The Taiwan San Tyau company claims that their eTape is "the first breakthrough in measuring." I'm not sure I'd agree with that. I'd probably give that award to, say, something like the cubit. Still, this is one of the few recent innovations we've seen in the world of tape measuring.

The eTape features an LED screen that displays the measurements you take with the device's 16 foot blade. The tool can also memorize measurements, adjust case lengths, and convert measurements between standard and metric.

Also, is it just me, or is this the first tape measure you've seen to so blatantly bear Apple's design influence?