University of Illinois Physics Professor Paul Kwiat and members of his research group have developed a new tool for precision measurement at the nanometer scale in scenarios where background noise and ...

If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. Laser measurers are so much easier and more practical to ...

To address this issue, AMOTE JAPAN developed “Pittaku,” a simple measuring tool that allows users to check water depth inside a rice cooker in millimeter units. By providing a visual reference for ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. There's not a trade, job, or project in the world that wouldn't benefit from a bit of measurement before the work begins. Whether you're ...

How things measure up is pretty important to us. We don't just look at objects, we automatically scale them in our minds, guessing about width, height, and how they might fit in our world. We make ...

The world has come quite some way from simple, mechanical measuring instruments. Nowadays, our devices, from iOS to Android, have some of the best measurement apps. Since they arrived on the scene, ...

Precise measurements, not just imagination, drive scientific breakthroughs. From Galileo's telescope revealing Jupiter's moons to LIGO detecting gravitational waves, unblinking instruments ...

When was the last time you wanted to measure something, and the tool you needed was already within arm’s reach? I can’t think of a single time that’s happened to me. I don’t work in construction, so I ...