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The Goods: Dorm-Room Blowout

Even if you graduated from college 20 years ago, you'll want to check out our inventory of the best affordable tech-from party-making sound systems to note-taking study aids-for tiny spaces.

In each issue of Popular Science, our renowned What's New section keeps you up to date with the most innovative consumer products currently on the market. Here on PopSci.com, we bring you a special expanded edition of "The Goods," college-style. Click "View Photos" at left to launch the gallery.

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Science Is Beautiful

Forget lab coats and beakers: in this gallery of breathtaking images, we celebrate the visually pleasing side of scientific enquiry

Our largest collection of the best sci-tech images around. Click "View Photos" to launch the gallery.

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MegaGoods 3.0

From waterproof iPods to geo-tagging cameras to LED flashlights--a season's worth of lust-worthy goods.

PopSci presents over 90 pages of the season's hottest tech: Everything from phones, speakers and cameras to yes, even vacuums.

To launch the gallery, click "View Photos"

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Wii Broke It

Our first Wii didn't survive being cracked open for a photo shoot, so we went ahead and finished the job. See our full disassembly photos

Wiitopsy_ss_15It is with a heavy heart that we bring you this special weekend report. When PopSci's Wii arrived last week, it didn't spend too much time in the box. Ripped open without any hesitation, our little Wii gave us a long Friday's worth of furious Wii Sports and Excite Truck action at PopSci HQ.

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We Want Your Photos

Been inspired by our How 2.0 projects? Send us pictures of the stuff you're making-or breaking

If you're anything like us, you were the type of kid who took apart dad's
new radio just to see what was inside. That kind of curiosity never dies,
which is why How 2.0, PopSci's award-winning home for the coolest
tips, tricks, hacks and do-it-yourself projects, wants to see what today's
tech tinkerers are up to.

Have you built something amazing you'd like to
show off? Tried a How 2.0 project and failed miserably? Blown something up
with the kids' chemistry set? If you've invented it, tweaked it, hacked it,

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Behind the Images

PopSci's staff photographer talks about some his favorite shots

Leaning from a low-flying helicopter to shoot a fast-moving military boat. Zooming in on a tiny bee equipped with a radio transmitter. Feeling the heat while snapping a car explosion just meters away. These are a few of the adventurous scenarios John B. Carnett has found himself in while on assignment for Popular Science.

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Sandisk Ultra II SD Plus

Transfer files sans cables

With this SD (Secure Digital) flash-memory card, you can move photos, songs or any other files from your device to your computer without cables or a separate card reader. Just stick the built-in USB plug directly into your computer. $80 (512MB) or $135 (1GB)

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Ask a Geek: Merlin Mann

Q:What is tagging?

A: Tagging is the act of assigning your own keywords to things online-photos, blog entries, bookmarks-so that you can easily categorize, locate, and share them in the future. One of the best examples is del.icio.us, which lets you save Web bookmarks to a page on the site instead of to a file stashed away on your computer. This way, you can access them from anywhere and let other people see what sites you like.

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