet, filled with loads of information, archives, interviews, articles, pictures, entire books, and much more. You must look at this site!
Buckminster Fuller's Dymaxion Map Animation
Chris Rywalt has assembled 'QuickTime' and Java animations of Buckminster Fuller's famous unfolding Dymaxion Map. Experience the 'Overview Effect' of seeing the world from a unique vantage point, the first step to building a post-racist, post-nationalist civilization.
Introduction To Tensegrity Structures
Dubbed 'Plato, Fuller, and the Three Little Pigs', Paul Flavin outlines Buckminster Fuller's answer to the question: "What's the minimal structure that can support a weight and oppose horizontal forces, that uses compression and tension, but experiences no torque?" Neat graphics!
Bucky Works: Buckminster Fuller's Ideas For Today
An archive for the 'Build America' radio show exploring the excellent book by James Baldwin, 'Buckyworks: Buckminster Fuller's Ideas For Today' (John Wiley & Co, 1996). Very interesting photographs convey Fuller's vision.
Hypernation
A project conceived to continue Buckminster Fuller's legacy into cyberia: "Hypernation, intends to host experimental Internet projects. We would like to examine and develop the: 'Instruction Book' about Spaceship Internet. We invite and encourage professionals, and professional dreamers to join us."
Revisionaries: Richard Buckminster Fuller
Live the Revolution with Dos Equis' biography of Buckminster Fuller. Killer photos, quote, and attitude!
R Buckminster Fuller
A brief page featuring key Buckminster Fuller quotes and links to anti-censorship sites.
Archkidecture: Buckminster Fuller And Geodesic Domes
An introductory page, featuring a groovy picture of the geodesic dome building built in Montreal, Canada in 1967.
R. Buckminster Fuller Virtual University
R Buckminster Fuller Virtual University is conceived of as a university in the original sense, a collection of scholars. A modern Salerno. It is intended as a free university for anyone wishing to further their education, but unlike most free universities it is intended to provide courses in serious academic subjects. It is not intended ever to become a degree granting institution, or to keep track of anyone's educational progress.
Buckminster Fuller on PBS: Thinking Out Loud
Incredible Buckminster Fuller resource developed for PBS Online, featuring quotes, forums, inventions, the World Game, the Hoberman Sphere and much more. An excellent introductory site to quickly grasp Fuller's diverse ideas.
Electrical Geodesics Inc: Geodesic Sensor Net
Buckminster Fuller's geodesics get a Vulcan mind-meld medical retro-fit: "The Geodesic Sensor Net is an array of silver-silver chloride electrodes designed specifically for dense sensor array (64-, 128- and 256-channel) electroencephalographic (EEG) recording of human brain electrical activity."
Energy Structures Inc
Buckminster Fuller conceived of the Dymaxion House as an energy efficient low cost home solution for the mass market. ESI is one of several companies that is making Fuller's vision a reality through its Geodesic Dome kits for homes, garages, cabins, churches and commercial structures.
Erecta: Fuller Domes
Buckminster Fuller was popular in Japan. Here's the result: a Japanese company manufacturing Geodesic Domes en masse.
Buckminster Fuller FAQ
Chris Fearnley has assembled over the years a pretty definitive 'Frequently Answered Questions' (FAQ) document regarding Buckminster Fuller. Get the core data of the Design Science Revolution, the World Game, Isotropic Vector Matrix, the Global Energy Grid, and much more!
Fuller Edutainment Company
Offers media-based study courses that contain the key insights of Buckminster Fuller's models for developing successful businesses and generating wealth. The course brochure outlines 'Precessional Living Making' key concepts, offering a glimpse of Fuller's personal mastery.
Geodesic Domes: 'Structures And Homes'
Michael Rader has assembled a list of Geodesic Dome resources, including basic facts, manufacturers, books, and web-sites. A fine introductory information resource.
Geodesic@Listserv Archives
The archives for the popular Geodesic@Listserv e-mail discussion list. Search the archives and join the global discussion now!
Buckminster Fuller: The Most Farsighted Man Of Our Century
Matin Pawley has written an excellent introductory essay on Buckminster Fuller. English and German translations are available.
Tetworld: Peace Through Development Project
Mark Siegmund has developed an excellent resource for world scenario testing and exploration based on the geo-strategic concepts of Buckminster Fuller's Global Grand Strategy.
R. Buckminster Fuller: Trimtab Biography
Opens with a powerful quote from 'Cosmography' (1932) about the majority of Earth still living in the Dark Ages.
Kenneth Hari's Portraits: R. Buckminster Fuller
New York based portrait artist Kenneth Hari is one of America's best kept secrets. Pioneer of crystal acrylic sculptures, he captured the essence of Buckminster Fuller's visionary mind.
Bucky Fuller Meets The Big Kahuna
Ravings by a madman? A genius? The actual supreme being? One of the most intriguing metaphysical views on Buckminster Fuller available on the Internet. Make sure you check out the crafty MP3 music archives as well!
Artist Hero: R. Buckminster Fuller
A series of stunning artist portraits and conceptualisations of R. Buckminster Fuller. "Arild Isaksen is an artist from Norway and a student at the 'Art Institute of Southern Califonia'. One of his heroes is R. Buckminster Fuller. He is created the illustrations for this story."
