Build. Try. Observe. Repeat.

NONBALL4SX.

Two million FLITES.
Still learning.

We’re exploring where that experience—and what we’ve observed along the way—could help solve problems, develop products, and open new applications.

What could we explore together?

01 Build.02 Try.03 Observe.04 Repeat.

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Public records of what we explore, observe, and learn.

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01 / How we work

Suspend Disbelief.
Prepare Room
for Possibility.
Let Them Show You
What They Can Do.

Our work uses the AURA Foundation Standards to preserve observations and develop understanding as evidence grows. Partnerships put that discipline to work in new settings and help inform its further development.

Explore the Foundation Standards

Each standard has a defined responsibility. Observations can inform engineering without becoming engineering conclusions by themselves.

AURA-000 AURA Standard: Preservation and evidence-supported development of observational knowledge arising from real-world encounters.
ENG-000 Engineering Standard: Preservation and evidence-supported development of engineering knowledge.
FGS-000 Foundation Governance Standard: Governance of Foundation Standards as Foundation Standards.
FDS-000 Foundation Design System: Design of Foundation documents.
STUD-000 Foundation Studio Standard: Creation of Foundation artifacts.
ROP-000 Return of Play Standard: Opportunity to play.

These brief descriptions draw from the preserved standards. They do not replace them.

02 / Engineering partnerships

Shared goals.
Growing knowledge.

Engineering partnerships bring different experience to a shared goal. We build, try, observe, and bring what we learn back to the conversation.

Together, we preserve observations, questions, and decisions in a shared, growing knowledge base—giving each visit, test, and next step more to build on.

03 / What the FUN is NONBALL?

A Bet
on People.

The object is the catalyst.
The participant is the point.

What we learn comes home, helping NONBALL improve products and create more play.

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The History of NONBALL

The challenge: reinvent the ball—an object with thousands of years of history.

Historical source

The Metropolitan Museum of Art documents rubber balls from El Manatí dating to approximately 1600 BCE.

The Mesoamerican Ballgame — The Met

04 / Explore together

What could
we explore
together?

We welcome conversations with commercial, industrial, and defense technology partners. Bring your problem, your expertise, or a possibility worth exploring together.

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