Popular Science July 2004

CONDITION Good to very good, clean, mild wear

CONTENTS
Tech

  • What’s New – The MiniDisc revamped: digital music storage showdown; hi-tech travel gear; computerized crash test dummy; garage of the future; 20 hot new products
  • How 2.0 – Build Pinky: cardboard robot that sees—Grok Perfecting your digital photos—Experiment Collecting magnetite—Tech Support Hacking LED flashlights
    News
  • Headlines—Nanotech Potential pollution hazard—Geology Nationwide quake tracking—Robotics Exoskeleton baby steps—Flight X-43A smashes speed record!
    Stories
  • Popular Science’s 2004 design Competition We asked top design firms to invent a 21st-century CARE package. Feom artificialstars to whale-saving AUV’s, here are their strange and provocative proposals. By Steven Henry Madoff
  • Whooshhh! An innovative aero-dynamic design tweak could lead to supersonic business jets and bombers freed form that troublesome sonic boom. By Bill Sweet
  • Saturn Unveiled The incredible Cassini probe begins its four-year tour of Saturn and its moons. Here, your foldout guide to the mission. By Dawn Stover
  • Project Porsche How a psssionate, compulsive car enthusiast restored a broken-down road racer to gold-plated glory. By Stephan Wilkinson
    Depts.
  • From the Editor
  • Contributors
  • Letters
  • Man and Machine
  • FYI
  • Looking

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