Old school vernier calipers served engineers and machinists well for a long time — and did a perfectly good job. Digital models then came along and were easier to read. They now rule the roost, ...

ViHart's latest video reminds us once again of the value of idle hands. In it, she demonstrates how easily our humble appendages can make us look like fiddly geniuses – or at least like common math ...

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on Tuesday issued Apple a patent for an app and GUI pertaining to multitouch virtual drafting tools, like rulers and protractors, which can be applied to portable ...

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) -- Unless you're an architect or an engineer, it's probably been years since you last used a protractor in geometry class. But, now the semi-circular tool is showing up in some odd ...