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Title: WHAT IS THIS THING CALLED????
Post by: Monorail Cat on August 08, 2013, 04:35:36 PM
Ok, this has been absolutely killing me since yesterday.  I am talking about that model where you have a stationary ring, and inside that, is a slightly smaller ring that spins around, and inside that is another ring that spins around, and so on.  What is the thing's name?  The only picture I can find of something that resembels what I'm talking about is the alien machine thing in Carl Sagan's "Contact":
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For some reason, I am being murdered in my head because I can't figure this out.  It's kinda hard to get good results on Google when your only description is "ring with rings spinning inside".  HELP ME PLEASE!
Title: Re: WHAT IS THIS THING CALLED????
Post by: Captain Communism on August 08, 2013, 04:41:48 PM
I think that's a gyroscope.

Yeah... it is.
Title: Re: WHAT IS THIS THING CALLED????
Post by: Monorail Cat on August 08, 2013, 06:50:08 PM
Wow... I always thought gyroscopes were all these things:
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Anyways, thank you very much for answering.  I may now sleep tonight.
Title: Re: WHAT IS THIS THING CALLED????
Post by: Bomb Squad on August 08, 2013, 07:27:31 PM
Yeah, that image Monorail posted is what I thought gyroscopes were also.
Title: Re: WHAT IS THIS THING CALLED????
Post by: Captain Communism on August 08, 2013, 07:29:08 PM
Gyroscope Motion Simulation (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RcsQbyRaKQE#ws)