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Updated on April 21, 2018: Two additional versions have been added.

When I uploaded this thing, I didn't know its purpose. I thought it would be useless for anything else except as a 3D printing demonstration, just to satisfy my curiosity. However, if you look at the comments below, Guttyr found that you can make it spin by blowing on it, and it can be used by speech therapists to help children with special needs improve their respiratory support and control abilities.

The different parts of the gyroscope will rotate according to the position of your breath. I'm still figuring out which positions and angles work best. Maybe it will also help me, because I often feel out of breath when I'm at high altitudes or underwater.

It can be printed using an extrusion width of 0.5mm and a 2-layer wall without the need for infill.

Printing with Atomic Filament Granite Grey PLA and Octave Precision Gold PLA*

The new version printed using Atomic Filament Starry Night PLA and 3D Solutech Transparent Blue PETG*

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