Remember how, if you wanted to measure distance between two places, you’d have to either a) spend the next half hour searching the App Store for a non-hideous free app that wouldn’t be too frustrating ...

Distance measuring devices have become standard issue equipment for average golfers, state amateur events and even USGA competitions. Now, it seems the PGA Tour might be ready to join the trend. The ...

Measuring the distance using lasers is a mainstay of self-driving vehicles and ambitious robotics projects. The fine folks at MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) ...

A proposed change to the Rules of Golf allows players to use distance-measuring devices. Here's a round-up of the best ones, including GPS units, rangefinders and smart gadgets. Tech-heads, rejoice! A ...

As the governing authorities for the Rules of Golf, the United States Golf Association (“USGA”) and R&A Rules Limited (“The R&A”) issued a ‘Joint Statement of Principles’ on the rules concerning golf ...

Distance-measuring devices – also known as rangefinders – weren’t invented specifically for golf, but they might as well have been. “Our primary intention was for hunting,” said Jason Seeman, director ...

Scientists have developed a new way of measuring precise distances to galaxies tens of millions of light years away, using the W. M. Keck Observatory near the summit of Mauna Kea in Hawaii. The method ...

This week, one reader emailed us with a very practical problem. Just how do you work out how far you've run? "What is the easiest and most effective way to measure the distances you're running? I've ...