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Popular Science
June 2005
The best of what's next - 5 technologies that will transform your world.
Whats New: Build the ROBOT of your dreams.
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VOLUME 266 #6
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JUNE 2005
There are cynics in the crowd who are not entirely convinced that Fossett can handle the tricky bird at its maximum weight. They’re sure he’ll just plow it into the runway and die a mile into his takeoff roll.
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19 | What’s New
GADGETS MP3-enabled phones arrive. AUTOMOTIVE Audi’s ultrafast gearbox. HOME TECH The supercomfy desk chair.
87 | How 2.0 GEEK GUIDE Do more with the Mac Mini. GRAY MATTER How to gild anything. TECH LESSON Drawing with GPS. TECH SUPPORT Build a better Wi-Fi antenna.
news and views 37 | Headlines TRAVEL TECH Air taxis prepare for takeoff. SPACE Catapulting astronauts to the moon. SHRINKAGE Better lube for micromachines. INVENTION Cousteau’s robotic shark suit.
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48 | Soapbox MEDIASCOPE Quit with the sensationalist,
fear-mongering headlines. By Rebecca Skloot PLUGGED IN New international copyright
O N T H E C O V E R : I L L U S T R AT I O N S : J O H N M A C N E I L L ; P H O T O G R A P H : J O H N B . C A R N E T T; T H I S PA G E , C L O C K W I S E F R O M T O P : J O H N B . C A R N E T T; J O H N M A C N E I L L ( 2 ) ; G R E G O R H A L E N D A ; J O H N M A C N E I L L
laws to save the Web. By Cory Doctorow
stories 55 | Best of What’s Next Tech that will change your life: holographic TVs, spray-on space suits, bionic eyes, plastic buildings and interactive roller coasters.
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66 | Round Trip The inside story on Steve
Fossett’s record-setting round-the-world trip in a flying fuel tank. By Eric Adams 72