When designing materials and structures at the nanoscale, it is important to be able to characterize and measure them. Getting tools to measure on these very small length scales can be challenging as ...

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 ...

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 ...

If you use rulers on a daily basis or need to upgrade your existing measuring stick, you might be interested in the T3 scale aluminum metal ruler set which comprises of three rulers that combine to ...

Nanotechnology, which is developed at the impossibly small size of one billionth of a meter, is essential to everything from more powerful chips in smartphones to finding cures for the worst diseases.

US-based innovators HOZO Design C.O. have launched an Indiegogo campaign for the “first compact digital rolling ruler.” The “ROLLOVA” seeks to replace traditional measuring tapes with a compact gadget ...

Los Angeles-based studio Ensso has designed an all-in-one fountain pen with scale ruler for architects and engineers. Launched on Kickstarter, the Escala pen has a long, triangular cap that doubles as ...