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09/10/2025

Railway trains – In the early 1900s, gyroscopes were tested to balance single-track railway cars (“gyrocars”) that could stand upright without falling over.

06/10/2025

Motorcycles with no kickstand – Honda and BMW have both experimented with gyroscopic systems that let motorbikes balance themselves when stationary.

03/10/2025

Apollo spacecraft – NASA’s Apollo missions relied on gyroscopes in their inertial guidance systems to navigate to the Moon and back without GPS.

29/09/2025

Ship stabilizers – Some large yachts and naval vessels use giant flywheel gyroscopes to counteract rolling at sea—keeping champagne from spilling in rough waves.

26/09/2025

Hidden in smartphones – Every smartphone has tiny gyroscopes that help with screen rotation, gaming controls, VR/AR, and even stabilizing your camera.

22/09/2025

Spinning mass vs virtual gyros – Classic gyroscopes use a heavy spinning rotor. Modern ones in your phone use vibrating crystals or MEMS chips—no spinning parts at all.

19/09/2025

19/09/2025

Still works in space – Gyroscopes don’t rely on gravity, so they’re one of the few instruments that work just as well in orbit as they do on Earth.

19/09/2025

We have more super gyroscopes ready. However we are temporary out of stock of the standard white boxes. We have decided to supply the super gyroscope in the b grade walnut boxes (very minor marks).

15/09/2025

Not originally for navigation – Foucault’s gyroscope wasn’t built for ships or planes, but as a physics experiment to show the Earth turning beneath it.

12/09/2025

Coined by Foucault – The word gyroscope was introduced by French physicist Léon Foucault in 1852, when he built one to demonstrate Earth’s rotation (following his famous pendulum).