On associe souvent la force de Coriolis à l’eau qui se met à tourbillonner dans les éviers. Cette association est fausse : le sens de rotation de l’eau n’a pas pour origine la force de Coriolis.

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A robotic helper, hmmmm... a personal and personalized android that follows you around tending to your every need - that would be nice, yeah? Add to cart ASAP, right? Well, perhaps a live-in, human-shaped robot is the first thing that comes to mind, and maybe someday it will be the case, but in reality contemporary assistive robotics are a much more pedestrian and disembodied affair.