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GYROCAR

By Matthew Gryczan

Photograph by Sam Murphy

BALANCING ACT

Outfit a toy gyroscope with an electric motor to make it run continuously, and add an adjustable drive wheel that lets it chug along a monorail, balance on a string, circle the rim of a pot, and perform other tricks.

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Anyone who’s played with a gyroscope toy powered by pulling a string wound around its axle knows that it’s fascinating, ...

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