PM reader trip to Gansbaai, sponsored by VW SA
On Saturday, Popular Mechanics hosted a group of 16 readers on a trip to Gansbaai, where they learned about shark behaviour, the science of shark tagging and the ongoing effort to protect these...
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Most of you have probably never heard of Professor Henry Markram. This is about to change, because the South African-born neuroscientist is working on a hugely ambitious project that promises to pull...
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If gadgets are your thing, you’ll hopefully enjoy our 8-page report on the International CES, a ridiculously large gadget show that descends on Las Vegas once a year and transforms seemingly rational...
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A few weeks ago, we were privileged to meet a bunch of young tech-entrepreneurs who were participating in a thoroughly fascinating exercise. Together with their high-profile mentors, they were sailing...
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While researching this month’s cover story on designer prosthetics (“Out on a limb”, page 44), we stumbled upon a fascinating study by the University of Manchester’s Dr Jacky Finch into the efficacy...
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Let’s hear it for our dads My dad was a meticulous man. He stored screws, nuts and bolts in neatly labelled tins or bottles, always returned his tools to their designated places, and would never, ever...
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Many years ago, without the vaguest idea of what I was doing, or why, I stood guard at a mountain-top radar station in present-day Mpumalanga and greeted all visitors with a menacing look, an...
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Of flying cars and demon worms… Our cover story this month salutes some of the most exciting and revolutionary concepts in aviation, from a solar-powered record-setter of disarming fragility to a...
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Of peeping drones, origami kayaks and constitutional rights This month’s cover story, “Good drone, bad drone” (page 62), introduces the advanced technologies and highly capable flying machines that...
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INVASIVE – or simply a need to know? Our cover story this month on National Security Agency (NSA) data mining has nothing to do with paranoia or conspiracy theories. It’s about the ways in which...
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Groundbreaking concepts, ethical dilemmas… Be the first to know It’s that time of the year again. Goodwill abounds, relatives descend on us with reckless abandon, and our credit balance shrinks to a...
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The lights are on, but nobody’s home I had an interesting argument the other day. I was chatting to an apparently sane man who suddenly went off at a tangent and began holding forth on “scientifically...
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It’s time to get real. Our brains are lying to us This month’s cover story reveals the fascinating science behind strange and occasionally creepy phenomena that have haunted us for centuries,...
View ArticlePM reader trip to Gansbaai, sponsored by VW SA
Popular Mechanics readers were "thrilled" by the shark cage diving experience off Gansbaai, courtesy of VW's "Think Blue" initiative. Watch the video of the shark-cage diving escapades...The post PM...
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Most of you have probably never heard of Professor Henry Markram. This is about to change, because the South African-born neuroscientist is working on a hugely ambitious project that promises to pull...
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