Abstract: Linear elements and connectors define the parts used by this building system to manufacture and/or form modules and multimodular structures. The linear elements and connectors meet and interact to form physical structures that can function as adaptable behavioral networks. At the junctures where linear elements and connectors meet, a plurality of interface mechanisms allow information transfer and/or form reversible structural changes within the modules and/or multimodular network structures built using this system. Structural changes within or between the fundamental digital elements making up a network structure may lead to the morphing of the greater structure. The fundamental digital elements are linear elements. The connectors allow the meeting/binding of digital elements. The connectors and linear elements act as structural and behavioral actuators that interface within the network structure they compose.

Abstract: A system of construction that uses a discrete repertoire of elastic modular units that interconnect forming assemblies of diverse curved geometries applicable at any scale. Each modular unit is formed with linear elements with less than infinite elastic modulus. The modular units connect to one another under tension creating structural networks that have stored elastic potential energy. The linear elements may be formed of carbon based composite materials and their future permutations, including smart materials. The modular assemblies created using this system have application in terrestrial, space and aquatic environments and as an educational tool.

Abstract: This describes a system of construction that uses a discrete repertoire of elastic modules that interconnect forming assemblies of diverse curved geometries applicable at any scale. The component module's structure is linear in character, geometrically elemental and made of discrete components. The linear components that make up the modules' structure are composed of material with less than infinite elastic modulus. The modules connect to one another under tension creating structural networks that have stored elastic potential energy. The diversity of this system's possible geometric structural outcomes is statistically vast. Such geometries can range from discrete to quasicrystaline and suit many current and future structural applications. The combination of having the properties of stored elastic potential energy and diverse structural geometric outcomes is advantageous when designing morphable/adaptable structures using tunable materials.