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

Bodily Functions
38
Biometric identification
Small Storage
42
Memory Stick
Offshore Racing for the Rest of Us
44
Ocke Mannerfelt, Motor boats (Rating)
Probing the Northern Lights
48
High-Frequency Active Auroral Research Program
What was Hot
56
Automobiles, Antique (Collectors and collecting), Automobiles (Collectors and collecting)
Hello? Is this the Internet?
72
Web phones (Rating)
Outdoing Disney
78
Islands of Adventure (Orlando, Fla.)
Acceleration Nation
82
Ford F-150 (Truck), Jaguar XJR (Automobile), Ford Mustang (Automobile), Mitsubishi 3000GT (Automobile), Chevrolet Camaro (Automobile), Mercedes-Benz E55 (Automobile), Porsche 911 (Automobile), Acura NSX (Automobile), Pontiac Firebird (Automobile), Ferrari F355 (Automobile), Automobiles (Speed), Chevrolet Corvette (Automobile), Lotus Esprit (Automobile), Dodge Viper (Automobile)
PC Your IMac
96
iMac (Computer), Computers (Compatibility), SoftWindows 98 (Computer program), Virtual PC (Computer program)
Long-term Test Cars
100
Jeep Grand Cherokee (Automobile), Mercedes-Benz ML430 (Automobile), Chevrolet Silverado (Truck), Honda Odyssey (Automobile), Lincoln Town Car (Automobile), Mitsubishi Galant (Automobile), Chrysler 300M (Automobile)

Alien World
64
Life on other planets, Space biology, Life (Biology) (Origin)
Moonstruck
70
Space fuel refineries, Ice (Moon), Space flight to the moon, Lunar power resources, Liquid hydrogen, Liquid oxygen
It's a Daisy
104
Daisy Manufacturing Co., Inc, Rifles, Air guns
Factory-built Housing
109
Houses, Prefabricated

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