Thursday, January 9, 2014

Extending Google features: Unit Length Converter

Did you know that you could use Google to convert units? Try typing "1 inch to cm" (in my Chrome, typing "1 inch" will list "= 2.54 cm" in auto-complete) and search it. Cool? Of course!

Now, the thing is, I want to know approximately how long is that. Why not extend that Google function even more? Make a digital ruler based on screen density!

It seems that someone made that already. You could try http://iruler.net/. It will make that converter function in Google more awesome, right? Since now we don't need to wonder how long is that compared to our hands and such.

Indeed, it is easier to implement for length since we could see it in our monitors. How about other units? I can't think of many examples, but probably for weight, we could use a common scale, like 2 kg is the weight of your laptop, 500 grams is your phone and so on.

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