Popular Mechanics

Sep 2000
150 pages
Vol. 177, No. 9
ISSN 0032-4558

Published by Hearst Magazines

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.

Policing Your PC.	32
Firewalls (Computer network security), Internet (Security measures)
AOL Takes on TV.	36
America Online Inc, PCTV.
Montana Adventure	38
Bombardier Inc, All terrain vehicles (Rating), Jet skis (Rating), Snowmobiles and snowmobiling (Rating), Flathead Lake (Mont.)
Getting Ready for Pebble	48
Concours d'Elegance (Pebble Beach, Calif.), Pebble Beach (Calif.)
Inside the Invention Factory	50
Invent Resources (Firm), Inventions

Gone in 16 Seconds	84
Kingdome (Seattle, Wash.), Controlled Demolition Inc
Long-term Test Cars	86
Dodge Dakota (Truck), Subaru Outback (Automobile), Mercedes-Benz S500 (Automobile), Toyota Avalon (Automobile), Lincoln LS (Automobile)
Robots	90
Robot pets, Robotic vacuum cleaners, Robotic lawn mowers
Sticky in the Summer	94
Automobile racing, Ford Taurus (Automobile)
Cutting Loose	98
Circular saws

V-44	66
V-44 (Transport plane)
Young, Hip and Fast	70
Convertibles (Automobiles) (Rating), Sports cars (Rating)
One of a Kind	76
Sporting goods
Road Warriors	80
Notebook computers, Personal digital assistants, Windows CE operating system

Plumb Simple	105
Plumbing, Hardware
Installing an Attic Fan	111
Ventilators (Installation)
Jumpstarting Your Car	129
Automobiles (Starting)
Think It's New? Think Again!	148
Electric lamps, Miniature, Electric lamps (History)

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