On the eve of the Big Game, CBS Sports engineering guru Ken Aagaard takes us for a high-tech tour of Dolphin Stadium--rigged with nearly 50 cameras, hundreds of engineers and a new lighting system that'll blow your mind.
Veteran ice breaker captain Rene Turenne talks about revolutionary new ice breaker designs and the consequences of a warmer arctic. Paradoxically, the opening of a northwest passage means a lot more work for U.S. and Canadian ice breaker crews.…
From the Tesla Roadster to the all-electric Mini Cooper S, we've driven our share of electric cars. West coast editor Ben Stewart joins me to share his impressions of all-electric and plug-in hybrids, as well as to chat about his wheel time in some…
Take a trip back to the future... Of our past. Popular Mechanics contributing editor and resident roboticist Daniel H. Wilson (who just happens to be the author of the new book Where's My Jetpack?), joins me figure out what ever happened to that silvery,…
Leading global warming experts Gavin Schmidt, Trevor Williams and Meredith Nettles join us for a roundtable discussion about the science behind climate modeling and learn the frightening facts we already know and the even more frightening ones we don't…
After all the fanfare from techies worldwide, the touchscreen coffee table that could change the world is just getting started. Senior technology editor Glenn Derene, who was the first journalist to go hands-on with Surface, analyzes the top-secret…
At T-minus 3 hours, 45 minutes before the Space Shuttle Atlantis launch, NASA administrator Michael Griffin sat down with Popular Mechanics for a very candid conversation on the space agency's future, from partnering with private space moguls to the 2008…
At PM headquarters to promote the Live Earth concerts, Al Gore sits down with us to talk about his green renovations at home and ethanol's future in America.…
As the race to suborbital space heats up, Glenn Reynolds gives us the odds on when interstellar tourism will really take off. Plus, we smart survivors of a tornado in Kansas, debunk the myths of Friday the 13th and learn the art of crash testing.
To commemorate the upcoming 50th anniversary of manned spaceflight, we're looking at the next 50 years. In the first of a two-part series, New York Times astrobiology reporter Carl Zimmer joins us to predict what we'll find when we finally step foot on…
In the wake of the Minneapolis bridge collapse, national security expert Stephen Flynn joins us to propose three steps America must take to rebuild its crumbling infrastructure.…
Despite more than $7 billion in Congressional funding, the Army Corps of Engineers says it's still four years and another $7 billion away from re-building the levees of New Orleans.…
After Steve Jobs introduced a new iPod arsenal, our tech team breaks down the slow death of the iconic MP3 player and predicts what a Wi-Fi iTunes Store could mean for media.…
An entire generation of high-tech hot shots is losing touch with traditional skills, and Instapundit blogger Glenn Reynolds joins us with some solutions to save the handymen.…
Controversial new brain scan technology can tell what you're thinking, how you fall in love and—as the top scientist who joins us has proved—whether you're telling the truth. Are we ready for this?…
In a special Breakthrough Conference episode, we sit down with efficiency guru Amory Lovins to find how Wal-Mart can teach Detroit and the Pentagon how to go green.…
Self-driving vehicles aren't quite ready for war, but they were tearing up the streets last week at the DARPA Urban Challenge, and we've got a report from race-side.…
Could the iPhone stop flight delays? We get an update on the FAA's air traffic control fix from PM's aviation correspondent, plus exclusive interviews from the L.A.…