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What You Need to Know About Voting Machines
Science

What You Need to Know About Voting Machines

By Jason Daley

Power Struggle
Technology

Power Struggle

By Seth Fletcher

The Drug Pumper
Health

The Drug Pumper

By Melinda Wenner Moyer

The Personal Tilt-Rotor
Technology

The Personal Tilt-Rotor

By Abe Streep

voting at the polls
Technology

The Final Frontier : McCain and Obama Reach Toward the Stars

By Stuart Fox

The Flying Car Gets Real
Technology

The Flying Car Gets Real

By Gregory Mone

A pink camouflage patterned replica tank sitting in a yard.
DIY

Pedal-powered Panzer

By Rena Marie Pacella

A packet of freeze-dried ice cream with a photo of an astronaut on the packaging.
Science

If it’s good enough for astronauts, it’s good enough for us

By Aki Kamozawa and H. Alexander Talbot

Technology

When Is Carbon an Electrical Conductor?

By Adam Weiner

A flip phone with the Twitter logo on its screen, and some speech bubbles that say "5:10, close draperies," "Sue: I went shopping," "CNN news update," and "Car MPG."
DIY

Ask a Geek: What can I do with Twitter?

By John Mahoney

A $40,000 Hyundai? Luxuriating in the 2009 Genesis Sedan
Technology

A $40,000 Hyundai? Luxuriating in the 2009 Genesis Sedan

By Mike Spinelli

What Is “Digital Remastering”?
Technology

What Is “Digital Remastering”?

By Molika Ashford

A clear bottle of beer next to a full glass of beer, with a six-pack of beer in the background.
Environment

A six-pack of “light” beer

By Dave Prochnow

A Popular Science magazine cover with a hacked Esquire e-ink cover panel inside it, so the title reads "You're ours now :)".
DIY

Hacking the Esquire e-ink cover

By Dave Prochnow

Origami Optics
Technology

Origami Optics

By Annemarie Conte and Esther Haynes

Farming in the Sky
Technology

Farming in the Sky

By Cliff Kuang

A .44-caliber bullet impact.
DIY

Make your own ammo

By Theodore Gray

Gridiron Gear Goes to War
Technology

Gridiron Gear Goes to War

By Brett Zarda

A large steel vehicle with eight legs and a cabin for passengers.
DIY

The Walking Beast

By Charles Crain

Driving The 2009 Corvette ZR1: Detroit’s Mild-Mannered Supercar
Technology

Driving The 2009 Corvette ZR1: Detroit’s Mild-Mannered Supercar

By Mike Spinelli

The Fuel-Cell Racing Go-Kart
Technology

The Fuel-Cell Racing Go-Kart

By Annemarie Conte and Esther Haynes

Extreme Engineering
Technology

Extreme Engineering

By Bob Parks

A Wearable Motorcycle
Technology

A Wearable Motorcycle

By Annemarie Conte and Esther Haynes

Hands-On: GM’s 2009 Silverado Hybrid
Technology

Hands-On: GM’s 2009 Silverado Hybrid

By Chuck Cage

A handheld electronic device with a green LCD screen showing the temperature and humidity outside.
DIY

How to hack firmware

By Dave Prochnow

The Making and Unmaking of the American Hovercraft
Technology

The Making and Unmaking of the American Hovercraft

By Holly Otterbein

A white remote-controlled truck with an Arduino on top of it, sitting on a gravel path near a lawn.
DIY

Arduino muscle car

By Dave Prochnow

Doctor Delicious
Technology

Doctor Delicious

By Ted Allen

The Hyper-Sub
Technology

The Hyper-Sub

By Jessica Cheng & Day Greenberg

The Stadium of Tomorrow
Technology

The Stadium of Tomorrow

By Patrick J. Sauer

The Return of the Blimp
Technology

The Return of the Blimp

By Jaya Jiwatram

A meter clipped to a visor in the front of a car that reads 1.71.
DIY

Build a gas guzzler meter

By Dave Prochnow

Technology

An Electric Aviation Experience

By Adam Weiner

The Military’s Mystery Machine
Technology

The Military’s Mystery Machine

By Abe Streep

Google Earth Environment Guide
Technology

Google Earth Environment Guide

By Michael Behar

Japanese Brewery Introduces “Space Beer”
Technology

Japanese Brewery Introduces “Space Beer”

By Jaya Jiwatram

Poise and Luxury on the Track
Technology

Poise and Luxury on the Track

By Mike Spinelli

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Technology

The Biggest Boom in the Universe

By Gregory Mone

The Commercials Commerce
Technology

The Commercials Commerce

By Jon Chase

Dead Bodies for Live Crash Tests
Technology

Dead Bodies for Live Crash Tests

By Mike Spinelli

The Natural Artificial Foot
Technology

The Natural Artificial Foot

By Rena Marie Pacella

The Zero-Emissions One-Wheeled Motorcycle
Technology

The Zero-Emissions One-Wheeled Motorcycle

By Bjorn Carey

A Rocket Engine for the Masses
Technology

A Rocket Engine for the Masses

By Hillary Rosner

Ten Times the Turbine
Technology

Ten Times the Turbine

By Kalee Thompson

Steam Under the Hood
Technology

Steam Under the Hood

By John Voelcker

Green Until The Very End
Technology

Green Until The Very End

By Jessica Cheng

An Asus Eee PC, in pieces.
DIY

Beef up a little PC

By Mike Haney

Tony Stark’s Iron Man Dream Lab
Technology

Tony Stark’s Iron Man Dream Lab

By Gregory Mone

Who Birthed the Electric Plane?
Technology

Who Birthed the Electric Plane?

By Sean Captain

Robotic Jellyfish On The Move
Technology

Robotic Jellyfish On The Move

By Gregory Mone

A white man with graying hair and a straw hat standing in a steaming hot tub on a prairie in front of a canvas painted with palm trees.
DIY

Gray Matter: The instant hot tub

By Theodore Gray

Wing Men
Technology

Wing Men

By Tom Clynes

Racing the Nissan GT-R: In Any Other Car, You’d Be Dead Now
Technology

Racing the Nissan GT-R: In Any Other Car, You’d Be Dead Now

By Mike Spinelli

Video: The XOS Exoskeleton in Action
Technology

Video: The XOS Exoskeleton in Action

By Gregory Mone

Building the Real Iron Man
Technology

Building the Real Iron Man

By Gregory Mone

A DIY pocket theremin.
DIY

Build a pocket theremin on the cheap

By Dave Prochnow

Gecko Tech
Technology

Gecko Tech

By Dan Smith

A Pass Key password-maker in a leather case on a person's belt.
DIY

Build a portable password generator

By Dave Prochnow

The Firefighting Robot
Technology

The Firefighting Robot

By Michael Dumiak

Glow Rug
Technology

Glow Rug

By Matt Ransford

An Arduino-powered LED photo cube.
DIY

Build it: a smart, ambient LED

By Dave Prochnow

Saving Dolphins With Sonar
Technology

Saving Dolphins With Sonar

By Matt Ransford

The Windows XP logo, the Windows logo, and the Ubuntu logo.
DIY

Mod your PC for triple boot: a PC for all seasons

By Dave Prochnow

Blue Light Special For Tired Truckers
Technology

Blue Light Special For Tired Truckers

By Megan Miller

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