Popular Mechanics

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Popular Mechanics inspires, instructs and influences readers to help them master the modern world. Whether it’s practical DIY home-improvement tips, gadgets and digital technology, information on the newest cars or the latest breakthroughs in science -- PM is the ultimate guide to our high-tech lifestyle.
 

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Contents

Smart Is As Smart Does
30
Computer monitors (Rating)
World's Deepest Diving Sub
34
Bathyspheres, Diving, Submarine, United States (Naval history)
ATV 101
62
All terrain vehicles (Safety measures)
Illuminating The Future
64
Light emitting diodes, Technology (Social aspects), Houses (Lighting)
Chuck Yeager
72
Chuck Yeager; 1923-., Popular mechanics (Periodical)
Horsepower Wars
104
Automobiles, Experimental, Automobiles (Design), Horsepower (Mechanics)
America's Space Program: What We Should Do Next
110
United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Appropriations and expenditures), International Space Station (Safety measures), Space shuttles (Safety measures), Columbia (Space shuttle) disaster, 2003 (Economic aspects), Space research (Federal aid), Mars (Planet) (Exploration)
Fighter Jets
114
Jet skis (Rating)
Works of Art
118
Digital cameras (Rating)
Long-Term Test Cars: We Go Green
124
Honda Civic Hybrid (Automobile), Infiniti G35 (Automobile), Mercury Marauder (Automobile), Saturn Vue (Automobile), Subaru WRX (Automobile), Jeep Liberty (Automobile)

Reports From Around The World
78
Toyota Sienna (Automobile), Acura TSX (Automobile), Audi S4 (Automobile), Audi RS6 (Automobile), Infiniti FX45 (Automobile), Nissan Maxima (Automobile), Acura MDX (Automobile)
Detroit Spy Report
84
Automobiles (Design)
Asia Spy Report
86
Automobiles (Design), Automobile industry (Asia)
A Case For Steam
90
Steam automobiles
Battle of the X-Planes
94
Future Aircraft Technology Enhancement (Program), Airplanes, Experimental (Design), Persian Gulf War, 1991 (Aerial operations), Space warfare, Aviation research, Airplanes, Military (Forecasting)
King of All Flat Screen Monitors
102
High definition television receivers (Plasma displays, Rating)
Enter the Matrix
128
Computer games (Design), Enter the Matrix (Game)
Summer Vacation
130
Lawn mowers (Rating)
Going for the Green
137
Lawns, Sod
Auto Clinic
149
Automobiles (Maintenance and repair, Wheels), Rodents (Nests)
Hushing Interior Squeaks And Rattles
152
Automobiles (Maintenance and repair, Noise, Interiors)
How To Cross A Piranha-Infested River
172
River crossing, Piranhas (Food and feeding), Survival skills

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