A Foucault pendulum is a simple device for observing the Earth's rotation. While such pendulums have been around for more than 150 years and are a staple of the modern science museum, they are ...

Here’s how to build a pendulum-controlled clock which can be made really accurate. Retro? – yes, but an interesting project all the same. You’ll need a spare quartz clock which must be adapted by ...

Washington, D.C. (November 9, 2010) -- Walk into nearly any science museum worth its salt and you're likely to see a Foucault pendulum, a simple but impressive device for observing the Earth's ...

We’re always happy to see hackers inspired to try something different by what they see on Hackaday. To [SimpleTronic] has a project that will let you stretch your analog electronics skills in a really ...

Before Avery Heisey became a minister he was a watchmaker. So it’s no surprise Heisey, who died recently at 94, was fascinated by things like the Foucault pendulum. In the early 1990s, Heisey and ...

Reaction wheels are useful things, typically used by satellites to keep themselves oriented the right way up in space. Turning the reaction wheel creates an equal and opposite torque in the spacecraft ...

One of the features of the new Parliament building in New Delhi, inaugurated on May 28, is a Foucault pendulum suspended from its ‘Constitutional Gallery’ area. It has been designed and installed by ...

Foucault’s Pendulum is the largest of its kind in India, standing at a towering height of 22 meters and weighing a substantial 36 kilograms. India's newly inaugurated Parliament building, unveiled on ...