OLYMPIC INNOVATION ISSUE! FEATURING
- The biomechanics genius training Justin Gatlin
- Computerized boxing gloves
- Sunglasses that make you faster

AMERICA’S GREATEST INVENTION - When did the patent system become such an impediment to innovators? BY SCOTT EDEN

RYAN LOCHTE + HOW TO BUILD A PICKET FENCE TRUCKS! 

PLUS: THE GEAR THAT GOT THEM THERE - Every four years, the world’s top athletes compete for gold and glory. Just as impressive? The gear and technology that have helped make every win possible.

The History of Maps
No clear origin. No known inventor. But are maps the most underappreciated “device” of all time?.

The Future of Off-Road Is Electric
As soon as 2021, the best adventure vehicles will come from Rivian, Bollinger, and Tesla.

When Grizzlies
Invade Your Neighborhood
Why an apex predator returned to Shelby, Montana—a place now overrun with humans.

Science 
Using da Vinci’s lost plans to build a bridge that stands on its own.

Pro Challenge
The best builds from our reader 2x4 challenge.

This Changed Everything
This early 3D printer was a “glue gun on steroids.”

5 Ways to Craft a Legacy
A toolbox, knife, shed, garden, and home-brewing creed that will last for generations.

2020 Tools of the Year
48 exceptional tools that will unleash your capability and help you take any project to the next level..

It’s Fun to Take Things Apart How to juice up a Power Wheels mini-car.

Home Everything you need to know about buying a standby generator.

This Changed Everything How GoPro sparked a DIY video movement.
 
How to Be Good at What You Do Azalia Mirhoseini, Senior Research Scientist at Google Brain.

Powersports Tear through dirt with a friend in Honda’s side-by-side.

Cars & Trucks The Toyota 4Runner, one of the last real trucks.

This Changes Everything How the Technics 1200 turntable transformed hip-hop.

My Pop Life Life hacks, gear picks & confessions from our staff

From the Editor Why I regularly wipe my phone’s memory

Games & Toys Spot the liar in Werewolf with these tells

How to Be Good at What You Do Simone Giertz, queen of robots

Popular Mechanics helps the reader master the modern world, presenting trusted information about his home, his car, his technology and the world around him. With tool tests, building projects, car reviews and more, Popular Mechanics shows the American man how to upgrade his life.

Binoculars: 172 pieces that bring the world closer

Lobstermen go racing 

Give American blended whiskey a shot

Tool Test: Circular saws 

Is someone bugging or tracking you?

Kid dirt bikes, new beer, plumbing

Stunt of the Month: The grand finale of Child’s Play

The New Vintage: 1988 Mustang LX Convertible

How an aerospace architect rebooted the RV

Project: Jeep Roof Rack

DEA agents, beer, Kevin’s Jeep

DARPA’s pocket-size radiation detector

Maker City: Philadelphia

A historian’s quest to stay analog

Make typing better with a custom keyboard

Podcast, printing press, pizza oven

How biometric data is galvanizing Air Force trainees

Is your derailleur working? Are you sure?

Start a garden, learn how to solder, make a grilled cheese!

The Lunch Pail: Hack your noodles

What’s inside a snowmobile? 

Who keeps winter roads safe?

An aircraft that makes its own wind

Take a butane torch to work (for lunch)

Inside the Annual American Timber Harvest (1949)

THE POPULAR MECHANICS HOLIDAY GIFT GUIDE Elevate your list with PM-approved tools, gear, and gadgets.

Secrets of the biological clock

Great Unknowns: A question about time travel

2018 tech you don’t want to miss

The New Vintage: 1991 GMC Syclone

How to spot fake tweets

Your right to unthrottled internet access

Tool Test: Oscillating multitools

The Pennsylvania couple applying modern design to an antique letterpress

THE FIRST STORY: Chinese hackers are coming after American startups. Why aren’t we prepared?

SPIRITS: Wormwood-infused rye

TOOL TEST: Cordless nailers

GREAT UNKNOWNS: Can you trap light in a box?

HOW TO MAKE ANYTHING

HOW TO IDENTIFY CHEMICAL WEAPONS

THE BEST BACK - TO - SCHOOL TECH

EAT THE RIVER

BLOCKBUSTER SECRETS How the pyrotechnics supervisors, aerial coordinators, and VFX directors created this summer’s biggest movies.

