Popular Science 2004.08 Global Warming Jet Engine Trail Astronaut Waste Food Mars Metal Rubber, Ochrona ...
[ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]
CONTENTS
AUGUST 2004
VOLUME 265 #2
Founded in 1872
“Your PDA tells you many things. It entertains with games and MP3s.
But it does not tell you to step right to avoid a landmine.”
MILITARY TECH VERSUS STREET TECH
tech
13
An engine-inspired timepiece; the
country’s lightest laptop; high-tech
Olympic sneakers, swimsuits and
cycling gear; 20 products, two pages
75
GROK
Phoning home with VoIP
OGLE
The bike that prints text messages
HACK
Giving AIBO a new bark
EXPERIMENT
Magnetite yields molten iron
news
33
DEBATE
Is Earth running out of oil?
SPACE
Messenger
heads for Mercury
MATERIALS
Tough, flexible: Metal Rubber
PATENTS
Inventors fight terrorism
stories
44
Tech: Who’s Got the Edge?
The
stakes are different—staying alive
vs. staying on time—but we all want
the best. From GPS to PDAs, here’s our
scorecard.
By James Vlahos
62
54
Blind?
In this era of radical technologi-
cal change, a few writers dare to envi-
sion the near future. PLUS: AI goes
awry in
I, Robot
.
By Gregory Mone
62
Arthur C. Clarke in his Sri Lankan villa:
the legendary prognosticator’s thoughts
on what’s next.
By Matthew Teague
59
66
mph! 30 Feet above the Ground!
Sideways!
Two superstar pilots get set
to square off for the first time at the
Reno air races.
By Carl Hoffmann
depts.
4
6
8
28
86
112
POPULAR SCIENCE
AUGUST 2004
3
86
59
[ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]