A chance "eureka moment" by a Scottish physicist solved a problem that had plagued the transatlantic cable -- and made a lord out of the man who had the insight. One of the fundamental problems of ...

IN the variable width method of recording sound on film, a galvanometer is used in which a loop of metal ribbon, 0-005 in. broad and 0-0005 in. thick, is placed between the poles of a permanent magnet ...

Mirror galvanometers (‘galvos’ for short) are the worky bits in a laser projector; they are capable of twisting a mirror extremely quickly and accurately. With two of them, a laser beam may be steered ...

Traditionally, point-scanning confocal microscopes have used galvanometric (galvo) mirrors to generate high-contrast images of a variety of samples. While highly effective for routine imaging, this ...

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I suppose I can take credit for introducing the super awesome [Fran Blanche] to Hackaday’s very own crotchety old man and Commodore refugee [Bil Herd]. I therefore take complete responsibility for ...

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Scale reads 0 to 50 but numbers are reversed - these will read correctly when viewed thru the spotting telescope used with this galvanometer (328111). Unit has clip marks in center where it was held ...