THE OCEANS OF WEST 79TH STREET

The Future of Aerodynamics

Parts & Service: Grand Anti-theft Auto

The World’s Best- Selling Electric Car

American Single-Malt Whiskey

Tool Test: Miter Saws

THE FUTURE OF AMERICAN MANUFACTURING

Get the Russians Out of Our Rockets!

ELECTRIC JACKET PUMPS OUT SWEAT 

THE FASTEST WAY TO CUT METAL

Smartphone Addiction 

Getting Started in Cryptocurrency

Things Contractors Make for Themselves

Countertop Fryers

American-Made Boots

Designated Self-Drivers

Motorcycle Headsets

Build a One-of-a- Kind Guitar

Hollywood Special Effects

The First Story: Kia went from being the butt of jokes to maker of reliable cars that can be driven right off the factory line. Which is exactly what we did. 

The Apple Diaspora: Along with revolutionary products, Apple has also produced great talent. 

The infamous Alcatraz prison break that relied on an issue of PM.

Road Tested with Ezra Dyer: Heavy-duty trucks.

BEST TECH OF THE YEAR

3D PRINTING A technology in progress finds a perfect fit in schools.

MERCURY RACING SB4 7.0: Do you need a 750-hp engine?

THE LIFE Colorado snowcat drivers.

TOOL TEST Welders.

What’s So Scary About the Future, Anyway?... AND 23 MORE REASONS TO BE OPTIMISTIC ABOUT TOMORROW..

Think of a robot that crawls around, folds itself up to move through small spaces, then unfolds again once it’s in the open. It would be very useful for exploring new environments.

Popular Mechanics for Kids: Book light!...

The 2017 Breakthrough Awards & More...

The Most Trusted Names in News - Casey Neistat sold his video news-sharing app to CNN for $25 million. He’s not a journalist, he just wants to show billions of viewers what’s going on in the world. Cool?  ...

HOW TO DO EVERY THING WITH VIDEO - The gear, techniques and insight you need to consume and create the best videos on the internet.

THIS IS HOW YOU MAKE A MUSIC VIDEO NOW - The band OK Go uses technology, ingenuity, and mildly dangerous stunts to reinvent a dying genre. After 350 million views, they tell their secrets.

HOW TO MAKE ANYTHING - Including a trivet from a saw blade, a concrete canoe, a bootjack (for taking off your shoes), and a light fixture that can be programmed to dance.

DELICIOUS THINGS - An instructional guide to preparing the best cocktails, meat, and ice cream.

A BETTER TORNADO SHELTER - Don Greer’s wife died in the very tornado shelter that was supposed to protect her. This is the story of the efforts to make  sure it never happens again.

Could you drive 1,000 miles without GPS AND LIVE?  - WE TRIED IT!..

DID SPACEX JUST GET ONE STEP CLOSER TO MARS?....

MADE IN THE USA - THE BEST STUFF FROM ALL 50 STATES.

IS THIS THINGS ON? - Rocker Jack White Takes You Inside His New Record Factory.

KILLER PIGS AND 27 OTHER MENACES THAT MIGHT KILL YOU.

THE MILITARY’S NEW MONSTER TRUCK ...AND SOME BRATWURST.

PLUS! Is Your Job Robot- Proof?...

For this unprecedented Technology vs Cancer special report, meet the men and women from  elite cancer research centers around the country who are trying to bring down cancer; find out where we are in the war.

SMART EVERYTHING - SMART CARS. SMART APPLIANCES. SMART PHONES. SMART HOMES. IS ANY OF IT ACTUALLY MAKING YOUR LIFE BETTER?...

Dangerous Yard Work With a MythBuster.

A Cordless Tool Jamboree.

The 2017 Automotive Excellence Awards(Wait until you see the Car of the Year.).

THE BATTLE OF NEW YORK | THE GENDER GAP SHOULD BE WORRIED.

The Protectors - MEET THE PEOPLE WHO KEEP AMERICA SAFE IN THE AGE OF THE MASS GATHERING.

On the Job With the NYPD’s Massive Counterterrorism Force.

Sweating Out the FBI’s Secret Bomb School.

Inside the Mind of the World’s Top Explosives Detective.

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