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It’s Time For The US To Go Metric
The US has a love affair with imperial units: height in inches, milk in quarts, weight in pounds. You name it and it’s measured in imperial. The only problem? Imperial is dumb. The US should cast off those shackles and join the rest of the world by embracing units that make sense. It should go metric, once and for all.
The Kilogram Is Losing Weight And That Might Screw The Metric System
We’ve long known that there were some issues with France’s ‘Le Grand K’, the international prototype for what a kilogram really is. Made in 1879 from platinum and iridium alloy, it is the perfect standard for what a kilogram weighs. The problem is it’s losing weight.
Ruler 2: As Good As An iPhone Ruler Can Get
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.
iPhone 4 CAD Diagrams Will Make Designers Weak At The Knees
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.
Useful Towel Knows How Many Pecks Are In A Bushel
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.
Gangster Ruler Allows Measurement Geeks to Save Face
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]
