TVs are advertised according to their diagonal screen measurement which differs from the actual width of the TV.

You’ve no doubt heard the carpentry proverb “Measure twice, cut once” and may even have made it a mantra for your own projects. But unless you know how to use a tape measure and correctly read its ...

Is your weight problematic? The answer is not as straightforward as you might think. Sure, there are scales and charts and different scientific methods of calculating “overweight and overall fatness,” ...

Microsoft has come up with an ingenious solution to tackle cramped and Kinect-unfriendly living conditions in Japan - a tape measure. A printed length of paper can be taken home by shoppers from ...

The current method of judging obesity is so complex it should be replaced by a simple tape measure, according to a leading specialist. Dr Jude Oben, from the Obesity Action Campaign, said the body ...

If you’ve ever tried to measure a door, table or lumber by yourself, you know the problem — keeping the far end of the tape measure from slipping off the edge of whatever you’re measuring. Sisters ...