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== Welcome to {{SITENAME}}! ==
== Welcome to {{SITENAME}}! ==
tensegritywiki


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=What is tensegrity?=
Tensegrity is the way the world organizes itself. Build or buy a model and experience it yourself!


=== For the bureaucrat(s) of this wiki ===
=Why bother learning about it?=  
Hello, and welcome at your new wiki! Thank you for choosing Miraheze for the hosting of your wiki, and we hope you will enjoy our hosting.
Whatever your goal in life, it's good to understand how the world works. Tensegrity, discovered about 60 years ago, is a new way of understanding forces at play. Whether you are building a business, designing household objects, building robots, or trying to live sustainably in a resource-challenged world, tensegrity offers innovative ways of thinking about how parts and wholes interact.


You can immediately start working on your wiki, whenever you want.
=What is Tensegrity Wiki, The Encyclopedia of Tensegrity?=
This website is a wiki dedicated to exploring the field of tensegrity, a subset of energetic-synergetic geometry. It is intended to use the "power of crowds" to fine-tune and make available accurate knowledge about tensegrities. This includes all aspects of tensegrity including structural tensegrity sculptures, dynamically adjusting tensegrity robotics, biotensegrity as expressed in cellular mechanics, biotensegrity as expressed in mammalian anatomical fascial/bone structure, tensegrity therapy as a set of mind-body practices, tensegrity as it illuminates ancient philosophies of harmony, music and dance inspired by tensegrity, and so on.


Need help? No problem! We will help you with your wiki as needed. To make a start we have added a few links about working with MediaWiki:
=How do I get started?=
* <span class="plainlinks">[https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Contents MediaWiki guide (e.g. navigation, editing, deleting pages, blocking users)]</span>
For now, use the old site, https://tensegritywiki.com.  
* <span class="plainlinks">[https://meta.miraheze.org/wiki/FAQ Miraheze FAQ]</span>
*<span class="plainlinks">[https://meta.miraheze.org/wiki/Request_features Request settings changes on your wiki. (Extensions and Logo/Favicon changes should be done through Special:ManageWiki on your wiki].</span>


==== But Miraheze, I still don't understand X! ====
==Who can contribute?==  
Well, that's no problem. Even if something isn't explained in the documentation/FAQ, we still are happy to help you. You can find us here:
* University students using the wiki in their studies
* <span class="plainlinks">[https://meta.miraheze.org/wiki/Help_center On our own Miraheze wiki]</span>
* Anyone.
* On IRC in #miraheze on irc.freenode.net ([irc://irc.freenode.net/#miraheze direct link]; [http://webchat.freenode.net?channels=%23miraheze webchat])
* Language? A lot of important work in tensegrity is being conducted as tenségrité (French), tensegridad (Spanish), Tensintegro (Italian), טנסגריטי (Hebrew). But multi-language support is not enabled on this wiki. For now, let's store articles in other languages along with the English ones.
* Questions? Contact tensegritywiki at gmail, the Wiki moderator.


=== For a visitor of this wiki ===
 
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* Buzz on Twitter: [[@http://twitter.com/tensegritywiki|twitter.com/tensegritywiki]]
* Documents on Scribd: [[@http://www.scribd.com/tensegritywiki|scribd.com/tensegritywiki]]
* PowerPoints on SlideShare: [[@http://www.slideshare.net/tensegritywiki|www.slideshare.net/tensegritywiki]]
* Friends on FaceBook: [[@http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#%21/profile.php?id=100000762765238|www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/profile.php?id=100000762765238]]
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* Photos on Flickr: [[@http://www.flickr.com/groups/tensegritywiki|www.flickr.com/groups/tensegritywiki]] or [[@http://www.flickr.com/photos/tensegritywiki/|www.flickr.com/photos/tensegritywiki/]]
* Projects on Behance: [[@http://www.behance.net/collection/Tensegrity/11111277]]
* Procedures at Instructables: [[@http://www.instructables.com/id/Tensegrity/]]
* Experiments
** Google group, if we need it. [[@http://groups.google.com/group/tensegritywiki]]

Revision as of 06:17, 14 July 2018

Welcome to TensegrityWiki!

What is tensegrity?

Tensegrity is the way the world organizes itself. Build or buy a model and experience it yourself!

Why bother learning about it?

Whatever your goal in life, it's good to understand how the world works. Tensegrity, discovered about 60 years ago, is a new way of understanding forces at play. Whether you are building a business, designing household objects, building robots, or trying to live sustainably in a resource-challenged world, tensegrity offers innovative ways of thinking about how parts and wholes interact.

What is Tensegrity Wiki, The Encyclopedia of Tensegrity?

This website is a wiki dedicated to exploring the field of tensegrity, a subset of energetic-synergetic geometry. It is intended to use the "power of crowds" to fine-tune and make available accurate knowledge about tensegrities. This includes all aspects of tensegrity including structural tensegrity sculptures, dynamically adjusting tensegrity robotics, biotensegrity as expressed in cellular mechanics, biotensegrity as expressed in mammalian anatomical fascial/bone structure, tensegrity therapy as a set of mind-body practices, tensegrity as it illuminates ancient philosophies of harmony, music and dance inspired by tensegrity, and so on.

How do I get started?

For now, use the old site, https://tensegritywiki.com.

Who can contribute?

  • University students using the wiki in their studies
  • Anyone.
  • Language? A lot of important work in tensegrity is being conducted as tenségrité (French), tensegridad (Spanish), Tensintegro (Italian), טנסגריטי (Hebrew). But multi-language support is not enabled on this wiki. For now, let's store articles in other languages along with the English ones.
  • Questions? Contact tensegritywiki at gmail, the Wiki moderator.


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