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Feb 13, 2007
Rethinking the Remote
A new kind of remote control scraps the buttons in favor of motion-sensitive navigation
Mar 8, 2006
Vintage PopSci: DIY Laughing Gas
Here’s a classic how-to from the archives—an article from 1949 on [making your own nitrous oxide](http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/03/07/the-gas-that-makes-you/- laugh). Link via Modern … Continued
Jul 12, 2004
Talk Becomes Cheap
Ditch that fee-laden landline. VoIP--routing calls over the Internet--is finally a viable alternative.
Oct 16, 2003
Future Flight: A Gallery of the Next Century in Aviation
The Embassy brings Popular Science's vision of future air travel to life.