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

Subzero Scientists Will Break Their Own Ice
15
Nathaniel B. Palmer (Research ship)
Battering Matter Back to the Big Bang
20
Quarks, Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider
Train Technology Rolls Into Texas
22
Texas TGV Corporation, Monorail railroads, High speed trains (Texas), Houston (Tex.) (Transit systems)
High-tech Crime Hunters
29
DNA fingerprints (Forensic use), Image processing in criminal investigation, Laser surveillance
America's New Secret Aircraft
32
Classified information, Airplanes, Experimental (Design), Airplanes, Military (Design)
Dremel Cordless Tool
69
Cordless power tools
Games for Grown-ups
72
Computer games
Video CD.
78
CDTV., CD-I.
Old Board Games Come to Life
79
Computer chess, Go (Game)
War Games
82
Computer war games (Rating)

To the Yukon in a Yukon
38
Four wheel drive vehicles (Rating), Motor vehicle driving (Yukon Territory)
Loaded Lincoln
42
Automobiles, Experimental (Electronic equipment)
Power Mode
45
Automobiles, Foreign
Audi 100 CS.
46
Automobiles, Foreign (Rating)
Honda Prelude Si
48
Automobiles, Foreign (Rating)
Toyota Camry SE.
50
Automobiles, Foreign (Rating)
Engineering the '92s
51
Automobile engineering
Treasured Chest
53
Chests, Chippendale furniture
Electric Motor
58
Electric motors
Porter-Cable Sabre Saw and Cordless Drill
68
Saber saws, Drills (Rating)
Locks and Hinges
87
Latches, Automobiles (Doors), Automobile locks and keys
Troubleshooting Antilock Brakes
91
Antilock braking systems (Maintenance and repair)
Improve Your Car
97
Automobiles (Equipment)
Gooey Software
98
Windows operating systems (Reviews), GeoWorks Ensemble (Computer program)
Americans Storm Paris
100
Paris Air Show
Pinatubo's Toll
102
Volcanoes (Environmental aspects), Mount Pinatubo (Philippines)
A Berlin Affair
104
Funkausstellung (Trade show), Video equipment (Exhibitions)
The Problem with Dams
106
Dams
Saturn at Speed
110
Automobile racing, Racing automobiles (Testing)

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