The motion of any object is relative. On Earth we tend to ignore that, because the vast background of the ground gives us a seemingly fixed and absolute frame of reference. Sitting comfortably at our ...

There’s a simple way to measure the speed of sound. It’s low tech and unimpressive, but you get to blast an air horn. How many times can you say that you’re using one for science and not sheer ...

Corrections & clarifications: A previous version of the story misstated a measurement of Internet speed. We know what “slow” internet is like: videos buffer, downloads lag and a single page can take ...

Are general purpose internet speed tests (generally HTTPS speed) a good or poor indication of ' wireless internet performance '? Are they just too crude to give a realistic appraisal of real WLAN ...

Measuring speed with Arduino isn‘t something new, but the interesting part of this project that speed information is displayed on Flash application. Application has been built using Flex 4 and is ...

You might think that if you have a need to measure the speed of a projectile that is too fast for your high-speed camera, you would have to invest in some significantly expensive equipment. That was ...

You might think that if you have a need to measure the speed of a projectile that is too fast for your high-speed camera, you would have to invest in some significantly expensive equipment. That was ...

MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab has figured out a way of measuring walking speed to within 95 and 99 percent accuracy — all without requiring a wearable or other on-body ...

If you’ve never seen the International Space Station in orbit, you’re missing out on something awesome. Oh, you don't have a telescope? No problem, the ISS is easily visible at night. True. It looks ...

No boat is perfectly symmetric or at maximum/minimum tolerances when you first purchase it. The closer you can get it to perfect, the better it will sail. To begin, you need to take some accurate ...