Ikoso Kits
Ikoso Kits offer an imaginative, fun way to illustrate mathematical constructions, chemical structures and artistic shapes. We have been inspired by the likes of Plato and the ancient Greeks, Buckminster Fuller and Frank Lloyd Wright. In constructing an Ikoso Kit, you'll find lots of opportunity to learn and create something you'll be proud to display.
The Canadian Institute Of Stress
A Buckminster Fuller influenced project: "Founded in 1979, the Canadian Institute of Stress [CIS] is an international leader in preparing workplaces, communities and individuals in the change-abilities and risk management strategies required for successful, not stressful transitions to their planned futures."
The Robot Wisdom Pages
A very Buckminster Fuller-like idea: The traditional ideal: Create a computer model of the human predicament, that can unflinchingly put the lie to cynical predators' rationalizations about the mess they have made guiding Spaceship Earth.
Critical Path AIDS Project
Buckminster Fuller's 'Critical Path' concept is applied to AIDS research and news with stunning results. A definitive AIDS information resource.
Tetra Space Co-ordinates
A site using Buckminster Fuller's Synergetics, applying insights to economics, physics and new energy. Proposes different solutions to Cartesian based co-ordinate systems.
The Buckminster Fuller Virtual Institute
Joe Moore has assembled an encyclopedic Buckminster Fuller site, with loads of links, documents, maps, and relevant information. Writes Joe Moore: "Mankind now has enough knowledge to be able to invent our way into a future of plenty. We are just not aware of the fact that we now have that possibility. According to the engineers, the world's industrial system is now operating at only about four percent efficiency, but it could easily be improved to an average of twelve percent. In other words, all we have to do is start using already existing inventions and stop being so wasteful!" Well, what are you waiting for?
Global Energy Network International
The 'Global Energy Network' initiative is: to link electrically the renewable energy resources around the world. This site features technical papers, overviews, endorsements, and other information on Buckminster Fuller's compelling initiative for peace and sustainable development.
Synergetics On The Web
Kirby Urner has assembled an incredible site on Buckminster' Fuller's Synergetics, with information on Geodesic Domes, Design Science, the Dymaxion Map, and more. Very clear navigation and site design makes this a beautiful experience. Writes Kirby Urner: "Fuller was a self-declared comprehensivist and often wrote about the cultural chasm identified by C.P. Snow, separating the humanities from the math-sciences. That's the chasm he set out to bridge. Synergetics is the result."
Applied Synergetics Homepage
Rick Bono's huge site includes tonnes of information on Geodesic Domes, Synergetics, Tensegrity Structures, and many other topics. Resources include self-paced learning environments, VRML models, and much more. Truly a work of love worth browsing!
A Fuller Explanation: The Synergetic Geometry Of R. Buckminster Fuller
Amy Edmondson has published the COMPLETE TEXT of her book 'A Fuller Explanation: The Synergetic Geometry of R. Buckminster Fuller' (1987) online. Learn about Nature's Coordinate System, The Irrationality of Pi, Angular Topology, Vector Equilibrium, Closet Packing, and many other topics. An invaluable introduction to an incredible discipline.
New Civilization Network
Ever wondered who was driving Spaceship Earth? The New Civilization Network is a global network of people seeking to visualise and 'bring-into-being' a better world through creating 'life conditions for an Open Society. This site applies open-ended game theories to explore long-term global strategic planning issues, highlighting the influence of Buckminster Fuller. This site contains over 6000 files.
SpringSpace
Karl Erickson's powerful site explores Buckminster Fuller influenced structural geometry through eye-catching and beautiful Java animation and photo-realistic images. An integral site to understanding Fuller's scientific philosophy.
The Bucky Fuller Travelling Medicine Show
An amazing archive of provocative Buckminster Fuller thoughts lovingly assembled by Christopher Rywalt. Well worth checking out!
New Dimensions Radio Broadcasting Network
A stunning collection of source-tapes is available from New Dimensions featuring Buckminster Fuller and other key thinkers and spiritual leaders. Michael Toms and his production team continue to produce seminal 'live' web-radio broadcasts, including a recent historical session featuring His Holiness the Dalai Lama. Bookmark this site and check back often!
Josef Hasslberger
An excellent collection of resources relating to Buckminster Fuller's conceptual worldview, including applications in physics, economics and free energy. Conveys how Fuller's R&D legacy is being continued by a new generation.
Synergetics Inc
An architecture firm with a massive archive and history exploring and implementing Buckminster Fuller's geodesic structures. A useful site to understand Fuller's concepts.
World Transformations' Home-page
This Buckminster Fuller pages lists books and resources, and is part of the excellent World Transformation network of pages, dedicated to evolving a new civilization.
Buckminster Fuller: The Planet's Friendly Genius
About.com's Mary Bellis has assembled a clear introduction to Buckminster Fuller and his key inventions. Learn about the Dymaxion Air-Ocean map, the Dymaxion Car, the Dymaxion House, Synergetics and much more. Bellis includes a great overview essay and links to major sites.
Isamu Noguchi Foundation: Buckminster Fuller Page
An excellent Buckminster Fuller essay/biography, chronicling his long friendship with architect Isamu Noguchi.
Buckminster Fuller and Shoji Sadao
An architecture page devoted to Buckminster Fuller's geodesic dome.
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