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You probably use technology based on gyroscopes every single day, perhaps without realizing it?
From smartphone screen rotation and motion-controlled game controllers, to digital cameras with image stabilization and GPS units with precise navigation, gyroscopes are the key to making these work as seamlessly as they do. Without gyroscopes, many of the modern tools and devices we take for granted would be far less effective, or might not even exist in the form we know them today.
Although our gyroscope cannot be used to control smartphones, game consoles or GPS devices, it is a fascinating way to explore basic physics. When you set the gyroscope in rotation, you can see how it resists changes in its axis, thus showing how reaction and counterreaction work in practice. This makes the gyroscope a fun and educational way to understand the complex laws of physics, right in your hand.