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T VOLUME 266 #6 CONTENTS 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 FOUNDED IN1872 a mile into his takeoff roll. tech ROUND TRIP,p.66 19|What’s New GADGETS MP3-enabled phones arrive. AUTOMOTIVEAudi’s ultrafast gearbox. HOME TECH The supercomfy desk chair. 87|How2.0 GEEK GUIDEDo more with the Mac Mini. GRAY MATTERHow to gild anything. TECH LESSON Drawing with GPS. TECH SUPPORTBuild a better Wi-Fi antenna. news and views 37|Headlines TRAVEL TECHAir taxis prepare for takeoff. SPACE Catapulting astronauts to the moon. 66 SHRINKAGEBetter lube for micromachines. INVENTIONCousteau’s robotic shark suit. 48|Soapbox MEDIASCOPEQuit with the sensationalist, fear-mongering headlines. By Rebecca Skloot PLUGGED INNew international copyright laws to save the Web. By Cory Doctorow stories NEILL ➤ MAC 55|Best of What’s NextTech that N H will change your life: holographic TVs, O A; J spray-on space suits,bionic eyes,plastic D ALEN buildings and interactive roller coasters. H ; ARNETTGREGOR 66|Round TripThe inside story on Steve 55 OHN B. CNEILL (2); Ftroisps eintt ’as rfelycoinrdg- sfeutetiln tga nroku. nByd -Ethriec- wAdoarlmds NEILL; PHOTOGRANP HM: JAC; JOHN MOHN B. CARNETTAC aWb78gr22iohn||,agRMAt iilwnbnai esgtlrlhte teae dErs n -iVyoneefxsit ctt-teu th1ionn0erd0 ycUi shy cTnaeohanivvregese er?Crdeasd ste hs“ iEAen i winc-esotnretlidun.rsy” NS: JOHM TOP: J Hmueythgaennes rmaiinss,iao ng itgoa nStaitcu mrno duinstcaoivne rrsidge, TIOUSTRAWISE FRO ao dwdaityiwesa. rBdy aMtmichoasepl hMeoryee,rand other ON THE COVER: ILLTHIS PAGE, CLOCK 11824FrCLoeotmntet rrthsibeu Etodristor 19288F YLoI oking Back 24 POPULAR SCIENCE JUNE 2005 7 T FROM THE EDITOR Editorial Director Scott Mowbray EditorMark Jannot Art Director Nathalie Kirsheh Executive Editor, Features Emily Laber-Warren Science Editor Dawn Stover Senior Technology Editor Suzanne Kantra Kirschner Senior Editor, What’s New Eric Hagerman Aviation & Automotive Editor Eric Adams Senior Editors Michael Moyer, Kalee Thompson Managing Editor Jill C.Shomer Senior Associate Editor Nicole Dyer Copy Chief Rina Bander Associate Editors Joe Brown, Jenny Everett, How 2.0 Win Mike Haney, Martha Harbison Assistant Editor Rena Marie Pacella Deputy Art Director Christopher Chew Designer Laura Konrad Photo Editor Kristine LaManna Art/Photo Intern Jamie Beck FOR MUCH OF OURl33-YEAR HISTORY, Staff PhotographerJohn B.Carnett Editorial Assistant Barbara Caraher POPULAR SCIENCE offered readers Web Producer Leslie Wong Contributing Design EditorChee Pearlman a steady diet of hands-on home- Contributing Automotive EditorStephan Wilkinson workshop-type projects: everything Contributing Editors Cory Doctorow, Theodore Gray, Joseph Hooper, Preston Lerner, Gregory Mone, Jeffrey Rothfeder, from building decks to making rudi- Jessica Snyder Sachs, Rebecca Skloot, Bill Sweetman, Phillip mentary computers. The intensity of that do-it-yourself focus waned Torrone, James Vlahos, Charles Wardell, William Speed Weed Contributing TroubadourJonathan Coulton over the past decade or so,and about a year and a half ago we decided that Contributing FuturistAndrew Zolli Contributing Artists Mika Grondahl, Jason Lee, John we needed to tap more consistently into that classic POPSCI spirit. In MacNeill, Garry Marshall, Stephen Rountree, Bob Sauls the meantime,though,consumer technologies had become complex and Editorial InternsAmanda MacMillan, Matthew Olson solid-state—circuits in place of gears—and the challenge of how-to and POPULAR SCIENCE PROPERTIES home-project stories in the post-monkey-wrench age required a total PublisherGregg R. Hano reinvention of approach. And so,after a harrowingly short gestation Advertising Director John Tebeau General Manager Robert Novick period, we launched the How 2.0 section in March of last year to Executive Assistant Chandra Dwhaj address the passion of readers who still want to get their hands dirty,even Northeast Advertising Office: Manager Howard S. Mittman (212) 779-5112, Jill Schiffman (212) 779-5007, if it means dirty with code. The underlying message: Take control of Mike Schoenbrun (212) 779-5148, Michael Saperstein(212) 779-5030 your technology and improve it. Build a digital photo frame. Assemble Ad Assistant Christopher Graves a cheap home theater. Hack your TiVo. Midwest Advertising Office: ManagerJohn Marquardt (312) 832-0626, Megan Williams (312) 832-0624 Well,our reinvention seems to have struck a chord. I’m thrilled to Ad AssistantNikki Schneider announce that the American Society of Magazine Editors has deemed Los Angeles Advertising Office: ManagerDana Hess (310) 268-7484, Ad AssistantMary Infantino How 2.0 the best magazine section in the country,honoring it with Detroit Advertising Office: ManagerEdward A. Bartley (248) 988-7723,Ad AssistantDiane Pahl this year’s coveted National Magazine Award in that category. Such San Francisco Advertising Office: ManagerAmy Cacciatore recognition is particularly astounding considering that How 2.0 was a (415) 434-5276,Ad AssistantCarly Petrone Southern Regional Advertising Office: ManagerDave brand-new section competing against more than 130 better-established Hady (404) 364-4090,Ad Assistant Christy Chapman sections from other magazines. The lion’s share of the credit for this Classified Advertising Sales Joan Orth (212) 779-5555 Direct Response SalesMarie Isabelle (800) 280-2069 triumph belongs to editor Mike Haney,who dazzles me (and you) every Business ManagerJacqueline L. Pappas Director of Brand & Business Development month with a section that the NMA judges declared is “meticulously L. 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