Gadgetory

gimble's the gold percussion instruments found atop any standard drum set which sorry let me try that again gimble's the tiny metal or plastic cups that people wear on their fingers to protect them while sewing which wrong again well how am I supposed to know all of this stuff one last time Gimbels pivoted support mechanisms that allow attached objects to be rotated around a central axis but if that definition sent your head spinning around its central axis like it did to mine here's a plain English one it lets an object let's say a drink stay oriented one way even when whatever it's mounted to is rotating and cup holders that don't spill when a ship is swaying back and forth in the ocean are just the beginning those who have seen our video about optical image stabilization will already be aware that miniature gyroscopic sensors make greater stability possible in cameras by monitoring and affecting lens position in response to stimuli this process is remarkably similar to other systems like ones responsible for keeping commercial airliners autopilot programs constantly aware of the horizon or those that keep large luxury cruise liners from tipping over usually and triple gimbal support mounts known as gyros that's better make it possible for an item to rotate completely free of its mounting allowing something like a drone mounted camera to not only be stabilized up-and-down pitch left and right yaw but also on the third roll axis meaning that the cameras shot stays level even when the airborne platform it's attached to is altering its angle dramatically to get like that sick pan shot so gimbals that are paired with sensors and capable of manual adjustment of the orientation of the mounted object in addition to providing resistance to a change in orientation are called motored systems and you can find them on more than just drones I mean even rocket propulsion systems use them to allow thrust to be applied to the rocket ship in different directions as needed but what do drones and rockets have in common well they're both complicated and expensive so if the goal is to build a better selfie stick or whatever the other type of gimbal you might encounter is a motorless one these systems rely on precise balance and sometimes even user intervention directly to keep them still and they are less capable of compensating for sudden aggressive movements but they are lighter and less expensive when a motored gimbal is required which still doesn't explain why the Blair Witch Project looked like absolute garbage none of this stuff is new and even though it's taken until now for many mainstream folks to realize that they're surrounded by gyroscopes and gimble's there are drawings of ink pots that never tip over going back thousands of years cool hey you know what else is cool fresh books it's the online accounting it wonder strata come up with a word there that was an extravaganza because that what I was about to say and let's face it even though fresh books does make your invoicing and getting paid and tracking expenses easier I wouldn't call anything that involves accounting an extravaganza basically it's a way to keep little details about you know cash flow and how many hours you've worked on this project in one place and it shows a full history of each invoice allowing you to check if your client has viewed the invoice as well as allow them to pay directly via credit card through fresh books which is pretty awesome because we all know that doing the work is one thing actually getting paid for it is quite another and you can monitor all of this from your phone so you can do it while you're out in between jobs or whatever else the case maybe instead of getting home at the end of the day plopping yourself down in front of your computer and trying to remember what the crap happened that day when you're tired because you've been working so if you're your own boss you should be using stuff that makes you feel like a boss and you want to head over to fresh books comm slash tech quickie now to try out a free trial and don't forget to enter tech quick in the how did you hear about us section it's always pronounced like that how did you hear about us or just how did you hear about us that's fine too thanks for watching guys if you like this video do that thing if you disliked it do the other thing if you are wanting to check out some pretty cool videos on our other channels then you're definitely not going to want to miss our nerf battle over on channel super fun so do check that out in a little eye up there as always comment below with video suggestions and subscribe and follow and all that good noise see you next time