Features
The Year’s Most Ingenious Garage Inventions
- Invention Awards: A Faster, Safer System for Snowmobiles By Mark Anders
- Invention Awards: A Fish-Friendly Tidal Turbine By Rena Marie Pacella
- Invention Awards: A Box that Keeps Plants Hydrated In the Desert By Corey Binns
- Invention Awards: Gun Sight That Keeps Soldiers Out of Danger By Nicole Dyer
- Invention Awards: A Bridge That Keeps Guitars Always in Tune By Brooke Borel
- Invention Awards: An Inexpensive, Portable Ventilator By Elizabeth Svoboda
- Invention Awards: A Hearing Aid That Uses Bones to Conduct Sound By Elizabeth Svoboda
- Invention Awards: A Drug Pump That Delivers Perfect Dosages By Lisa Katayama
- Invention Awards: A Technology That Prevents Fog on Any Surface By Susannah F. Locke
- Invention Awards: A Gaming Device That Lets You Feel the Sound By Gregory Mone
PopSci’s Summer Sci-Tech Movie Preview
These films wow with cutting-edge props and extensions. By Gregory Mone
How Your Brain Reacts to Horror Movies
Experimenting with brain scans to make scary flicks even more frightening. By Stephen Kotler
Humanoid Robots are the New Therapists
Expressive Robot Playmates could help kids with autism forge stronger bonds with people. By Gregory Mone
Headlines
- Opening the Internet
- Out of Our Element: The Remaining Rare-Earth Elements
- Tobacco May Keep Us From Catching the Flu
- Old MacDonald Had a Pyrolysis Doohickey
- South Africa’s Soundproof Stadium For the World Cup
What’s New
- Ducati Multistrada 1200 S: The First Four-In-One Motorcycle
- The Goods: June 2010’s Hottest Products
- A Computerized, Looping Waterslide Terrorizes and Thrills
- One For All Power Tools
- Gadgets Timeline: Mobile Augmented-Reality Systems
How 2.0
- You Built What?! A Real Iron Man
- How to Build a Lamp That Changes Color in Response to a Data Feed
- How to Get Rid of Your DVR
- Ask a Geek: Should I Re-Buy Classic Movies When They Come Out on Blu-Ray?
FYI
- What Do Dolphins and Rodeo Bulls Have in Common?
- What Happens to Disarmed Nuclear Warheads?
Megapixels
- ISS Receives a Window Onto the Earth
- Maps Made of Slime Mold