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How to Keep Our Brains Active at Home by Learning c6xty – C60 – Geometry

How to Keep Our Brains Active at Home by Learning c6xty – C60 – Geometry

Introduction: This article is about keeping our brains active while sheltering at home. We talked to an expert Kirby Urner…
Navigating the Lattice

Navigating the Lattice

Curated by Kirby! You have no doubt played a 2D game on a grid of squares, chess or checkers for…
Generating the Flextegrity Lattice

Generating the Flextegrity Lattice

Our purpose here is to elaborate a classic Python framework for storing and writing geometric information in a variety of…
Stay Prepared For Earthquakes With Proper Measures

Stay Prepared For Earthquakes With Proper Measures

We all know that natural disasters are sudden and dangerously powerful. There are many factors that make natural disasters a…
Slope Protection & Erosion Control Handled By C6XTY

Slope Protection & Erosion Control Handled By C6XTY

For all major and minor construction projects, slope protection, soil stabilization, erosion control, and earth retention systems are some significant…
Kirby’s Rhombic Triacontahedron

Kirby’s Rhombic Triacontahedron

The rhombic triacontahedron (RT) dissects into 120 such modules, left and right handed. Meanwhile, the regular tetrahedron may be sliced…
Explore Ground Stabilization Methods & Load Support System

Explore Ground Stabilization Methods & Load Support System

Ground stabilization is the most critical chapter of Geotechnical Engineering along with a load support system. That’s why more than…
3D Printing Of Geometric Lattice Takes The Load

3D Printing Of Geometric Lattice Takes The Load

Additive Manufacturing has already changed the conventional methods of designing and manufacturing process. And 3D Geometry is one of the…
Geometry with Kirby – VUCA

Geometry with Kirby – VUCA

VUCA (latest curriculum writing) integrating the concept of “risk” even mentioning “Chief Risk Officer” and VUCA, in this special curriculum:…
Nature’s Geometry At Work With C6XTY

Nature’s Geometry At Work With C6XTY

Nature has already given us everything we need. But it is the human mind that wants to comprehend more than…
Visualization with Kirby Urner Cuboctahedron dual Rhombic Dodecahedron

Visualization with Kirby Urner Cuboctahedron dual Rhombic Dodecahedron

Thinking through the shapes with all of the math working precisely, enters Kirby Urner, holding a diagram of the geometry,…
Advanced Polyhedral Materials

Advanced Polyhedral Materials

Flextegrity, Inc. makes possible advanced polyhedral materials that anticipate and meet the comprehensive demands of civil engineering applications, disaster-resistant housing,…
Mathematical Model of Icosahedral Materials

Mathematical Model of Icosahedral Materials

by Mark A. Martin, Ph.D. August 2006, © Flextegrity, Inc. 2006, 2007 Introduction An icosahedral material is a regular three­dimensional array…
Technology Differentiation / Material Uniqueness

Technology Differentiation / Material Uniqueness

Flextegrity’s innovative micro-architecture, which capitalizes on the dynamic equilibrium inherent in the complementary coexistence of tension and compression, offers material…
Stress Analysis Icosahedron Beam

Stress Analysis Icosahedron Beam

Finite Element Stress Analysis of Icosahedron Beam by Ross Engineering, Prepared for: Mr. Sam Lanahan, Flextegrity Abstract This is a…
Omni-extensible Anisotropic Topologies

Omni-extensible Anisotropic Topologies

In this article we present Flextegrity’s patent – arrays that vary anisotropically, omni-topologically, creating myriad hybrid materials. Arrays and lattices…
Compression Study of Open Faced Icosahedron

Compression Study of Open Faced Icosahedron

ICOSAHEDRON COMPRESSION STUDY Introduction and Background: The project started with an initial compression model of a symmetric icosahedron array modeled…
Nanoscale Biological Icosahedral Structures

Nanoscale Biological Icosahedral Structures

In nature, identical, spontaneously assembling protein subunits tend to form symmetrical, minimum-energy shapes. Certain shapes are well-suited for microbiological tasks…
Soil Stabilized Pipe Support Solutions

