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Over the past few months something you may have seen pop up on multiple places on the internet is “floating” or “levitating” platforms which are seemingly held aloft by some strands of rope or string.

If you’ve never heard of a tensegrity structure, you should stop now and watch the video below. In it, [The Action Lab] shows a 3D printed table that is held up only with strings. We didn’t say ...