Comments on: The Last Handwoven Bridge, Rebuilt by MIT http://boingboing.net/2009/06/26/the-last-handwoven-b.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Fri, 24 May 2013 14:14:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: KaffN8ed http://boingboing.net/2009/06/26/the-last-handwoven-b.html#comment-528237 KaffN8ed Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-528237 I don't care how safe they say it is, I am NOT walking across a 118 foot canyon on GRASS. I don’t care how safe they say it is, I am NOT walking across a 118 foot canyon on GRASS.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/06/26/the-last-handwoven-b.html#comment-528527 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-528527 I can only imagine creating the sweetest tree house ever using those type of bridges. I can only imagine creating the sweetest tree house ever using those type of bridges.

]]> By: gever.tulley http://boingboing.net/2009/06/26/the-last-handwoven-b.html#comment-528536 gever.tulley Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-528536 And, just for fun, here's a suspension bridge, made from recycled plastic grocery bags, and built by the eight- to twelve-year-olds at Tinkering School in 2007: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/gevertulley/1013265332/in/set-72157618750564868/">Grocery-bag Suspension Bridge</a> The bridge was actually strong enough to carry the entire class: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/gevertulley/1013236310/in/set-72157601223264734/">Fully Loaded</a> And, just for fun, here’s a suspension bridge, made from recycled plastic grocery bags, and built by the eight- to twelve-year-olds at Tinkering School in 2007: Grocery-bag Suspension Bridge

The bridge was actually strong enough to carry the entire class: Fully Loaded

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/06/26/the-last-handwoven-b.html#comment-528322 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-528322 Any pictures of the finished bridge? Neither the article or flicker stream have the finis ed MIT bridge. Any pictures of the finished bridge? Neither the article or flicker stream have the finis ed MIT bridge.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/06/26/the-last-handwoven-b.html#comment-528337 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-528337 NOVA had a good show about this in 1998, part of their Secrets of Lost Empires. The video is unfortunately not online, but a blurb and the transcript are: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/inca1/ http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/transcripts/2404inca.html Philanthus NOVA had a good show about this in 1998, part of their Secrets of Lost Empires. The video is unfortunately not online, but a blurb and the transcript are:

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/inca1/

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/transcripts/2404inca.html

Philanthus

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/06/26/the-last-handwoven-b.html#comment-528346 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-528346 In proper units of measure for MIT and bridges: The original span is 21.13 Smoots. The MIT version is 10.75 Smoots. In proper units of measure for MIT and bridges:

The original span is 21.13 Smoots.
The MIT version is 10.75 Smoots.

]]> By: jfrancis http://boingboing.net/2009/06/26/the-last-handwoven-b.html#comment-528101 jfrancis Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-528101 I worked on a movie once where a more substantial rope bridge of vines and planks was built. The vines concealed steel cables, and the whole thing was very strong, but it went over a deep gorge and was still a bit scary to use. It would have been a nice convenience to leave behind after the shoot, but insurance required it to be removed. I worked on a movie once where a more substantial rope bridge of vines and planks was built. The vines concealed steel cables, and the whole thing was very strong, but it went over a deep gorge and was still a bit scary to use. It would have been a nice convenience to leave behind after the shoot, but insurance required it to be removed.

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