Soil Stabilized Pipe Support Solutions

In this article we will explain about the contribution of Flextegrity to Bio sensitive pipe support for soil stabilization. Flextegrity’s…
Market Opportunities

Market Opportunities

Positioning:  Flextegrity, Inc. is the inventor/developer/manufacturer of specialty structural materials that anticipate and meet the comprehensive demands of disaster-resistant housing,…
Microstructure Within Macrostructure

Microstructure Within Macrostructure

Leverage of 'microstructural' shape factors within conventionally strong "macro-structural" forms such as the I-beam enables maximum structural efficiency.
Strength-to-Weight Advantage

Strength-to-Weight Advantage

Strength-to-weight ratio is inherently high even before material choice. Like the strongest “traditional” materials (wood, steel, and reinforced concrete), the…
Regular Network with Addressable Locations

Regular Network with Addressable Locations

The omni-extensible pattern of repeating polyhedral units combined with the ability for continuous connectivity create rich opportunities for wired or…
Increased Surface Area

Increased Surface Area

The open 3-D geometry creates a regular, stable matrices with increased internal "active" surface area, capable of being "loaded" with…
Local Deformation with Global Stiffness

Local Deformation with Global Stiffness

Response to applied stress is one of local deformation while maintaining global stiffness due to integrity of compression/tension synergy within…
Multi-Axial Tensile “Web”

Multi-Axial Tensile “Web”

Internal interconnecting matrix can be bias-positioned to create an intrinsic and interpenetrating ‘torsion box’ microstructure providing exceptional robustness to torsion…
Gradient from Stiff to Flexible

Gradient from Stiff to Flexible

The geometry overrides conventional limitations on inherent stiffness or flexibility! A precisely defined flexibility and/or expansion "gradient" or "zone" can…
Anisotropic Smart Sidewalk

Anisotropic Smart Sidewalk

Omni-directional control of material and size enables customized, integrated “hybrid” solutions using components of differing raw materials. Material/product design can…
Improved Coefficient of Friction

Improved Coefficient of Friction

The Flextegrity geometry’s multi-axial tensile network dramatically reduces the slippage and shear that can plague conventional slope stabilization techniques. A…
Scalable

Scalable

The proprietary geometry is infinitely scalable in unit size (from nano- to mega-scale) and in frequency (number of polyhedral elements…
Open Space / Permeable

Open Space / Permeable

Material applications of the technology are permeable, breathable and self-draining without sacrificing toughness and structural integrity. Open spaces within and…
Omni Extensible

Omni Extensible

Omni-Extensible is one possible property that a material built utilizing the C6XTY technology can have. It means- the potential for…
Tensegrity to Flextegrity an evolutionary path

Tensegrity to Flextegrity an evolutionary path

From Tensegrity to Flextegrity (aka, “How in the heck did you ever think this up??”)  Inventors with strikingly novel concepts…
Revealing the valuable Geodesic Dome

Revealing the valuable Geodesic Dome

Geodesic Dome is a hemispherical structure built from many triangles, which was named and popularised in the US by Buckminster…
Bucky Balls and C6XTY Innovative Technology

Bucky Balls and C6XTY Innovative Technology

-What is a Bucky Ball? Bucky ball is a spheric allotrope of carbon, with the formula of C60. It’s full…
First Thursday – Portland Gallery walk – An Evening with Sam Lanahan

First Thursday – Portland Gallery walk – An Evening with Sam Lanahan

[alert style=”success”]Featured on KGW8[/alert] Come visit the Lattice Gallery on November 7th. Experience the innovations and meet the innovator, Sam…
Innovator Sam Lanahan Has Air Traffic Over His House Because Of His Patented Lattice

Innovator Sam Lanahan Has Air Traffic Over His House Because Of His Patented Lattice

Innovator Sam Lanahan has air traffic over his house because of his patented lattice using the mathematics of the carbon…
Sam Lanahan Lecture On The Evolution of Synthetic Lattices

Sam Lanahan Lecture On The Evolution of Synthetic Lattices

At Lattice Gallery, Portland, Oregon, on 10/13/2019 at 3:00 PM, Flextegrity presents “The Evolution of Synthetic Lattices by Sam Lanahan.”…
The Lattice Gallery Portland presents Explorations in Dynamic Equilibrium

