floating compression demonstrates surface tension.

With my Klyp Styx Systym, I have built a 90 piece floating compression (A structure where the compression supporting members are suspended in a tensile network, so that they never touch each other.) with the symmetry of the truncated icosahedron.  The truncated icosahedron ( the fimiliar pattern of a soccer ball) is spherical enough that it behaves like a sloppy ball, very similar to a drop of water.  And with Klyp Styx I can change the tension of the elastic network and explore many surface tension effects . 

Eric

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