A Few Good Mechanics: Editor's Note Popular Mechanics editor-in-chief Jim Meigs on how the Panama Canal has shaped his own family's history. (Published in the February 2007 issue)
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The Panama Canal Today, Ready for Resurrection: Slideshow Join Popular Mechanics editor-in-chief Jim Meigs on his first trip to Panama as the famous canal prepares for its ultimate upgrade.
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The Panama Canal's Ultimate Upgrade After nearly a century of service, the world’s greatest engineering project is getting supersized to handle booming maritime trade. Popular Mechanics goes inside the expansion plans with an in-depth preview. (Published in the February 2007 issue)
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Coming Soon: Boeing's Radical New 787 Dreamliner Larger seats. Air conditioning that won't make you feel dehydrated. Wireless internet access. These are but a few of the many new comforts and technologies of the new Boeing 787, the radical future of commercial flight that will soon be at airports everywhere. (Published in the September 2006 issue)
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Highway of the Future: Interstate Intelligence Right now, your car could talk to both the roads you're driving on and the vehicles sharing it to make accidents and traffic jams a rare occasion. If the government gives the Vehicle Infrastructure Integration (VII) initiative the green light in 2008, the driving experience will chnage forever in 2... (Published in the July 2006 issue)
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Future Train - Jan. 2006 Cover Story IMAGINE A MACHINE OF THE FUTURE that moves goods by the ton--by tens of thousands of tons--along specialized transportation corridors. Guided by computers, tracked by GPS and driven by powerful new engines, this revolutionary, high-tech vehicle slashes America's energy consumption and leaves the air... (Published in the January 2006 issue)
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This Is My Job - Harbor Pilot The art of docking ships in New York Harbor has run in Jeff McAllister's family since 1864, when his great-great-grandfather James founded the company that still bears the family name. (Published in the November 2005 issue)
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What Went Wrong: Wreck of the Selendang Ayu (Published in the May 2005 issue)
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This Is My Job - Commercial Diver (Published in the December 2004 issue)
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This Is My Job - Chief Blimp Wrigger (Published in the January 2005 issue)
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