This article predates the current owners of Science Blog. It has not been reviewed under the current editorial process and is kept as part of the archive. The backpack, known as the Gyropack, uses ...

Most self-balancing robots use some sort of circuitry like gyroscopes or accelerometers to keep them upright. Some bots however, can achieve nearly the same effect by far less complicated means. Meet ...

Of all the zany car technologies I’ve read about a gyro car isn’t one of them. From what my simple man-brain can discern, the Gyro-X, revealed to the world at the 1961 Detroit Auto Show, is a ...

Discover the self-balancing gyroscope car from the 1960s that never reached production, and learn about its unique mechanisms! The video is available in over 20 languages; adjust the audio settings as ...

Back in 1967, California-based Gyro Transport Systems built a prototype vehicle known as the Gyro-X. The automobile had just two wheels, one in front and one in the back and, as the car’s name implies ...