All Debra Monck wanted was a tool that would help her students learn the difficult subject of measuring. Conventional rulers just didn't work, the Pohatcong Township, N.J., woman learned during her 22 ...

This small yet mighty gadget measures up to 10 meters in metric mode or 83 feet in inches mode, providing plenty of leeway for any area. Successfully funded on Kickstarter, the digital ruler is a ...

If you’re put off by the tedious chore of measuring rooms, you may be interested in the convenience promised by ultrasonic tape measures. These devices beam an ultrasonic sound wave at a wall, log the ...

We've gotten less snow in the Hudson Valley in recent years, but when it does snow, every time it snows, the question swirls before the flakes stop falling: "How much did we get?" Believe it or not, ...

It’s always good to get reader submissions on MbM, so thanks to Ian P for sending this one in. It’s a little “PCB ruler” that is embellished with markings to indicate trace width, a wire gauge chart ...

Psychologists have many cleaver tests to ascertain personality traits of people. Now, according to a study published in the journal Aggressive Behavior, the shrinks have a new tool in their medical ...