Titaner's Magnetic Ring Ruler Clicks Every 10cm While It Measures Curves - Yanko Design

"Before glowing screens and silicon chips, engineers used slide rules to design skyscrapers and send people to the Moon. Calculation meant moving a physical object, not tapping an app, and there was a certain clarity in that, a feeling that your hands and brain were in the same loop. Some of that intelligence at the fingertips is worth bringing back in a world that defaults to calculators for everything, even quick conversions."

"Tisolver uses a high-strength magnetic lock to give a clear tactile and audible click every time the ring completes a full 10cm rotation. The equation is simple: the number of clicks times ten plus the current reading in the HUD window equals the total length. You can roll it along a cable, a curved edge, or a piece of leather, count clicks, glance once, and know the measurement without juggling a straight ruler and a flexible tape."

"Side A has a 10cm metric scale and a 4-inch imperial scale laser-etched on the same ring. You snap Tisolver to zero with the magnetic feedback, align the HUD window's red line with the metric value you care about, and the imperial equivalent sits under the same line. For longer numbers, you borrow a classic slide-rule trick, shifting the decimal, aligning at 4.2 instead of 42, reading the imperial, then shifting back, all without opening a phone."

Slide-rule calculation involved moving a physical object, offering tactile clarity and a direct hands-brain loop. Titaner's Tisolver is a 3-in-1 GR5 titanium ring ruler that measures curves and straight lines, converts between metric and imperial, and computes square area. A high-strength magnetic lock provides a tactile and audible click every 10cm rotation; total length equals clicks×10 plus the HUD reading. Side A carries 10cm metric and 4-inch imperial scales with a HUD red line for direct unit conversion; slide-rule decimal shifting handles longer values. The device can be worn or clipped and replaces phone-based conversions for quick measurements.

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