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

Scanning Tunneling Microscope Reveals Code of Life
13
Scanning tunneling microscopy, DNA (Photographs)
Chevy's New Aerocops
20
Automobiles, Police (Rating)
Wood Shakes and Shingles
24
Shingles and shingling
Your Video Robot
32
Camcorders (Rating)
The Moon Mission that Wasn't
38
Lunar vehicles (Design), Space flight (Soyuz flights), Space flight to the moon, Space vehicles, Russian
New-frontier Fabrics
90
Clothing and dress (Sports clothes), Textile fabrics, Synthetic
Cutting-edge Camping
94
Camping (Equipment)
Underwater Adventures
98
Scuba diving (Equipment)
'90 Nissan Pathfinder 4-door
102
Four wheel drive vehicles (Rating)
Yamaha WaveRunner III.
104
Jet skis (Rating)

Navigation in the GPS Age
44
Global Positioning System (Boating use)
True Grip
69
Automobiles (Traction), Automobiles, Foreign (Traction)
Eyes on the Universe
72
Orbiting astronomical observatories
Bench Grinder Basics
75
Grinding machines
High-tech Outdoors
87
Recreation (Equipment), Sporting goods
Sound Options
106
Automobiles, Foreign (Audio systems)
Replacing Your Clutch
109
Automobiles (Clutches)
Sounds of Silence
116
Headphones (Rating), Airplanes (Noise)
Improving Your Images
118
Photography (Films, Rating)
Gentleman's Express
120
Motorcycles (Rating)

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