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

Editor's Notes
4
Popular mechanics (Periodical)
Personal Maglev, Public Transportation
11
Automated guideway transit, Maglev trains
Gas Guns Push Outer Limits of Speed
12
Gas guns
1992 Design & Engineering Awards
19
Popular Mechanics Design & Engineering Awards
Tide Runners
24
Fishing boats (Rating)
Radiator Tuneup
60
Radiators (Maintenance and repair)
Shark File Sharpening System
64
Sharpening of tools
Bosch Random Orbit Sander
69
Sanding and sanding equipment
Suspensions
71
Automobiles (Springs and suspension, Shock absorbers)
Replacing MacPherson Struts and Shocks
72
Automobiles (Shock absorbers)

Crushing Cars for Fun and Profit
30
Monster trucks
Wings of Man
35
Aviation (Study and teaching), Air pilots (Licenses)
Ford Explorer
43
Four wheel drive vehicles
Flat Not Fat
46
Television receivers (Flat panel displays)
Belt Sanders
49
Sanding and sanding equipment
How it Works: Humidifier
55
Humidifiers
New Tools
57
Tools
Small Worlds
82
Biosphere II, Water reuse, Space stations (Recycling), Life support systems (Space environment)
Small Gets Smaller
84
Camcorders (Rating)
Portable Data Discs
87
Data Discman
TV by Telephone
88
Telephone companies (Cable television activities), Fiber optic television, Video dialtone
Smart Cameras
89
Cameras (Rating), Cameras, Single-lens reflex (Rating)
Ski-Doo: 50 Years on Snow
94
Joseph-Armand Bombardier, Bombardier Inc, Snowmobiles and snowmobiling (History)
Lost Squadron Found
96
Airplanes, Military (History), Salvage (Airplanes), Aviation (Greenland)

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