- Mar 30, 2018
The Da Vinci Project, Part One. Basic Design Principles: The Contractile Function of Muscle
Muscle contraction is produced at a molecular level by the interaction between the interdigitating strands of myosin and actin molecules tha
- Mar 6, 2018
The Da Vinci Project, Part One. Basic Design Principles: Dynamic Opposition and Effortlessness in Na
Compression presses outward and muscles pull inwardly, the combined action creating direction of parts with a minimum of effort—a principle
- Mar 1, 2018
The Da Vinci Project, Part One. Basic Design Principles: Compression or Tensegrity?
Our upright, vertical, weight-bearing spine is a constantly-moving variation of a more primitive animal design—one that preserves the basic
- Feb 21, 2018
The Da Vinci Project, Part One. Basic Design Principles: Tensegrity
In tensegrity structures, the rigid members don’t bear weight but provide opposition to the tension members, which in turn pull on the compr
- Feb 16, 2018
The Da Vinci Project, Part One. Basic Design Principles: The Dynamic Function of Muscle
To maintain support off the ground, however, muscles must lengthen between the bony structures to which they attach so that, even as they ma
- Feb 15, 2018
Welcome to The Da Vinci Project: The Study of Our Human Anatomical Design
Far from being a defective design, our upright posture is amazingly subtle and complex and that, without it, none of our distinctly human ac
