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12. Seriously?

Fri Apr 27, 2012, 08:27 PM

Apr 2012

Nothing to back that up?

A spin-off of Fuller's dome-design conceptualization was the Buckminster Ball, which was the official FIFA approved design for footballs (association football), from their introduction at the 1970 World Cup until recently. The design was a truncated icosahedron – essentially a "Geodesic Sphere", consisting of 12 pentagonal and 20 hexagonal panels. This was used continuously for 34 years until replaced by the 14-panel Teamgeist for the 2006 World Cup.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buckminster_Fuller#Practical_achievements

I would call that "designed".

If you don't, why would anyone care? Is there a purpose to this particular contrariness?

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Bucky Balls Could Double Your Lifespan [View all] Why Syzygy Apr 2012 OP

I looked up the price when this was originally posted a few weeks ago and it's fairly expensive Tunkamerica Apr 2012 #1

I would be surprised if you couldn't get industrial grade quantities BootinUp Apr 2012 #2

Oh yeah, totally. It also doesn't look that hard to do it yourself for Tunkamerica Apr 2012 #3

Priced to sell JackInGreen Apr 2012 #5

I heard they were poisonous Confusious Apr 2012 #4

This study Why Syzygy Apr 2012 #6

Oh sure, now. Scuba Apr 2012 #7

I wonder what the guy who discovered bucky balls would think of this. n/t gkhouston Apr 2012 #8

Probably not much these days BadgerKid Apr 2012 #9

"the guy"? Why Syzygy Apr 2012 #10

No. They were named after him. He had nothing to do with it. MineralMan Apr 2012 #11

Seriously? Why Syzygy Apr 2012 #12

Buckyballs, an novel configuration of carbon atoms were MineralMan Apr 2012 #13

You may be right. Why Syzygy Apr 2012 #14