That might seem like a silly question. After all, a measuring tape is a simple device with a simple purpose: to measure things.

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It's a game a lot of us played as children -- and maybe even later in life: unspooling measuring tape to see how far it would extend before bending. But to engineer, this game was an inspiration, ...