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

Grow Your Own Body Parts
28
Regeneration (Biology), Skin, Artificial
You Can't Win 'em All
32
Home electronics
Asia Spy Report
38
Automobiles, Foreign (Design)
Killing Asteroids
40
Asteroids (Collisions with Earth), Comets (Collisions with Earth)
Family Fun
44
Automobiles, Foreign (Rating), Automobiles (Rating)
Showtime in the Desert
65
Consumer Electronics Show
New Cars
70
Automobiles, Foreign, Sports cars, Minivans, Automobiles, Electric, Automobiles
Bathroom Remodeling
75
Bathrooms
Install an Oversize Shower
78
Shower baths
Trade Up to an Efficient Toilet
86
Low flow toilets

The Mechanics of a Breaking Pitch
52
Physics and sports, Pitching (Baseball)
The Physics of a Curveball
56
Physics and sports, Pitching (Baseball)
Blue Plate Special
58
Catcher's masks (Baseball)
High-tech Tubes
60
Television receivers (Picture tubes)
Build a Spacious Vanity
92
Vanities (Furniture)
Lay Down a Top-notch Floor
104
Tile laying, Bathrooms
Clearing Up Radio Static
124
Radio interference, Automobiles (Radio equipment)

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