Topic: Popular Mechanics Magazine

What's the Alternative?

If high prices at the pump have made you more curious about alternative fuels, Popular Mechanics compares a variety of options this month. Given that gas prices may only get worse in the summer, it is an interesting primer for anyone ...READ»

When Customers Create Your Assets

If someone, in 1850, had told PT Barnum that they had a system in which customers worked long hours in their spare time to create the substance of a product which they then gave freely to a business which packaged it and sold it back ...READ»

Designed to Save Lives: The Army's Newest Armored Truck

The replacement for the Hummer and the MRAP is loaded with clever safety features to protect against IED's.READ»

How Does the Navy Design the Nuclear Supercarrier of the Future?

With the help of virtual-reality simulations, of course. One journalist gets a sneak peek.READ»

Miami Drivers Look into the GMC Yukon Hybrid

The BrickellGMC.com experts tell you why:-Named 2008 Hybrid of the Year by MyRide.com-2008 Technology of the Year by Automobile Magazine-AEI (Automotive Engineering International) “Best Engineered Vehicle” of 2008-A better City ...READ»

Clayton Homes' i-house Combines Energy Efficiency and Modular Affordability

Clayton Homes, the largest manufacturer of modular homes in the U.S., officially introduced its i-house this past weekend at Berkshire Hathaway's annual shareholder meeting. Popular Mechanics says the i-house "looks like ...READ»

Super X Divertor Eats Nuclear Waste, Generates Clean Power

The Super X Divertor sounds like some fantasy invention from a 1950s Popular Mechanics. But it's a real device that helps enable two eco-friendly processes: Generating zero carbon-footprint power, and eating up dangerous nuclear waste ...READ»

How DIYers Just Might Revive American Innovation

What a mess. I'm sitting on the floor of my apartment, surrounded by electronic parts, a cigar box, a soldering gun, and stray bits of wire. I'm trying to build my own steampunk-style clock — hacking a couple of volt meter dials to ...READ»

Test Ride in a Tesla

The electric roadster makes a quietly superchic debut in Nolita.READ»

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Is Dreamliner Delay a Blessing in Disguise?

The network carriers and Boeing engineers have the same nightmare, which is further delays in delivery of the fuel-efficient 787. Of course, those delays have come to pass, and at the worst possible time. For if the big ...READ»

Green (Fri)Day: Shedding Light on the Issue

Lighting accounts for just over a fifth of energy use in the US. Fast Company gave compact fluorescent light bulbs the star treatment back in September '06, and by now it's common knowledge that they save both energy and money ...READ»

Green (Fri)Day: Shedding Light on the Issue

Lighting accounts for just over a fifth of energy use in the US. Fast Company gave compact fluorescent light bulbs the star treatment back in September '06, and by now it's common knowledge that they save both energy and money ...READ»