Popular Mechanics - USA (2019-03)

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TECHNOLOGY
12 What’s inside a
snowmobile?

14 Tech to watch for
in 2019

15 How gadgets trick
you—for good

HOW YOUR
WORLD WORKS
16 Who keeps winter
roads safe?

18 An aircraft that
makes its own wind

20 Great Unknowns

PRACTICAL
KNOWLEDGE
22 Take a butane torch
to work (for lunch)

26 Ask Roy

27 Tool Test:
Half-inch drills

28 Shop Notes

DRIVING
30 Road Tested:
Mercedes-Benz,
Genesis, Nissan

36 Does your dashboard
make you a bad
driver?

INVENTION
38 My Patent Story

40 Authentic aquavit,
by way of Denver

THE LIFE
42 The pros and
other pros of
man-made snow

46 The Vermont
family with a
mountaintop
business

52 Getting Started In:
Winter Camping

THE

GREATEST HITS:

VOL. II

58 Guarding U.S.

Borders (1925)

64 Inside the Annual

American Timber

Harvest (1949)

72 The Death of the

Internet (1997)

BEST OF THE BEST

24 Best Advice

62 PM on the

Smart Home

63 PM on Women

70 PM on War

71 Notable Voices in

Our Pages

77 Is It Stupid

.

.

.

or

Amazing?

PM FAMILY

78 Igloos, Legos, a

Jell-O science

project, and the guy

who drives the back

of the fire truck

THIS MONTH

GEAR WE TRIED

THE SMARTEST

The Matador FlatPak

Soap Bar Case and

To i l e t r y B o t t l e b r i n g h i g h -

tech fabrics from the

outdoor world to your

dopp kit. Put a wet bar

of soap in the bar case,

and it will dry through the

fabric without turning

your soap to mush.

Magical. And the bottle

lets you squeeze it like a

tube of toothpaste to get

the last drop of any

liquid you put in. Plus,

each comes in at a

mere 11 grams and

costs only $13. Perfect

for lightweight travel.

Matadorup.com

MARCH 2019