But an innovative new finger brace that can easily switch from fixed to flexible might make it easier for patients to stick with their rehab and speed up recovery times, researchers at Carnegie Mellon ...

Thanks to the adoption of Google’s ARCore and developments like LiDAR scanners on the iPhone, our smartphones have become capable enough to serve as a measurement tool. Instead of reaching for a ...

CMU researchers created the first-ever 3D-printed finger brace that easily shifts from rigid to flexible, eliminating the need to take it off and on. The customizable brace supports a patient's ...

If there’s one thing Bailey Smith taught us this Brownlow night, it’s that ‘speed dealer’ sunglasses can actually look half decent when paired with a crisp suit. I might be alone in that thought, but ...

If you've ever found yourself wanting to measure something but don't have a ruler or tape measure on hand, measuring apps on your phone can come to the rescue. They range from the fairly simple to ...

Why was the geometry book sad? It had a lot of problems. Chess, in a sense, involves solving geometric problems. Like the ruler and the protractor, the rook’s linear movement complements the knight’s ...

1 Department of Plant Sciences, College of Agriculture and Bioresources, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada 2 Aquatic and Crop Resource Development, National Research Council of Canada, ...

There's a new multitool in the works to tackle a range of measurement, drawing, cutting, and positioning tasks, all in a pocket-sized package. If you're an architect, engineer, contractor, woodworker, ...

You might be sitting in your car wrong. Get out, grab the 12-inch ruler you used in elementary school, and saw off 2 inches. Get back in your car and adjust the seat until the ruler touches both your ...

Nick is a Features author who's been writing for fellow tech geeks since 2011. While he's mostly focused on phones, he's also thrilled by cameras and audio gear of all shapes and sizes. On weekends, ...

For her 6th grade honors class, math teacher Ana Sepúlveda wanted to make geometry fun. She figured her students “who live and breathe soccer” would be interested to learn how mathematical concepts ...