The Lattice Gallery Portland presents Explorations in Dynamic Equilibrium

The Lattice Gallery Grand Opening: October 3rd, First Thursday, at 316 NW Broadway Portland, Oregon. Art gallery focused on the…
Lecture by inventor Sam Lanahan <i>Building in Tension</i>

Lecture by inventor Sam Lanahan Building in Tension

Building in Tension The Evolution of Synthetic Lattices [vector_icon icon=”graduation-cap” color=”#ba1d71″]A lecture by inventor Sam Lanahan “The Evolution of Synthetic…
Sam Lanahan First Thursdays at The Lattice Gallery – Portland

Sam Lanahan First Thursdays at The Lattice Gallery – Portland

Every First Thursday: [button color=”orange” link=”/lattice-gallery-portland” size=”default” icon_before=”connectdevelop” target=”_self” block=”false”]October 3rd[/button] [button color=”green” link=”/lattice-gallery-portland/” size=”default” icon_before=”music” target=”_self” block=”false”]November 7th[/button] [button color=”teal” link=”lattice-gallery-portland”…
Creative Visions

Creative Visions

Materials and design, whether in architecture or consumer products, are inextricably interwoven and co-influential.  As Patrick Kruithof so aptly states…
C6XTY – building and creating with nature

C6XTY – building and creating with nature

What is it? [vector_icon icon=”connectdevelop” color=”#35930a” size=”1.5em”] Flextegrity has developed and patented a 3-dimensional tensile lattice that is easily constructed…
Video of C6XTY at the international A’19 Conference

Video of C6XTY at the international A’19 Conference

Sam Lanahan presented for three days in Vegas at the Architecture Expo The C6XTY Exhibit at the Architecture Expo in…
How C6XTY Synthetic Lattice Can Shape Our Smart Cities

How C6XTY Synthetic Lattice Can Shape Our Smart Cities

Lattices are both a framework made of metal or metal strips and a regular geometrical arrangement of atoms or molecules…
Booth 649 – AIA Conference on Architecture

Booth 649 – AIA Conference on Architecture

Join us in Las Vegas June 6–8, 2019 BOOTH 649 AIA Conference on Architecture June 6-8, 2019 Architecture Expo June…
Art & Design

Art & Design

Flextegrity is proud to announce the new C6XTY line of ‘Structural Fabrics’—Based on the geometry of the Bucky Ball—structural fabrics…
Geo-Synthetics

Geo-Synthetics

Synthetic lattices are based on the geometry of “Bucky Fullerenes”—or the carbon 60 molecule (soccer ball), that are used to…
Architecture

Architecture

Flextegrity is proud to announce the new C6XTY line of ‘Structural Fabrics’—Based on the geometry of the Bucky Ball—structural fabrics…
C6XTY at ACS – Booth 823 – New Orleans

C6XTY at ACS – Booth 823 – New Orleans

Come see us LIVE at Booth #823 MARCH 18 – 22, 2018 | New Orleans, LA ACS National Meeting &…
Innovations in Structural Optimization

Innovations in Structural Optimization

Flextegrity, Inc. is creating and developing advanced polyhedral materials that anticipate and meet the comprehensive demands of civil engineering applications,…

How to Assemble the C6XTY

https://youtu.be/9tzUoRGSDYE —– TEXT FROM YOUTUBE TRANSCRIPT I’m going to introduce 00:04 you to how to construct the C6XTY ball 00:08…
Stir Your Creativity!

Stir Your Creativity!

Activate your creativity with C6XTY. Imagine using C6XTY fabric to restore a reef…
Structurally Optimized Geometry Derived from Nature

Structurally Optimized Geometry Derived from Nature

We can create entirely new categories of materials and structures that are both strong / lightweight and accomplish the important…
Roadways/Bridges/ Stormwater Management

Roadways/Bridges/ Stormwater Management

From roads to bridges, stormwater is something that can wreak havoc if the problem is not dealt with immediately. In…
Intelligent Streets & Sidewalks

Intelligent Streets & Sidewalks

Just imagine how amazing you will feel when every street you walk has smart and intelligent features. From strong pavement…
Artificial Reef

