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As Satellite Program Fails, New Plans Arise to Take its Place
The Pentagon is scrapping the work that’s been done up until now on its Transformational Satellite program (TSAT) and opening the program to new bids. Fortunately this is not the only sat program the Air Force is working on. Click For More.
Cheap Homemade Remedies to Clean Home Appliances
Your house is full of cleaning products that you may not even know about. PM tells you how to use fabric softening sheets to clean your shower, lemonade to clean dishwasher and vinegar to get lime out of the sink. Click For More.
As Consumption Grows, China Stockpiles Oil Reserves
Following the example of the United States, oil-thirsty China is looking to take advantage of low crude oil prices to build up a strategic reserve of petroleum. Click For More.
Cobra's New Radar Detector Makes Adding Speed Trap Updates Easy
Cobra jumps forward in the field of speed-trap-identifying radar detectors, building the unit's GPS receiver into a USB dongle that can be plugged directly into your computer for daily updates to their AURA database. Click For More.
2010 Cadillac SRX, Smaller, More Efficient Crossover With Turbo Power: 2009 Detroit Auto Show Preview
Cadillac has downsized its 2010 SRX. The luxury crossover must compete with the Lexus RX350, Acura MDX, BMW X3 and X5; so unlike the previous version, the shape of this new SRX is more in line with the rest of the class. Click For More.
HP Firebird is a Smaller, Cheaper and Serious Gaming PC
HP introduces a compact and lower cost follow-up to their popular Blackbird 002 gaming rig with the new Firebird: a clever mixture of desktop and high-powered laptop-size components starting at $2000. Click For More.
2010 Ford Shelby GT500 Struts with 540 Horses: 2009 Detroit Auto Show Preview
Hot on the heels of the 2010 Mustang comes the souped-up SVT version. According the Director of Advanced Production Creation for Mustang, Herman Salenbach, the 2010 version "Summarily outperforms the old car in all parameters." Click For More.
New Earthquake-Proof Alloy Allows Bridges to Bend but Not Break (With Video!)
A nickel-titanium alloy recently developed and currently being tested by the University of Nevada, could make bridges elastic—allowing them to move slightly with vibrations and then revert back to their original shape. Click For More.
2010 Lexus RX350 and RX450h Test Drive: Hot Infotainment Tech and Hybrid Efficiency
For people seeking refinement in a vehicle that boasts all the trappings of fine living with none of the crass exhibitionism of huge bling-mobiles, the RX holds considerable attraction. Click For More.
The 9 Most Important Watches in the World
John Biggs offers an in-depth look at some of the most amazing watches from this century and beyond—including a hockey-puck-size watch that is one of the most complex mechanical devices ever made. Click For More.
Lenovo W700ds Laptop Sports an Extra Screen for Working Big on the Road
Lenovo builds a mobile workstation for photographers, complete with a wide color gamut screen, a built-in color calibrator and a Wacom capacitive digitizer for touching up photos. Click For More.
Apple's Last MacWorld and the Consumer Electronics Show in Vegas: 01/05/09
MacWorld begins today in San Francisco and the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. Popular Mechanics will bring you continuous coverage from both MacWorld and CES. Click For More.
Making Jay Leno's Duesenberg Classic Car Road Ready
When it comes to replacing cylinder heads in a Duesenberg, there is next to nowhere to turn—there just aren't any spares left. Jay found one brave soul who went to work casting the 185-pound cylinder heads from blueprints that didn't even show the casting cores. Click For More.
7 Great Guitar Hero and Rock Band Hacks, With Video
The familiar hardware for Guitar Hero and Rock Band cries out to be tinkered with, and do-it-yourselfers answered the call: playing real guitars, rigging up double bass drums and just plain cheating. Click For More.
Israel and Hamas: A War Primer
Israeli forces are on the verge of a significant ground offensive against Hamas in Gaza. PM spoke to prominent military analysts to help better understand where the conflict now stands and where it could be moving in the very near future. Click For More.
How to Build a Tough Toolbox: Step-by-Step Plans With 3D
Toolboxes these days look less and less like boxes. They’re bags, usually. This homebuilt box has a nickel handle as beefy as a billy club, a diamond-plate exterior, sturdy oak ends—and there’s not a stitch of fabric to be found. Click For More.
New Year's Resolutions for the DIYer
We at PMpropose an alternative to the same old resolutions--a path to self-indulgence through a few good home-improvement projects. You've got what it takes to follow-through. All you need is a little push in the right direction. Click For More.
Can a Kind of Ancient Charcoal Put the Brakes on Global Warming?
Nine countries are pouring research dollars into the charcoal-like substance to see if biochar can sequester carbon, improve the soil and produce biofuels all at once—on an economically competitive scale. Click For More.Featured
CES Central
Gadgets Galore! Our team is in Las Vegas bringing you the best (and worst) of the Consumer Electronics Show. We'll have hands-on video and analysis, so come back every day for the latest tech news.
Geeked-Out Movies '09
The holidays have come and gone without so much as a certified blockbuster. Thank goodness for 2009, which is chock-full of movies, whether you're a Trekker or a John Connor wannabe.ADVERTISEMENT
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