Remember how, if you wanted to measure distance between two places, you’d have to either a) spend the next half hour searching the App Store for a non-hideous free app that wouldn’t be too frustrating ...

Q: I know that Google Maps allows you to measure distances, but I can’t figure out where to find this option. A: There are so many powerful and somewhat hidden features of Google Maps, and for those ...

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

The best laser measures help you to measure distances much more accurately than fiddling about with a traditional tape measure. These devices, which are also known as 'laser distance measurers', ...

Measuring the distance using lasers is a mainstay of self-driving vehicles and ambitious robotics projects. The fine folks at MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) ...

DME is a radio navigation technology that measures the slant range (distance) between an aircraft and a base station.[Credit: Istock] DME (Distance Measuring Equipment) is an aviation radar system ...