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Popular Mechanics is for people who have a passion to know how
things work. It's about how the latest advances in science and
technology will impact your home, your car, consumer electronics,
computers, even your . Popular Mechanics - answers for
curious minds.
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Popular Mechanics is for people who have a passion to know how
things work. It's about how the latest advances in science and
technology will impact your home, your car, consumer electronics,
computers, even your . Popular Mechanics - answers for
curious minds.
Who Reads Popular Mechanics?
The Popular Mechanics reader is curious. The reader is driven to
explore, become knowledgeable and actively participate in a wide
variety of interests, making him today's Go-to Guy that Main
Street America goes to for advice.
What You Can Expect in Each Issue:
The Popular Mechanics reader has a curious mind - a hunger to
know, an inquisitive interest, and a desire to investigate and
learn. Every month, Popular Mechanics inspires, instructs and
influences millions of curious minds - engaging them with
breakthroughs in science and technology, how-to stories on
digital technology, automotive advances and home upgrades.
* Tech Watch: Reporters dig deep to find new and exciting
technological advances that will keep readers up-to-date with
cutting-edge innovations – in aviation, computers, energy,
environment, , , robotics, space and
transportation.
* Upgrade: Reporters collect the best gear from the biggest trade
shows – from new tools for the home and worksite to the most
advanced digital gadgets – and provide no-nonsense comparison
tests and monthly reviews.
* New Cars: Auto editors at Popular Mechanics give readers a
comprehensive sneak-peak of the most exciting vehicles coming out
of Detroit, Asia and Europe.
* DIY Auto: This section gives readers a place to go for all
their automotive repair and maintenance questions and answers –
allowing them to skip the trip to the local mechanic by providing
them instructions on exactly how to diagnose and repair any
number of auto problems.
* DIY Home: This section offers readers a column with a variety
of step-by-step home improvement projects, including useful tips,
advice and product reviews.
* DIY Tech: This gives readers hands on advice on all things tech
– from cameras and computers to HDTV and surround sound – keeping
them one step ahead of the curve.
* Feature Articles: Popular Mechanics tells you how the latest
advances in science and technology will impact your home, your
car, consumer electronics, computers, even your . Features
include: Tech Watch, Upgrade, New Cars, Saturday Mechanic, Car
Clinic, wners Clinic, and Jay Leno's Garage.
Magazine Layout:
Popular Mechanics is clean, crisp, fresh and cool. The magazine
continuously delivers to curious minds every month - and even at
102 years young, continues to be a voice of authority on all
things science, automotive, technology, home and outdoors.
Past Issues:
Comparisons to Other Magazines:
Popular Mechanics is the essential source for the modern man.
From installing windows in their home or on their computer,
Popular Mechanics gives readers the information and tools they
need to be confident and competent in today’s high-tech world.
Advertising:
Popular Mechanics has a wide variety of advertisers, from
automobiles to retailers and tools to home and garden, and
everything in between.
Awards:
Over the past 9 years, Popular Mechanics has won over 60 Art and
Design Awards - ranging from Distinction in Editorial Design to
Best Cover of the Year, to Best Table of Contents to Distinction
in Photography. In 2008, Popular Mechanics won the American
Society of Magazine Editors award for excellence in service
journalism, for its 3 part series on the fast growing national
anxiety - the degradation of the environment.
With plenty of features on the latest high-tech cars, tools,
sports gear, and developments, Popular Mechanics is the
source for discriminating gadget heads. Full-page ads for spark
plugs, extrastrong glues, and manly s fuel the
magazine's testosterone engine, and many of the how-to articles
are designed to help today's male achieve maximum speed,
efficiency, and style in his leisure activities. In-depth
articles on the history of the baseball glove, comparison tests
of mulching mowers, and a list of the cables you'll need to build
a home network join brief news bites covering science, outdoors,
and home improvement. With a copy of Popular Mechanics and a
wallet, you could be the alpha male you've always wanted to be!
--Therese Littleton
