Once you unlock the reasoning behind some of these hidden features, you'll have a greater appreciation for what goes into a tape measure's engineering along with an idea of its full potential.

Tape measures' combination of being straightforward in their functionality and engineering are what have made them must-haves ...

Did you know that a simple tape measure has a world of untapped potential? Yes, it looks like a humble tool, but you might be surprised by the multitude of tasks a tape measure can tackle and the ...

A new wheeled robot is able to climb metal structures in a very clever and unique way – it uses an extendible tape-measure limb ... 2023 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences ...

If you want to try to figure out what’s going on for yourself, all you need is a pair of tape measures and a software defined radio (SDR), as [Tom Farnell] demonstrates. Tape measure antennas ...

Getting the two together, as with this field-portable antenna made from a tape measure, is a double win in any ham’s book. For [Paul (OM0ET)], this build seems motivated mainly by the ...

Did he use a fancy gadget, like the one golfers use to measure distance, to find out? Not quite. He got down on his hands and his knees, clutching a tape measure in the former. The lines were ...

The tape measure is such a wonderful structure because ... member in the UC San Diego Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering. The gripper has two "fingers," made of two spools-each ...