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

Alien Life, on Earth
26
Life (Biology) (Origin), Methanococcus (Genetic mapping), Geology (Greenland)
Free Energy
32
Radio receivers (Rating), Watches, Electronic, Windup products
All-tech Vehicles
36
All terrain vehicles (Rating)
Science Solves the Ancient Mysteries of the Bible
39
Bible (Antiquities, Criticism, interpretation, etc), Religion and science, Miracles in the Bible
New Cars 1997
44
Automobiles, Automobiles, Foreign
Badge Engineering the SUVs
68
Four wheel drive vehicles (Rating), Trucks, Foreign (Four wheel drive)
A Desktop 'photo Lab'.
74
Image processing, Color printers, FlashPix (Image processing)
Hearth and Home
78
Gas fireplaces
Screwdriver Basics
82
Screwdrivers
Dryer Tuneup
87
Clothes dryers (Maintenance and repair)

Battle of the Games
50
3-D computer game machines
The Jules Verne Gun
54
John W. Hunter, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Gas guns
Shaped Skis
60
Skis
Digital Cameras Grow Up
63
Digital cameras (Rating)
Sherline Metalworking Lathe
90
Lathes
Value Added
92
Houses (Maintenance and repair), Products, New
Repairing Plastic Bumpers
102
Automobiles (Bumpers)
Improve Your Car
113
Automobiles (Equipment)

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