Designers, engineers and makers looking for a versatile modular multifunctional measuring instrument may be interested in a new design created by Vasileios Vasilakakis located in Greece. Watch the ...

Scientists have developed a method which allows to measure large distances (up to a hundred kilometers) with an accuracy comparable to an atomic size. The method is similar to one used in LIGO and ...

Stanford researchers have unveiled a new type of frequency comb, a high-precision measurement device, that is innovatively small, ultra-energy efficient, and exceptionally accurate. With continued ...

The Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science (KRISS, President Lee Ho Seong) has successfully developed a length measurement system that achieves a level of precision approaching the ...

Smartphones are useful for a lot of things. You can even use one as a ruler in a pinch. Generally speaking, you won’t replace your trusty yard stick. A phone is simply too small for anything other ...

HOZO Design, the award-winning innovator behind next-generation creative tools, has officially launched the NeoRuler Premium Combo, a breakthrough in smart measurement technology. Designed to bring ...

Your smartphone can not only serve you as a digital ruler, but it can also help you measure various other things. Smartphones are very powerful tools, especially if you pair them up with good apps. In ...

Two satellites have used lasers to measure the distance between them, with a precision of 0.3 nanometres. The Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment Follow-On (GRACE-FO) mission carries an instrument ...

Forget hunting for a tape measure or a protractor. Use your Android phone camera and sensors to handle different types of measurements easily.