Buckminster Fuller

American architect, systems theorist, author, designer, inventor and futurist (1895–1983)

spherical shell structure based on a geodesic polyhedron

thumb|right|The simplest tensegrity structure (a T3-prism). Each of three compression members (green) is symmetric with the other two, and symmetric from end to end. Each end is connected to three cables (red), which provide tension and precisely define the position of that end in the same way as the three cables in the Skylon (Festival of Britain)|Skylon define the bottom end of its tapered pillar.

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former U.S. pavilion at Expo 67 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada

concept car designed by American inventor Buckminster Fuller

metaphor for Humankind's conditions in the Anthropocene

Prototype house designed by Buckminster Fuller

thumb|Dymaxion House as installed in Henry Ford Museum Dymaxion is a term coined by architect and inventor Buckminster Fuller and associated with much of his work, prominently his Dymaxion house and Dymaxion car. A portmanteau of the words dynamic, maximum, and tension, Dymaxion sums up the goal of his study, "maximum gain of advantage from minimal energy input".

Ephemeralization, a term coined by R. Buckminster Fuller in 1938, is the ability of technological advancement to do "more and more with less and less until eventually you can do everything with nothing", that is, an accelerating increase in the efficiency of achieving the same or more output (products, services, information, etc.) while requiring less input (effort, time, materials, resources, etc.). The application of materials and technology in modern cell phones, compared to older computers and phones, exemplify the concepts of ephemeralization whereby technological advancement can drive ef