So basically, it’s two motorized tape measures that wrap around each other, with a LED strip in the middle. To get that fully enclosed saber feel, Disney has widened the tape measure-esque ...

Yes, that’s correct — the magic here really does boil down to a pair of fancy motorized tape measures. The patent even mentions “a metal carpenter’s tape measure” as inspiration.

The exhibit – called Tape Recorders, Subsculpture 14 – uses a computerized system to detect the presence of people in the room, then indicates how long they stay with motorized tape measures ...

It was basically a box that used a motorized tape measure with an LED strip stuck onto it. I wanted to develop further. I got two people from my university, Maddie [Tong] and Aaron [ Codrington ...

Disney has finally showed off its “real” retractable lightsaber in celebration of May 4th’s Star Wars Day — and the new toy saber looks like the best yet. It’ll be available in 2022 at ...

The most simple way to explain the patent is that the inside of the hilt houses a motorized tape measure of sorts that is wrapped around lighting. After Disney’s “real” lightsaber reveal, ...

This device incorporates a motorized spool of metal measuring tape located inside the robot's body. The tape itself extends straight up out of the robot, bends around to form an upside-down U ...

Tape measure antennas have a long and proud history in amateur radio and shortwave listening, ... You can buy off the shelf or build yourself a motorized model pretty easily these days.

Explore the innovative GRIP-tape robotic gripper using measuring tape for fingers, designed for gentle handling of fragile objects in fields like agriculture. ... Two motorized reels ...

The maker of drool-worthy synthesizers just announced the TP-7, a teeny portable recorder that features a “motorized tape reel” that spins as it captures audio and also ...