Smells Like Summer

July, 1999

Smart tools. New to Stanley's line of "innovative intellitools" are a stud sensor (right) that detects wood, metal and live wires in two-inch-thick walls via electronic signals, a laser ultrasonic estimator (below) that computes a room's square footage and a ruler (bottom) that gives digital and traditional tape readings. The stud sensor and the ruler are about $35; the estimator is about $50. Urban time-sharing. The Manhattan Club at 200 West 56th Street offers one-week perpetual owne...