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

Black Top to Blue Sky
33
Kenneth G. Wernicke, Aerocars
Fast Chips
36
Pentium microprocessors, PowerPC microprocessors
The Hard Way
40
Motor vehicle driving (Central America), La Ruta Maya, Four wheel drive vehicles (Rating)
Zippo Lighter
44
Cigarette lighters
Inside Bell Labs
47
AT&T Bell Labs
Random-orbit Sanders
68
Sanding and sanding equipment
Pour a Concrete Sidewalk
76
Concrete work, Sidewalks
Changing Engine Coolant
87
Automobile engines (Cooling)
Plugging Leaks
89
Automobiles (Leakage), Automobile engines (Hoses)
Watch Your Back!
92
Radar detectors, Lasers (Traffic control use)

The Slug Stops Here
50
Bulletproof vests
Mazda RX-7
53
Sports cars
Space TV.
57
DirecTV Inc, Direct broadcast satellite services
Subaru Legacy
61
Automobile engines (Superchargers), Automobiles, Foreign (Four wheel drive)
Engineered Lumber
64
Lumber, Wood, Artificial
Crazy 'bout Bikes
94
Bicycles (Design)
Worlds Apart
96
Alexander Wolszczan, Extrasolar planets, Pulsars
Commuting Made Easy
104
Automobiles (Navigation systems)
Smoke 'em Out
106
Automobiles (Security measures, Alarms)

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