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mods
Absurd Liquid-Cooled Desk Computer Is a Tribute to Mod Excess
One year ago, some Popular Mechanics editors set out with the broad goal of building the most ridiculously extravagant PC mod they could. This is what they came up with. More »
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By John HerrmanComment by toreil: Amazing!!! I bet you could get brilliant airflow over that thing if you leave both sides of the desk open... 13 Responses | Other threads
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retromodo
According to Popular Science Magazine, We Should All Drive Humongous Wheels By Now
Scouring the recently-posted PopSci archives on Google Books, reader Wesley Treat has put together a collection documenting the magazine's odd, decades-long obsession with the idea of a personal monowheel. More »
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By John HerrmanComment by weak_pig: the extreme right pic look like the wheel inside my pet hamster's cage 9 Responses | Other threads
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The Good Ol' Days
Browse the PopSci and PopMech Archives On Google Books' New Magazine Search
Google has added the complete archives of several magazines, including Popular Science (est. 1872) and Popular Mechanics (est. 1905), to its books search—complete with advertisements and illustrations. It's awesome. More »
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By John MahoneyComment by OMG! Ponies!: Google: Exploring the Vagaries of the Fair-Use Doctrine for Fun and Profit. 1 Responses | Other threads
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retromodo
James Bond's Weird World of Inventions Chronicles 007 in 1966
The James Bond series has always had gushing reviews of their gadgety goodness, even before Jesus' take on Quantum of Solace. This January 1966 article, “James Bond's Weird World of Inventions” look backs to the time when Sean Connery was filling 007's shoes. Remember the Disco Volante, the110-foot hydrofoil floating fortress? How about the Bell jet-pack Bond uses in the opening scenes of Thunderball? More »
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By Elaine ChowComment by LoganSix: Let's see.... cell phone with mapping technology, a business card with a tracking device, ear pieces for communicating, fuel cell... 2 Responses | Other threads
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science experiment
PopSci Shows You How To Make Glass On A Grill, Begs You Not To Do It
Did you know you could make glass on a regular charcoal grill? Sure it's incredibly flamey and pretty dangerous, but according to the folks at Pop Sci, it's possible! All you need to do is add washing soda, lime or borax to white-silica beach sand and a grill overclocked to reach temperatures of 2000°F. Check out Theodore Gray feeding a concoction of silica and washing room regulars into a cast-iron pot over a flaming grill and getting two pretty medallions out of it. Try to resist doing this at home afterwards. [Popsci]
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By Elaine ChowComment by Bokusatsu_Tenshi: Well, I suppose if someone stupid enough to take a ball of molten glass at very high temperatures close to... 2 Responses | Other threads
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popular science
Popular Science Names 100 "Best of What's New" Technologies
Just last week, Time announced what they considered the 50 most important technological breakthroughs of 2008. Not to be outdone, today Popular Science has named their 100 "Best of What's New." Unlike Time, PopSci has categorized their awards into achievements in Automotive, Aviation & Space, Computing, Engineering, Gadgets (of course!), Green Tech, Home Entertainment, Home Tech, Health, Recreation and Security. But you've had enough of a tease; you just want to see the winners: More »
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By Mark WilsonComment by bestpersonintheunivers: I don't think Spore should be mentioned, mostly because of it's terrible DRM 5 Responses | Other threads
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gadgets
Retromodo: 'Sun Lamp Held In Hand Brands Babies'
Modern Mechanix found this 1938 issue of Popular Science with a really, really fun baby branding gadget designed to make sure hospital mixups were a thing of the past. Did it work? Oh, I'm sure it did. Did it eliminate hospital baby mixups? No, because somebody somewhere along the line though it was a bad idea. We say bring this back! I don't want to raise some dirty stranger's baby for five years before I discover that he or she is not mine. [Modern Mechanix via Medgadget]
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By Jason ChenComment by crenquis: I think that the "mom" is J. Edgar Hoover in drag... Must have been part of his surveillance program. more » | Other threads
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iron chef
PopSci Culinary Gadgets Put the "Chen" Back In "Kitchen"
We never knew that the gear in pro kitchens had enough tech to be so—dare I say?—pantsworthy. Take for instance the Heidolph VV Micro Evaporator, that $3,000 kitchen distiller above. Recognizable food goes in one end, and a powerfully flavored goo comes out the other. (How very... soylent?) Below in the gallery, there are four more unbelievable food processors, and sh'loads more at PopSci's kitchen gadget round-up. If you want to know what kind of mind it takes to dream up and use all of this stuff, read the accompanying feature about kitchen crazyman Dave Arnold. [PopSci]
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Comment by tin: @iridius: This a proper automated distillation set up. Yes you can use a much cheaper apparatus: bunsen burner plus your... more » | Other threads
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