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DIY

How to make an iPhone app: part 2

By Dave Prochnow

Sail Like An Egyptian
Science

Sail Like An Egyptian

By Jeremy Hsu

What Did Early Americans Eat?
Science

What Did Early Americans Eat?

By Paul Gleason

Power From The People
Technology

Power From The People

By Bruce Grierson

Science in Fashion
Science

Science in Fashion

By Sarah Moroz

Test Drive: 2009 Porsche Boxster S
Technology

Test Drive: 2009 Porsche Boxster S

By Jon Alain Guzik

Extreme Engineering: A Floating City
Technology

Extreme Engineering: A Floating City

By Rena Marie Pacella

Extreme Engineering: The Tallest Skyscraper
Technology

Extreme Engineering: The Tallest Skyscraper

By Rena Marie Pacella

Extreme Engineering: The Deepest Oil Well
Technology

Extreme Engineering: The Deepest Oil Well

By Rena Marie Pacella

Extreme Engineering: A City Beneath A City
Technology

Extreme Engineering: A City Beneath A City

By Rena Marie Pacella

Extreme Engineering: A Tunnel Through The Alps
Technology

Extreme Engineering: A Tunnel Through The Alps

By Rena Marie Pacella

Ladies and gentlemen, the Reebok Pump is Back on the Scene! Well, Sort Of
Technology

Ladies and gentlemen, the Reebok Pump is Back on the Scene! Well, Sort Of

By Brett Zarda

Build a Bridge
Technology

Build a Bridge

By Adam Weiner

Seastead, Ahoy!
Environment

Seastead, Ahoy!

By Devanshu Patel

Technology

Taking 10 Volts Straight to the Face

By Christopher Mims

Technology

ChopSci: Inside a Rotary Evaporator

By Stuart Fox

The Making of a Football
Technology

The Making of a Football

By Brett Zarda

Science

Beam Me Up, Ytterbium

By Stuart Fox

A person holding a homemade Make a Guess game.
DIY

Make a guess game

By Dave Prochnow

What Would You Do With 4 Billion Dollars?
Technology

What Would You Do With 4 Billion Dollars?

By Steven Kotler

How to Lose Traffic and Alienate People
Technology

How to Lose Traffic and Alienate People

By Tom Conlon

A person holding a modified tinyCylon.
DIY

A really tiny tinyCylon

By Dave Prochnow

What If None of This Is Real?
Technology

What If None of This Is Real?

By M. Farbman

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Technology

A Real Cloaking Device

By Catherine Schwanke

Three potted plants with homemade grow lights stuck into the dirt around them.
DIY

DIY grow lights

By Dave Prochnow

Who Killed the Electric Car? Not the Army
Technology

Who Killed the Electric Car? Not the Army

By Jeremy Hsu

A temperature sensor built with Cypress PSoC FirstTouch kit.
DIY

Dot-to-dot programming

By Dave Prochnow

Control Anything With Your Cell Phone
Technology

Control Anything With Your Cell Phone

By Abby Seiff

Sony Intros First Digicam with Web Browser
Technology

Sony Intros First Digicam with Web Browser

By Sean Captain

Handheld Computer is First PC with Organic Screen
Technology

Handheld Computer is First PC with Organic Screen

By Sean Captain

Boot Camp for Gaming Addicts, Gaming Addicts for Boot Camp
Technology

Boot Camp for Gaming Addicts, Gaming Addicts for Boot Camp

By Jeremy Hsu

First Cell Phone With Built-In Projector?
Technology

First Cell Phone With Built-In Projector?

By Abby Seiff

Intifada Tech
Technology

Intifada Tech

By Stuart Fox

A person holding a white iPod.
DIY

New music from an old iPod

By Laura Silver

Pharaoh’s Feminine Figure Explained
Science

Pharaoh’s Feminine Figure Explained

By SciIll Staff

Tunnel Vision
Technology

Tunnel Vision

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A person holding a Polyphemus demonstration and evaluation tool.
DIY

Polyphemus demonstration and evaluation kit

By Dave Prochnow

A group of people playing poker in a room.
DIY

Straight to video

By Amanda Schupak

Airborne Laser Blasts Off
Technology

Airborne Laser Blasts Off

By Melinda Dodd

Show Me the Money
Technology

Show Me the Money

By Amanda Schupak

Digital Mapmaking
Technology

Digital Mapmaking

By Doug Cantor

Return of the Bodacious ‘Bots
Technology

Return of the Bodacious ‘Bots

By Julia Wallace

Mercedes-Benz Splitview: Clever LCD Screen Keeps Driver Informed, Passenger Entertained
Technology

Mercedes-Benz Splitview: Clever LCD Screen Keeps Driver Informed, Passenger Entertained

By Mike Spinelli

Why the Fighter Plane Failed
Technology

Why the Fighter Plane Failed

By Stuart Fox

Future Then
Technology

Future Then

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Top 100 Innovations of 2008
Technology

Top 100 Innovations of 2008

By Popular Science Team

Is Nanotechnology the New Intelligent Design?
Technology

Is Nanotechnology the New Intelligent Design?

By M. Farbman

A fully electric airplane, the ElectraFlyer-C, landing on a runway
DIY

A silent electric plane

By Amanda Schupak

Dude, Where’s My Flying Car (and Jetpack and Armies of Robots)?
Technology

Dude, Where’s My Flying Car (and Jetpack and Armies of Robots)?

By Stuart Fox

Dude, Where’s My Flying Car (and Jetpack, and Robot Armies)?
Technology

Dude, Where’s My Flying Car (and Jetpack, and Robot Armies)?

By Stuart Fox

Ferrari California
Technology

Hard Times at the LA Auto Show

By Seth Fletcher

10 Terrible Tech Ads
Technology

10 Terrible Tech Ads

By Tom Conlon

Test Drive: The Electric Mini
Technology

Test Drive: The Electric Mini

By Seth Fletcher

Technology

Getting the Drift

By Adam Weiner

Fly? Or Drive?
Technology

Fly? Or Drive?

By the Editors of E – The Environmental Magazine

A man in a white polo shirt standing near an overflowing dresser and looking angry because he can't find his eyeglass case.
DIY

This finder’s a keeper

By Dave Prochnow

Was That A Burger That Just Flashed By?…Mmm, I’m Hungry
Technology

Was That A Burger That Just Flashed By?…Mmm, I’m Hungry

By Rachel Durfee

Plug In Your Prius
DIY

Plug In Your Prius

By the Editors of E – The Environmental Magazine

A House That Walks
Technology

A House That Walks

By John Brandon

What Modifications Would I Need to Make to My Car So I Could Drive It On The Moon?
Science

What Modifications Would I Need to Make to My Car So I Could Drive It On The Moon?

By Stuart Fox

Easy Flyer
Technology

Flying Saucers Come Home

By SciIll Staff

Compressed-Air Cars Planned for Airport Test, US Launch
Technology

Compressed-Air Cars Planned for Airport Test, US Launch

By Mike Spinelli

What You Need to Know About Voting Machines
Science

What You Need to Know About Voting Machines

By Jason Daley

A History of Voting Machines
Technology

A History of Voting Machines

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