His claim is false.  The only effect that a gyroscope has is that it
resists rotation.  To get levitation you'd have to have a device that
resists translation (movement along the x, y and z axis').

Problem with devices that resist translation is that they'd fly off the
earth at incredible speeds, which, while interesting to watch (from a
distance) is not a necessarily practical (or useful) technology, even if
it were possible.  Motion can only be measured relative to something
else, and I doubt one could create a device that resists translation AND
moves relative to the earth.

Physics encompasses larger areas than a small workshop, and too many
people fail to take the universe into account.

-Adam

Jinx wrote:

>>I don't even understand why people think the technology is so
>>innovative. Do people not realize that controls engineers have
>>been stabilizing unstable systems with feedback for a long time?
>>
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>The technology would be very familiar to anyone interested in flight
>or aerospace
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>In fact, I heard a man on the talkback this morning who expanded
>on simple gyros. You start with a gyro spun at high speed. The
>container that the gyro is in is spun at high speed at 90 degrees
>to the rotation of the inner gyro. Then the whole is spun at 90 degrees
>to that (ie spinning in the X Y and Z axes), all in a vacuum to reduce
>friction and power input. His claim (he says is backed and supported
>by engineers world-wide) is that the end effect is levitation
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