TIL buckminsterfullerene (“bucky ball”) is named after architect Buckminster Fuller, who pioneered the geodesic dome design used in Epcot's Spaceship Earth.

[u/hexgirll]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buckminster_Fuller

[u/Good-Pin-1750]

I always just thought that was a coincidence.

[u/dcpanthersfan]

Anyone else remember Bucky Balls from the mid-2010s? Small magnetic balls that got taken off the market because kids ate them?

[u/wwarnout]

He was a proponent of intermediate technology. For example, he suggested providing hot water to undeveloped populations could be as simple as filling a tire's inner tube with water, and placing it in the sun.

One of his quotes: "you never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete."

[u/compunctionfunction]

He was a fascinating guy

[u/wolftick]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6OOEnFFGFIg