DAILY NO. 26 · VERIFIED MEASUREMENTS
Today's five technology Size It Up comparisons with the measured size of each object, its reference and a source you can check. The puzzle is still live, so every answer stays hidden until you tap it. Haven't played yet? Play today's puzzle first.
The October 17, 2026 puzzle ran from a smartphone at 14.7 cm to a server rack at 2 m — about 14× apart, drawing on technology. The pair furthest apart was round 4: a smartphone is 1.3× as big as a light bulb.
Answer: Server Rack — 2 m. A server rack measures 2 m (height), which is 1.1× as big as the reference, a refrigerator at 1.8 m.
A full rack is commonly around two metres tall.
Common miss: players tend to compress a server rack when it sits beside a refrigerator — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
Answer: Camera Drone — 35 cm. A camera drone measures 35 cm (length / span), which is almost exactly the same size as the reference, a laptop computer at 35 cm.
Measured diagonally between motors, the dimension most drone regulations use.
Common miss: players tend to inflate a camera drone when it sits beside a laptop computer — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
Answer: VR Headset — 20 cm. A VR headset measures 20 cm (length / span), which is about 1.3× smaller than the reference, a birthday cake at 25 cm.
Most of the bulk is the gap the lenses need in front of your eyes.
Common miss: players tend to inflate a VR headset when it sits beside a birthday cake — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
Answer: Smartphone — 14.7 cm. A smartphone measures 14.7 cm (height), which is 1.3× as big as the reference, a light bulb at 11 cm.
Phones stopped growing at roughly the limit of what a thumb can reach one-handed.
Common miss: players tend to compress a smartphone when it sits beside a light bulb — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
Answer: Laptop Computer — 35 cm. A laptop computer measures 35 cm (length / span), which is almost exactly the same size as the reference, a camera drone at 35 cm.
Measured across the closed lid, not along the screen’s diagonal.
Common miss: players tend to inflate a laptop computer when it sits beside a camera drone — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
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