Have you ever wondered how a robot navigates a cluttered room or how a drone maintains its altitude with pinpoint accuracy? The secret lies in the tools used to measure distance, an often-overlooked ...

Sometimes astronomy is like real estate — what’s important is location, location, location. Astronomers have resolved a major problem in their understanding of a class of stars that undergo regular ...

Researchers have developed a new kind of lidar system that simultaneously measures the location, speed and material ...

Open earth.google.com. Go to Tools > Measurement. Click on the starting point. Hover your mouse and click on the endpoint. Head to the Measure pop-up box. To learn more about these steps, continue ...

New laser distance meter features a 670ft measuring range, 8× digital camera zoom, a sunlight-readable AMOLED touchscreen, and ±1mm accuracy.

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 ...

Google Maps is easily one of the must-have mobile apps that you need to install when setting up a new phone, whether it's iPhone or Android. It'll help do more for you than help navigate your ...

A team of astronomers has used asteroseismology, or the study of stellar oscillations, to accurately measure the distance of stars from the Earth. Their research examined thousands of stars and ...