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Yes, that sounds truly terrifying! :)

Combination of vibrations and actuators fighting the gyroscopic effect of the off-axis spinning monitor would risk the whole thing violently ripping itself off the desk.

Would certainly be exciting!



I feel the need to point out that this is why mechanical TV never scaled. From very old memory, if you wanted a 40" screen then the wheel needed to be two stories high.

Ben Heck[0] and Technology Connections[1] videos.

[0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eI0TtyVEcs8 [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5OANXk-6-w




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