Measurements

Gadgets

Measure The Girth Of Anything Using This Tape Measure

4:20AM August 18, 2011 | Kat Hannaford

Yeh, metal-tape measures stopped being cool right around the time ThinkGeek started selling the Smart String, which has 50 inches of retractable string that can bend around curved things. BUT WAIT! It also tells you the measurements on the LCD screen. More »


Science

France’s Kilogram Standard Is No Good For Americans

8:00PM October 29, 2010 | Kat Hannaford

France holds the world’s standard for the kilogram weight. It’s a cylinder-shaped object that has dictated all other kilogram weights for 130 years now. As it’s made from platinum-iridium, though, the US is concerned it’s no longer accurate. Whoops? More »


Software

Ruler 2: As Good As An iPhone Ruler Can Get

2:40AM September 22, 2010 | Kyle VanHemert

For a device with a 3-inch screen, the iPhone has a pretty impressive resume: phone, map, camera, sketchbook, dedicated Doodle Jump playing machine. And for $1.19, the newly revamped Ruler 2 app makes it a pretty decent measuring thinger too. More »


Mobile

iPhone 4 CAD Diagrams Will Make Designers Weak At The Knees

8:40PM July 28, 2010 | Kat Hannaford

Some time ago, Apple uploaded the CAD diagrams for anyone interested in building cases for the iPhone, iPad or iPod. It took Core77 a lot of time and patience to overlay them on the product photos, but they were worth waiting for. More »


Useful Towel Knows How Many Pecks Are In A Bushel

5:00PM November 11, 2009 | Rosa Golijan

A towel is about the most massively useful thing you can have. This particular one though, does things no other towel does: It guides you through the mysteries of measurement conversions and even has built-in rulers. More »


Gadgets

Gangster Ruler Allows Measurement Geeks to Save Face

4:20AM January 29, 2009 | Mark Wilson

A sad fact of life is that nobody looks tough holding a ruler. But with the Gangster Ruler, $US12, you can be all like, “what’s up now, bitch?” [Atykpyk via Inspire Me Now]

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Measurement Gloves Give Construction Jobs the Finger

1:20AM January 28, 2009 | Mark Wilson

There’s never a ruler around when you need one, but these measurement gloves can conceivably clip to your jacket to always have on the job (you know, like mittens).

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