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Of natural laws, stress relief and utter dorkdom

We’ve spent the past few weeks going through dozens of entries for the 2012 Popular Mechanics Inventors Competition, an annual challenge that never ceases to produce a fascinating mix of ideas, some...

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South African inventor wages war on plastic waste

William Graham’s plastics-to-fuel processing plant converts plastic waste, as well as vehicle tyres, into a variety of fuels to power our modern lifestyles

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5 Inventions that got the boot.

We took a look at some old PM magazines, and chose a few of the worst ideas that (thankfully) never caught on.

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Introducing Alpha Leg, a prototype for a human-controlled exoskeleton

Jonathan Tippett has built a 1,8 m tall Alpha Leg, a multi-hinged structure of welded tubular steel, fitted with hydraulic rams, dampers and air springs

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B flying car transitions easily from land cruising to vertical takeoff

Meet B flying car, a remote-controlled hybrid car-helicopter created by Witold Mielniczek

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Boosted longboards set to revolutionise the world of electric vehicles

Stanford trio’s Boosted longboards, powered by twin 1,9 kW motors, could change the world of electric vehicles in an unconventional way

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7 War-inspired ideas from back in the day

When we looked back at the past issues of PM, we saw that although the fascination with weapons has stayed the same, the equipment has definitely been improved over the years

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Photocopying turns 75

75 years ago, patent attorney Chester Carlson came up with a process, free of liquid chemicals, to create the first-ever xerographic images

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August 2014

Our cover story, “Fighting smarter”, takes a look at the US military’s technologies of war and a breakthrough in the fight against chemical weapons

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Sign up now for FutureTech 2014 and join Popular Mechanics in Cape Town on 10 October, as we explore our world from a slightly different perspective

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Mountain Trike for wheelchair users has serious go-anywhere cred

Inventor Tim Morgan, 30, developed the Mountain Trike to take wheelchair users safely off-road in comfort. Check out the trike’s capabilities in this video

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Top 10 inventions of this decade

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