Popular Science - USA (2019-10)

POPSCI.COM•WINTER 2019 81 2010 2013 2013 2015 Cybersecurity professional Jennifer Allen forms the Face- book page Autonomous Sen ...

82 WINTER 2019 • POPSCI.COM When someone with ASMR hears their triggers, their heart rate typically drops. Levels of the happy h ...

it’s love or hate—also have structural differences in their brains. Many miso- phonics have more myelin (which insulates neurons ...

84 WINTER 2019 • POPSCI.COM MAKING IT ...

POPSCI.COM • WINTER 2019 85 Frank McIntosh and Gordon Gow launched their home stereo com- pany in 1949, one year after the inven ...

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POPSCI.COM•WINTER 2019 87 The human touch is crucial to every thing McIntosh builds. An automated water jet cuts the glass face ...

88 WINTER 2019 • POPSCI.COM Amplifiers boost the puny electrical output produced by, say, a turntable so it can move the massiv ...

Each transformer sits in a powder-coated aluminum case, fabricated along with dozens of other parts in the company’s metal shop ...

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91 McIntosh takes the unusual step of man- ufacturing its own printed circuit boards rather than relying on mass-produced piece ...

92 WINTER 2019 • POPSCI.COM Designers refine current products and create new ones across the park- ing lot from the factory, in ...

Any piece of gear emits tiny amounts of radio-frequency radiation, which can interfere with wireless signals and other electron ...

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Engineers rely on an array of equipment to ensure quality, but nothing beats their time- tuned ears. This setup features four a ...

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FROM THE FIELD TALES as told to Eleanor Cummins / illustrations by Natalie Andrewson POPSCI.COM•WINTER^201997 After college, in ...

FOR ALL THE MOMENTS WE STAND UP Stand Up To Cancer is a division of the Entertainment Industry Foundation (EIF), a 501(c)(3) cha ...

MATT DAMON Stand Up To Cancer Ambassador UZO ADUBA Stand Up To Cancer Ambassador Photo By ANDREW ECCLES ...

TALES FROM THE FIELD as told to Nicole Wetsman GOOD VIBRATIONS i use echolocation to “see” the world DANIEL KISH, PRESIDENT OF W ...