Ever needed to get the dimensions of something but don’t have a tape measure to hand? There is an iPhone app uses augmented reality to get the measurements of any object you choose, here’s how. The ...

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A vehicle’s center of gravity, or CG, is the theoretical point where the sum of all of the masses of each of its individual components effectively act. In other words, from a physics perspective, a ...

Google’s Android and Apple’s iOS are operating systems used primarily in mobile technology, such as smart phones and tablets. Android, which is Linux-based and partly open source, is more PC-like than ...

Apple has revealed that there is a new function built into the Measure app that enables certain iPhone 12 models to measure the height of someone just using the iPhone’s camera. If you have an iPhone ...

iPhones equipped with a LiDAR Scanner have a useful trick: they can be used to measure a person's height. In order to take advantage of this feature, you will need an iPhone Pro or Pro Max model ...

Trees are tall. Humans, relatively speaking, are not. And we're not the most agile climbers in the animal kingdom, either. But we are crafty, and we can out-think even the most wizened redwood. But ...

At the end of the 18th century, the British scientist Henry Cavendish measured the force of gravity between two objects for the first time in a laboratory. The objects in question were lead balls, one ...

Not all motorcycles come standard with a windshield. You don't need one if you don't want one. Certainly, one of the appeals of riding a motorcycle is feeling the wind in your face, though that can be ...

The iPhone 12 Pro and iPhone 12 Pro Max’s LiDAR senor enables all sorts of cool camera features, like finding the dimensions of a room or turning real-world objects into 3D models. It’s also ...