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March 9th, 2010
Jet-Powered Model T

Something that Henry Ford could not imagine: A Model T powered by a Boeing T50/Model 502 gas turbine from a Bell helicopter.Read More
Miniature Microphone Pinpoints Sound
Super listening device hears, identifies, and locates any sound by measuring 3D movement of air particles

A Dutch firm has developed a tiny device that listens for screams, gunshots, mortars and even warplanes. It doesn't listen in the conventional sense, but instead measures the 3D movement of individual air particles in order to determine the x, y and z coordinates of whatever made the noise in question.Read More
March 8th
High-Rise Prison

With the vertical prison concept, height becomes the wall, keeping prisoners above the surface, yet still accessible via specially designed pods which act as transportation across the prison’s grounds.Read More
Robotic Snow Plow
The RoboPlow sports a 50" blade, six wheel drive, and a bad attitude when it comes to all things snow

This is the idea that every geek has had, but the guys at Idea Laboratories were just fed up enough to actually see it through. Watching the video will make you wonder why somebody hasn't come up with this solution before.Read More
Jet-Powered ATV
Popular Science photographer John Carnett builds a four-wheeler with a screaming Garrett turbine jet engine

Built around a Polaris RZR all-terrain vehicle, John Carnett's homemade machine tops out at just over 60 mph powered by its 87-pound Garrett GTP 30-67 tubine jet engine. The project took Carnett 10 months to build at a cost of more than $15,000.Read More
March 7th
Amazing Span Bridges

Millau Viaduct, Millau, France
Bridges might not get the respect the world’s tallest skyscrapers get but these horizontal architectural wonders push the engineering envelope just as hard. From “Galloping Gertie” to the Golden Gate, these bridges prove the journey is often more interesting than the destination.Read More
137 Years of Popular Science
The free Popular Science archives includes the following "I'd Like To See Them Make" series from their January 1956 issue (page 116). An item you won't see in today's publications:

Popular Science has partnered with Google to offer their entire 137-year archive for free browsing. Each issue appears just as it did at its original time of publication, complete with period advertisements.Read More
Amazing Matchstick City
420,000 matchsticks were used to build this detailed recreation of Minas Tirith from Lord of The Rings Trilogy

Patrick Acton completed his matchstick model of J.R.R. Tolkien's City of Kings from the Lord of the Rings trilogy. Acton's version of Minas Tirith is one of his biggest and most detailed matchstick models yet.Read More
March 6th
Inventor Creates Homemade Hovercraft

New Zealand inventor Rudy Heeman used a gas bottle from the family barbecue, parts from his wife's car, and the control lever from his daughter's motor scooter for his creation. The craft can fly at up to 60 mph at a height of about 5 feet.Read More
March 5th
How to Hide an Airplane Factory
Lockheed Burbank Aircraft Plant

During World War II the Army Corps of Engineers needed to hide the Lockheed Burbank Aircraft Plant to protect it from a Japanese air attack. They covered it with camouflage netting to create an optical illusion resembling a rural subdivision from the air.
Lockheed Plant After Camouflage Netting
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