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

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