>But what on Earth is a "piezo gyro"?

Probably something along the lines of the devices described at the link
below - a "solid state" gyro made from micromachined silicon. It doesn't
actually spin, it vibrates a little like a bell, but is able to detect
rotation and thus is able to tell a correction system how to counteract
it.

http://www.siliconsensing.com/rscience/how.htm

It's also used in the Segway stabilisation mechanism.

Rob

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