Artificial Reef

Think about a strong, bio-friendly, and open-architecture that supports the life of flora and fauna. When the artificial reef is…
dwell on design – booth 1914

dwell on design – booth 1914

We will be the high point of your dwell experience. See us at BOOTH 1914. Dwell on Design, presented in…
Materials Properties slides

Materials Properties slides

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Innovations – chapter 5

Innovations – chapter 5

Flextegrity: Innovations in Structural Optimization View Book Online Chapter 2 Chapter 5 Download PDF Chapter 2 Chapter 5 Purchase Book…
Innovations – chapter 2

Innovations – chapter 2

Flextegrity: Innovations in Structural Optimization View Book Online Chapter 2 Chapter 5 Download PDF Chapter 2 Chapter 5 Purchase Book…
Strength to Weight Advantage

Strength to Weight Advantage

Strength-to-weight ratio is inherently high even before material choice. Like the strongest “traditional” materials (wood, steel, and reinforced concrete), the…
Catalytic Converter

Catalytic Converter

There are millions of cars running on roads which are causing air pollution. As sustainable practices are being invented to…
Building-scale Mega-Architectures

Building-scale Mega-Architectures

From building to scaling the mega architectures, how the C6XTY is offering the best technique to scale the mega buildings…
Architectural & Lighting Features

Architectural & Lighting Features

Lighting that serves and improves engineering. Assuming an indispensable job in the manner individuals encounter and get engineering, light can…
Artificial Muscle / Bio-Materials

Artificial Muscle / Bio-Materials

C6XTY has researched the new geometry to create materials and structures with respect to the weight. With the use of…
Jumbled Florets

Jumbled Florets

A simple system that incorporates both tension and compression into a single element.
Assembled Block: Ring & Mortar Lattice

Assembled Block: Ring & Mortar Lattice

Assembled Block: Ring & Mortar Lattice
Partial Assembly: Ring & Mortar Lattice

Partial Assembly: Ring & Mortar Lattice

Partial Assembly: Ring & Mortar Lattice
Stacking of Icosahedral Rings

Stacking of Icosahedral Rings

Stacking of Icosahedral Rings It’s not just a good idea, it’s natures way. Consider stacking various C6XTY lattices in order…
Top View: Icosa Hex Ring & Mortar

Top View: Icosa Hex Ring & Mortar

Top View: Icosa Hex Ring & Mortar
Top View: Icosa Hex Ring & Mortar

Top View: Icosa Hex Ring & Mortar

Top View: Icosa Hex Ring & Mortar
Version3_cubo-octahedron

Version3_cubo-octahedron

The basic cubo-octahedral cell that forms the nucleus of the material.
Version 3_5

Version 3_5

This is a basic tower model which illustrates the versitility of the material. Any shape can be made.
Icosahedron with Multi-Axial Springs

Icosahedron with Multi-Axial Springs

Icosahedron with Multi-Axial Springs
Retaining walls and urban structures

Retaining walls and urban structures

Retaining walls plays a major role in construction work for urban areas. When a construction or architecture company starts to…
Resort

Resort

Simple, repeatable, factory manufactured modular units that can be stacked. Simple, elegant solutions. Ready made, delivered to the site.
Soldier and military vehicle

Soldier and military vehicle

Micro solutions for flexible armor solutions. Reactive armor can anisotropically woven into a multiple protective layers. Lighter weight, flexible, reactive-…
Office tower

Office tower

Imagine.. a seismically stable structure because the tension members dampen the vibration of energy waves.
Alternative/Disaster-Resistant Construction

Alternative/Disaster-Resistant Construction

Imagine… a new paradigm in construction that anticipates the evolving global need for buildings that can withstand today’s more frequent,…
Truncated Icosahedral Array

Truncated Icosahedral Array

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Strong Sphere

Strong Sphere

If you were asked to create the universe out ofballs and strings, would you know where to start?…and where you…

FLEXTEGRITY WINS INTERNATIONAL RECOGNITION

FLEXTEGRITY WINS INTERNATIONAL RECOGNITION in 2007 I.D. MAGAZINE ANNUAL DESIGN REVIEW Portland, OR – August 15, 2007 – Flextegrity, Inc.,…

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