Forget hunting for a tape measure or a protractor. Use your Android phone camera and sensors to handle different types of measurements easily.

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 ...

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 ...

If you are ready to start doing more DIY projects around your home or apartment, there are certain tools every homeowner should have to make the work go smoother. Even after assembling a basic set of ...

Who would have ever thought that the phone tucked away in our back pockets would have high tech cameras, calculators, and internet access? Technology has moved fast, and the world along with it. It’s ...

Create your own centimeter ruler. Then, estimate and measure with lengths with it. Warm up with a Mystery Math Mistake as you add two 2-digit numbers using a decomposition strategy. Think through ...

This release is also available in Chinese on EurekAlert! Chinese. College Park, MD (August 31, 2010) -- With the advent of nanometer-sized machines, there is considerable demand for stable, precise ...

Every industry uses its own metrics. Fabrics come by the yard, gas is sold by the gallon, office space in New York City is rented by the square foot. As it turns out, however, renting precise amounts ...