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And sometimes you discover too late that the tape measure you brought isn’t long enough. Decades ago, Leica, an industry leader in cameras and optics technology, developed a laser distance ...

[Andrew] got a little help from his friends to hack a laser distance meter. Using laser distance meters as sensors is one of the great quests of hackers – with good reason. Accurate distance ...

"I wanted to create a new tool for taking measurements at great distances, where normal laser devices would be limited to short-distance restrictions," said an inventor, from Miami, Fla., "so I ...

[Andrew] got a little help from his friends to hack a laser distance meter. Using laser distance meters as sensors is one of the great quests of hackers – with good reason. Accurate distance ...