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Popular Mechanics is for people who have a passion to know how things work. It's about how the latest advances in science and technology will impact your home, your car, consumer electronics, computers, even your health. Popular Mechanics - answers for curious minds.
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hr class="bucketDivider" size="1" / div class="bucket" id="productDescription" div class="content"span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"emPopular Mechanics/em is for people who have a passion to know how things work. It's about how the latest advances in science and technology will impact your home, your car, consumer electronics, computers, even your health. emPopular Mechanics/em - answers for curious minds. /span pspan style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" strongspan style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #cc6600;"Who Reads emPopular Mechanics/em?/span/strong br / The emPopular Mechanics/em reader is curious. The reader is driven to explore, become knowledgeable and actively participate in a wide variety of interests, making him today's Go-to Guy that Main Street America goes to for advice. br clear="all" / br / strongspan style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #cc6600;"What You Can Expect in Each Issue:/span/strong br / The emPopular Mechanics/em reader has a curious mind - a hunger to know, an inquisitive interest, and a desire to investigate and learn. Every month, emPopular Mechanics/em inspires, instructs and influences millions of curious minds - engaging them with breakthroughs in science and technology, how-to stories on digital technology, automotive advances and home upgrades. /span/p ul span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" listrongTech Watch/strong: Reporters dig deep to find new and exciting technological advances that will keep readers up-to-date with cutting-edge innovations – in aviation, computers, energy, environment, health, military, robotics, space and transportation. /li listrongUpgrade/strong: Reporters collect the best gear from the biggest trade shows – from new tools for the home and worksite to the most advanced digital gadgets – and provide no-nonsense comparison tests and monthly reviews. /li listrongNew Cars/strong: Auto editors at emPopular Mechanics/em give readers a comprehensive sneak-peak of the most exciting vehicles coming out of Detroit, Asia and Europe. /li listrongDIY Auto/strong: This section gives readers a place to go for all their automotive repair and maintenance questions and answers – allowing them to skip the trip to the local mechanic by providing them instructions on exactly how to diagnose and repair any number of auto problems. /li listrongDIY Home/strong: This section offers readers a column with a variety of step-by-step home improvement projects, including useful tips, advice and product reviews. /li listrongDIY Tech/strong: This gives readers hands on advice on all things tech – from cameras and computers to HDTV and surround sound – keeping them one step ahead of the curve. /li listrongFeature Articles/strong: emPopular Mechanics/em tells you how the latest advances in science and technology will impact your home, your car, consumer electronics, computers, even your health. Features include: Tech Watch, Upgrade, New Cars, Saturday Mechanic, Car Clinic, Homeowners Clinic, and Jay Leno's Garage. /li /span /ul span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"br / strongspan style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #cc6600;"Magazine Layout:/span/strong br / emPopular Mechanics/em is clean, crisp, fresh and cool. The magazine continuously delivers to curious minds every month - and even at 102 years young, continues to be a voice of authority on all things science, automotive, technology, home and outdoors. br clear="all" /br / strongspan style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #cc6600;"Past Issues:/span/strongbr / table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="4" width="95%" tbody tr align="center" class="tiny" valign="top" tdimg border="0" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00005N7SA.01.PT01.MXXXXXXX.jpg" //td tdimg border="0" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00005N7SA.01.PT02.MXXXXXXX.jpg" //td tdimg border="0" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00005N7SA.01.PT03.MXXXXXXX.jpg" //td tdimg border="0" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00005N7SA.01.PT04.MXXXXXXX.jpg" //td tdimg border="0" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00005N7SA.01.PT05.MXXXXXXX.jpg" //td tdimg border="0" src=" http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00005N7SA.01.PT06.MXXXXXXX.jpg" //td /tr /tbody /table br clear="all" /br / strongspan style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #cc6600;"Comparisons to Other Magazines:/span/strong br / emPopular Mechanics/em is the essential source for the modern man. From installing windows in their home or on their computer, emPopular Mechanics/em gives readers the information and tools they need to be confident and competent in today’s high-tech world. br clear="all" /br / strongspan style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #cc6600;"Advertising:/span/strong br / emPopular Mechanics/em has a wide variety of advertisers, from automobiles to retailers and tools to home and garden, and everything in between. br clear="all" /br / strongspan style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #cc6600;"Awards:/span/strong br / Over the past 9 years, emPopular Mechanics/em has won over 60 Art and Design Awards - ranging from Distinction in Editorial Design to Best Cover of the Year, to Best Table of Contents to Distinction in Photography. In 2008, emPopular Mechanics/em won the American Society of Magazine Editors award for excellence in service journalism, for its 3 part series on the fast growing national anxiety - the degradation of the environment.br /br /br /br //span/div /div With plenty of features on the latest high-tech cars, tools, sports gear, and military developments, IPopular Mechanics/I is the source for discriminating gadget heads. Full-page ads for spark plugs, extrastrong glues, and manly cigarettes fuel the magazine's testosterone engine, and many of the how-to articles are designed to help today's male achieve maximum speed, efficiency, and style in his leisure activities. In-depth articles on the history of the baseball glove, comparison tests of mulching mowers, and a list of the cables you'll need to build a home network join brief news bites covering science, outdoors, and home improvement. With a copy of IPopular Mechanics/I and a fat wallet, you could be the alpha male you've always wanted to be! I--Therese Littleton/I
