 Topic in Depth - Gyroscopes
This Topic in Depth explores gyroscopes and gyroscopic effect, from introductory materials about how gyroscopes are used in bicycles to research and commercial applications to hypothetical uses, such as in Rosie the Robot from The Jetsons cartoon.
What is a Gyroscope?
This site from the Canada Science and Technology Museum explains what the term gyroscope refers to, what's special about gyroscopes, how the gyroscopic effect...
Gyroscope
This site, entitled Gyroscope, is offered by the Kenyon College Department of Physics. It describes the history of the gyroscope from its invention in 1852 by...
The Science of Segway
From the makers of the Segway, the Human Transporter, comes the Science of the Segway site. The device's most impressive feature is its ability to balance on...
Gyroscopes.org
This site, Gyroscopes.org, provides several informative pages. A gyroscope math section gives an in-depth look at the mathematical principles behind the...
Rosie the Robot - a Question of Balance
This site, authored by New York Universities' Ken Perlin is the Rosie the Robot - a Question of Balance site. This comical but interesting page explains how...
How Gyroscopes Work
This site, How Gyroscopes Work, is available from Howstuffworks.com. Everything from the science behind their workings, the concept and cause of precession...
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Nanostructures are defined as "the confluence of the smallest human-made devices and the large molecules of living systems." With the new nanotechnology of today, scientists have the ability to change a single atom or molecule at a time.
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