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Useless Facts, Badly Drawn #439: Gyrotheodolite.
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#gryotheodolite #gps #navigation #subterranean #tunnelling #digging #chunnel #engineering #gyroscopes #intertialnavigation #funfacts #didyouknow #webcomic #comics #uselessfacts #uselessfactsbadlydrawn

A Gyrotheodolite is a device that's basically an underground GPS.
When you need to dig a tunnel accurately, you can't use GPS (because there's no line of sight with satellites) or magnetic compasses (because of the presence of iron ore).

Useless Facts, Badly Drawn #439: Gyrotheodolite.
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#gryotheodolite #gps #navigation #subterranean #tunnelling #digging #chunnel #engineering #gyroscopes #intertialnavigation #funfacts #didyouknow #webcomic #comics #uselessfacts #uselessfactsbadlydrawn

"This year, two companies—Santa Clara, California-based Anello Photonics and Montreal-based One Silicon Chip Photonics (OSCP)—have introduced new gyroscope-on-a-chip navigation systems, allowing for precise heading and distance tracking without satellite signals."

https://spectrum.ieee.org/optical-gyroscopes-on-chip

#Engineering #Technology #Gyroscopes #Navigation

Alex Isakov explains his design for a #TimeMachine on Medium.com: GYRO 6DoF. Regular #gyroscopes have freedom in some #axes but are constrained in others.

❛❛ the maximum #number of degrees of freedom [DoF] in the #holonomic #system. ❜❜

🔗 https://AlexIsakov-17446.medium.com/gyro-6dof-gyroscope-with-six-degrees-of-freedom-f8aa7258c0db 2020 Nov 29
🔗 https://habr.com/ru/articles/480288/ 2019 Dec 14
🔗 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BwneQiH4yXg 2015 Sep 19

#Time #Timelessness #TimeTravel #AlexIsakov #Isakov #GYRO #6DoF #physics #science #engineering #invention #Kronodon

Malfunctioning Gyroscopes Caused Singapore F-16 Crash: Final Report Confirms

https://www.defensemirror.com/news/37101/Malfunctioning_Gyroscopes_Caused_Singapore_F_16_Crash__Final_Report_Confirms

#Singapore #MINDEF #F16Crash #RSAF #TengahAirBase #FlightSafety #AviationInvestigation #Gyroscopes #FlightControlSystem #LockheedMartin #AirForceSafety #AviationTechnology #PilotSafety #TrainingExercise #AircraftMaintenance #FlightSafetyInvestigation #DefenseNews #MilitaryAviation #F35 #AviationSafety

Malfunctioning Gyroscopes Caused Singapore F-16 Crash: Final Report Confirms

https://www.defensemirror.com/news/37101/Malfunctioning_Gyroscopes_Caused_Singapore_F_16_Crash__Final_Report_Confirms

#Singapore #MINDEF #F16Crash #RSAF #TengahAirBase #FlightSafety #AviationInvestigation #Gyroscopes #FlightControlSystem #LockheedMartin #AirForceSafety #AviationTechnology #PilotSafety #TrainingExercise #AircraftMaintenance #FlightSafetyInvestigation #DefenseNews #MilitaryAviation #F35 #AviationSafety

The #hubble #space #telescope is running out of #gyroscopes

#astronomy #science

https://arstechnica.com/space/2024/06/down-to-just-two-gyroscopes-hubbles-science-operations-will-continue/

Uh oh. Hubble's Having Gyro Problems Again https://www.universetoday.com/166780/uh-oh-hubbles-having-gyro-problems-again/ #hubblespacetelescope #gyroscopefailure #gyroscopes #hubble #hst

I used to buy loads of vintage engineering and machining books but I've calmed down a little on that front. This one just found it's way to me though! #gyroscopes

Vinatage book cover "the gyroscope and it's applications". Edited by Martin Davidson.

Illustration of a Sperry mk XIV gyro compass.

We keep making cool vehicles, why is nobody using them? #gyroscopes #mobility #technology

1910s: https://youtu.be/kUYzuAJeg3M?si=nIIQpwcStzX2-r1u

1960s: https://youtu.be/QkWNQ1jjwVw?si=ZrRuL3dg3q-cfNkU

2010s: https://youtu.be/jICGl9jmulc?si=-CTdj4GxAytLRUPd

#Hubble back in service after gyro scare—#NASA still studying reboost options
Hubble still provides valuable scientific data for #astronomers nearly 34 years since its launch aboard #SpaceShuttle in 1990. Astronauts on the last of the shuttle repair flights in 2009 installed 6 #gyroscopes. 3-of-6 gyros installed in 2009 have failed, The three functioning gyros are based on newer design for longer life, but one of these units has shown signs of wear in last few months.
https://arstechnica.com/space/2023/12/hubble-back-in-service-after-gyro-scare-nasa-still-studying-reboost-options/