Sometimes solving a problem doesn’t require a high-tech solution. Sometimes, you have to look no farther than your desktop. Three students from Northwestern University’s McCormick School of ...

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JOINT BASE LEWIS-McCHORD, Wash. - An engineer stands on a bridge gathering dimensions using a tape measure and lengths of cord. After a frustrating few hours he yells to the other engineer, "there has ...

Ordinarily, when you're cutting lengths of a material, you measure each piece with a tape measure then mark the cut point with a pencil before sawing. With the new M1 Caliber tool, however, neither of ...

Getting a perfect measurement is rule number one when you're making pretty much anything, but it's easy to get a little lazy about it and just quickly draw out a line without thinking too much. Over ...

A team of students has proven that pencils and regular office paper can be used to measure strain on an object and detect hazardous gases. Sometimes solving a problem doesn't require a high-tech ...