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Went to the NC State Fair yesterday. This is the interior of the Dorton Arena -without question one of the 100 most significant pieces of modern architecture.
The Dorton Arena was the first use of a cable-supported roof system in the world.
The Dorton Arena was the first indoor stadium designed entirely as a large column-free space. The final column-free area was 300 feet in diameter with 25,000 square feet of arena space. This design was possible due to the use of the revolutionary combination of compression rings and cables in tension to support the roof. (they are buried under the ground}
Those columns in the photo do not provide any support and were not in the original design, but such a revolutionary concept the powers that be dictated them to be constructed to meet code in 1952. It was oringinally designed to just have glass.
https://www.asce.org/.../historic-landmarks/dorton-arena/
The architect, Matthew Nowicki (1910–1950) unfortunately died before he could see it completed and I believe, had he not, he would have been at the very forefront of modern architecture, for the good.
The ferris wheel is the tallest portable one in the world. Two cool pieces of engineering and design in a single pic !
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First LEGO League is getting geared up. We have been doing swag and trophies and variety of other items for teams and events all over the world since it began. Back then, I of course, was the only one in world that was printing and engraving on LEGO elements. Here is a picture of Kjeld, Dean Camen (Founder of First), and the group of AFOLs that helped create the NXT. The guy in the corner in the blue shirt, if I remember correctly is the editor and founder of Wired Magazine. Made a cool LEGO Picture Puzzle.

And here is a link for some of the hundreds that we have done for individual teams --
https://sway.office.com/A3f09H0Xn0uRrjse

The WSU -Witchita State University Shocker Mindstorms predates FLL by 3 or 4 years- began in 2002 and is still going strong. It is a collaboration of the Engineering Department and the Educational Department.

I used to have the names of all in the photo I took, but if you know, feel free to identify in the comments.

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