June 26, 2007 Swords into plowshares in the 21st century - 3D camera technology originally designed to detect unexploded bombs has been adapted to accurately measure your shoe size. QinetiQ's FootSee ...

FILE - In this April 18, 1958 file photo, Philip N. Brooks, right, a New York State surveyor, takes a look through his transit on the Tuscarora Indian Reservation near Niagara Falls, N.Y., while ...

WASHINGTON — Change is afoot for the official measuring stick used to size up big places in America. The reason? There are actually two different definitions of the 12-inch measurement known as a foot ...

Most Americans will say there is one official measurement for a foot, but what may come to a surprise is that there are actually two and they differ by about one hundredth of a foot. The first model ...

WASHINGTON, DC – Change is afoot for the official measuring stick used to size up big places in America. The reason? There are actually two different definitions of the 12-inch measurement known as a ...

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This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. WASHINGTON (AP) — Change is afoot for the ...

WASHINGTON – Change is afoot for the official measuring stick used to size up big places in America. The reason? There are actually two definitions of the 12-inch measurement known as a foot. Some ...