Category Archives: Dzhanibekov effect

Standing on the shoulders of giants – Reboot

Posted on 2017/02/28 by arkajad

Standing on the shoulders of giants may be good, even very-very good. But at the same time it can be very dangerous. First of all it is a dangerous balancing act. It is easy to fall. But what if the … Continue reading →

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Introducing geodesics

Posted on 2017/02/26 by arkajad

Why are geodesics important? Probably because they are very simple. They are, in a sense, the simplest possible paths. Quoting from Richard Buckminster Fuller Domes and archives, 1960, 1965 Fuller inspired by his observations of nature. The inventor applies the … Continue reading →

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Taming the T-handle continued

Posted on 2017/02/13 by arkajad

This is a simple continuation from the last post “Taming the T-handle“. We ended up with the equation (1)   where (2)   To find let us assume that , we need to integrate     Setting we transform the … Continue reading →

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