Since its creation in the United Kingdom almost 200 years ago, tape measures have become essential for measuring things for personal, professional, and even legal use (as long as they've been ...

One of the first things my family taught me about construction was how to use a measuring tape. Measurements would be called out, and I would measure and mark the boards that needed to be cut. I ...

The patent-pending invention provides a specialized tape masure for electricians. In doing so, it allows the user to easily ...

This isn’t one of those retractable tape measures, mind you — just a long strip of flexible metal on a wind-up spool in a plastic case. His idea was to use the tape as the radiator for an end ...

The tape measure is such a wonderful structure because ... The gripper has two "fingers," made of two spools-each made of two rolls of measuring tape bound together. Each spool is rolled up ...

The common thread is the use of tape measures for the elements of the aptly named turnstile antenna, a tried and true material for lightweight, foldable antennas that amateur radio enthusiasts ...

robot already uses a measuring-tape-based magnetic limb for climbing metal structures. ”We like to look for non-traditional, non-intuitive robot mechanisms," says Gravish. "The tape measure is ...