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Popular Mechanics

May 01 2020
Magazine

Discover the latest in technology, engineering, and tools with Popular Mechanics. Plus, get essential advice on your home and car, useful DIY ideas, in-depth explanations on how things work, and more!

1 My Pop Life • // EXPERT HACKS, GEAR RECS & LIFE-TESTED WISDOM FROM OUR STAFF //

Popular Mechanics

The Pop Mech Riddle That Defeated Me

Cracking the Chip: How Hacking the NES Made It Even Better

FIVE NEW NES TITLES FILLED WITH 8-BIT GAMING GREATNESS

The World’s Best New Brewers Just Happen to Be Robots

A Closer Look at Robot-Generated Beverages

Facebook Neural Nets Solve Differential Equations

Building da Vinci’s Forgotten Bridge

HOW TO PROTECT YOUR FAMILY

Da Vinci’s Tools of War

A BRIEF HISTORY OF BRIDGE CONSTRUCTION

The Challenge: Build Something Awesome With 2x4s. • Here’s what our readers (and one Pop Mech editor) came up with.

At the Bionic Olympics, Athletes and Engineers Make Miracles • THE FUTURISTIC TECH AND HUMAN INGENUITY THAT’S REDEFINING WHAT IT MEANS TO BE PARALYZED

6 PAINLESS BATHROOM RENOVATIONS NO CONTRACTOR REQUIRED • Yes, it’s possible. Here’s your plan.

SHOULD YOU ATTEMPT A GUT RENOVATION YOURSELF?

REGROUT AND RECAULK

Six Products That Will Save Your Butt in a Bathroom Project

INSTALL A NEW MIRROR

REPLACE DATED WOOD TRIM

CHUCK THE UGLY LIGHTING

UPGRADE THE FAUCET

LAY FRESH FLOORING

THE TOWN WHERE WIFI IS ILLEGAL (and Yes, People Actually Live There) • The town of Green Bank, West Virginia, is home to a superpowerful telescope that needs electromagnetic silence to do its important research. But is that even possible anymore?

THE GREEN BANK TELESCOPE BY THE NUMBERS

THE BEST TECH, APPLIANCES, AND GADGETS FOR A SMARTER, SAFER HOME

This MakerBot Made 3D Printing Hot

The Best Impact Drivers

QUALITY BITS • Now that you hopefully have your ideal driver picked out, time to get impact-rated attachments for it.

11 Editors’ Choice • // AWARD-WINNING TOOLS AND GEAR RIGOROUSLY VETTED BY OUR TEST TEAM //

12 How to Be Good at What You Do • // KAMMY STUCKER, 49, DIRECTOR OF PLANT OPERATIONS AT HAMMOND’S CANDIES, DENVER //


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Frequency: Every other month Pages: 96 Publisher: Hearst Edition: May 01 2020

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Discover the latest in technology, engineering, and tools with Popular Mechanics. Plus, get essential advice on your home and car, useful DIY ideas, in-depth explanations on how things work, and more!

1 My Pop Life • // EXPERT HACKS, GEAR RECS & LIFE-TESTED WISDOM FROM OUR STAFF //

Popular Mechanics

The Pop Mech Riddle That Defeated Me

Cracking the Chip: How Hacking the NES Made It Even Better

FIVE NEW NES TITLES FILLED WITH 8-BIT GAMING GREATNESS

The World’s Best New Brewers Just Happen to Be Robots

A Closer Look at Robot-Generated Beverages

Facebook Neural Nets Solve Differential Equations

Building da Vinci’s Forgotten Bridge

HOW TO PROTECT YOUR FAMILY

Da Vinci’s Tools of War

A BRIEF HISTORY OF BRIDGE CONSTRUCTION

The Challenge: Build Something Awesome With 2x4s. • Here’s what our readers (and one Pop Mech editor) came up with.

At the Bionic Olympics, Athletes and Engineers Make Miracles • THE FUTURISTIC TECH AND HUMAN INGENUITY THAT’S REDEFINING WHAT IT MEANS TO BE PARALYZED

6 PAINLESS BATHROOM RENOVATIONS NO CONTRACTOR REQUIRED • Yes, it’s possible. Here’s your plan.

SHOULD YOU ATTEMPT A GUT RENOVATION YOURSELF?

REGROUT AND RECAULK

Six Products That Will Save Your Butt in a Bathroom Project

INSTALL A NEW MIRROR

REPLACE DATED WOOD TRIM

CHUCK THE UGLY LIGHTING

UPGRADE THE FAUCET

LAY FRESH FLOORING

THE TOWN WHERE WIFI IS ILLEGAL (and Yes, People Actually Live There) • The town of Green Bank, West Virginia, is home to a superpowerful telescope that needs electromagnetic silence to do its important research. But is that even possible anymore?

THE GREEN BANK TELESCOPE BY THE NUMBERS

THE BEST TECH, APPLIANCES, AND GADGETS FOR A SMARTER, SAFER HOME

This MakerBot Made 3D Printing Hot

The Best Impact Drivers

QUALITY BITS • Now that you hopefully have your ideal driver picked out, time to get impact-rated attachments for it.

11 Editors’ Choice • // AWARD-WINNING TOOLS AND GEAR RIGOROUSLY VETTED BY OUR TEST TEAM //

12 How to Be Good at What You Do • // KAMMY STUCKER, 49, DIRECTOR OF PLANT OPERATIONS AT HAMMOND’S CANDIES, DENVER //


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