The modern tape measure has instant metric conversions and a Bluetooth option

13 Jan 2015 • engadget.com

After an apparent seven-year hiatus, the electronic tape measure has returned… with a smartphone-era upgrade. If you don’t see the screen, the E-Tape looks like any typical tape measure you’d find at Home Depot: rubberized guard for the tape, a lock and a hardy metal clip for attaching to your belt as you go about doing… buildery things. However, it does a few things more. Possibly the most convenient feature is the E-Tape’s single-button press conversion: to inches, centimeters, inches with a decimal point, as well as distance in feet and inches. (Yay, no more thinking!)

Is there anything that couldn’t benefit from an e-ink display?