Deep Research Report: Open Questions Gap-Close

8-agent parallel web research targeting content gaps identified in the open questions report (2026-08-10). Credibility-scored, ingested, and compiled.

Research Dimensions

Phase 2b: Credibility Scoring Summary

Scoring rubric: Peer-reviewed (+2), Recent (+1), Known author (+1), Bias (-1), Corroboration (+1, max +2). Tiers: High (4-6), Medium (2-3), Low (0-1), Reject (<0).

Top sources by score:

• Nevala-Lee "Inventor of the Future" biography (5/6) — peer-reviewed, recent, known author, corroborated
• Stanford OAC Finding Aid M1090 (4/6) — official institutional, primary
• MoMA "Emerging Ecologies" catalog (4/6) — peer-reviewed, institutional, recent
• NASA Tensegrity Robots / SciTechDaily (4/6) — official NASA, recent, corroborated
• IOP Science Tensegrity Bibliometric (4/6) — peer-reviewed, systematic review, 2025
• Carbon Nanomaterials review (4/6) — peer-reviewed, quantitative data, 2024
• Lloyd Kahn Substack (3.5/6) — primary witness, known author, minor bias
• Patrick McCray "Geometric Futures" (3/6) — academic historian
• Fuller Futures Festival 2026 (3/6) — official SIU source, recent
• Drop City / Spatial Agency (3/6) — academic architectural database

Rejected: 0 sources (all scored >= 1.5)

Phase 3: Ingestion Summary

Total: 5 raw sources, 460 lines ingested

Phase 4: Compilation Summary

New Articles Created (8)

Articles Updated (1)

Key Content Highlights

Criticisms of Fuller — Balanced treatment of 8 critical themes: Bauersfeld dome priority (1922 Zeiss dome, 33 years before Fuller), Snelson tensegrity credit dispute, Lloyd Kahn's reversal ("domes aren't practical"), Dymaxion Car fatality, Dymaxion House commercial failure (37,000 unfulfilled orders), Montreal Biosphere engineering problems, political/social critiques (Tate: "apolitical technocrat"), self-mythologizing (Nevala-Lee, McCray).

Archival Collections — Comprehensive research guide to 11+ collections: Stanford M1090 (1,200 linear feet, 27 series, Dymaxion Chronofile), SIU Carbondale (unique models), Henry Ford Museum (Dymaxion House prototype), BFI, Virginia Tech (Geodesics Inc. correspondence), Estate, Synchronofile (private Portland collection), BMC Museum, ASU, Crystal Bridges, IIT. Includes access policies, contact info, digital availability.

Modern Applications — NASA tensegrity robots commercialized as Squishy Robotics (deployed by fire departments), NIAC Phase II space habitats, buckminsterfullerene spawning $3.2B carbon nanomaterials market (forecast $8.5B by 2033), The Sphere Las Vegas, "Spaceship Earth" board game (Greenpeace/Tsinghua), Climate Interactive simulation (MIT Sloan).

Recent Scholarship — Nevala-Lee biography (2022, 672pp, first authoritative), MoMA "Emerging Ecologies" (2023-24), Fuller Futures Festival 2026 (SIU, World Game relaunch with original 1971 collaborator Medard Gabel), 3D-printed dome visitor center (Mighty Buildings, 99% waste reduction), BFI Design Lab evolution (BiOFi, Indigenous Rewilding Network, COBALT), MAC Lyon permanent collection.

Places — Bear Island (family 1904, childhood formative, BFI artist residencies), Black Mountain College (1948 failed dome → 1949 success, Snelson/Asawa influence), Drop City (1965-73, first residential domes, Dymaxion Award 1966, Zomeworks origin), Spaceship Earth EPCOT (1982, 164ft complete geosphere, Fuller-inspired not Fuller-designed).

Open Questions Addressed

Remaining Gaps

1. Concepts agent findings not yet compiled — 32 under-documented concepts identified (e.g., dymaxion bathroom, tensegrity mast, fog gun, mechanical wing, cloud structures). These could seed 10-15 new concept articles.

2. Organizations agent findings not yet compiled — 59 organizations identified (e.g., Design Science Institute, Geodesics Inc., World Resources Inventory, Geoscope Inc., Triton Foundation). Could seed 15-20 new organization articles.

3. Events agent findings not yet compiled — 28 events identified (e.g., 1927 crisis, Black Mountain summers 1948-49, Expo 67, World Game 1969, Dymaxion Award 1966). Could seed 8-12 new event/topic articles.

4. ~26 additional places documented in raw but not yet compiled into individual articles (Milton MA, Harvard, Wichita, NC State, Mount Auburn Cemetery, Eden Project, Climatron, etc.).

5. P0 #1 remains partially open — event entity articles still needed, and more place articles could be compiled from existing raw data.

Statistics

Confidence Map