Popular Mechanics

Popular Mechanics is a magazine of popular science and technology, featuring automotive, home, outdoor, electronics, science, do it yourself, and technology topics. Military topics, aviation and transportation of all types, space, tools and gadgets are commonly featured. Founded in 1902 by Henry Haven Windsor, the magazine was purchased by Hearst Corporation, now Hearst Communications, in 1958. Notable people who have contributed articles have included Guglielmo Marconi, Thomas Edison, Pierre Curie, Alexander Graham Bell, Jules Verne, George Dewey, Richard E. Byrd, Babe Ruth, Barney Oldfield, Knute Rockne, Rudyard Kipling, Winston Churchill, Lewis Warrington Chubb, Charles Kettering, Glenn Curtiss, Lee De Forest, Harold Urey, Vannevar Bush, Karl Compton, David Sarnoff, Roy Chapman Andrews, Eddie Rickenbacker, Lowell Thomas, Tom Wolfe, Wilbur Wright, Ted Williams, Edward Teller, and Buzz Aldrin, as well as US presidents such as Teddy Roosevelt and Ronald Reagan. Comedian and car expert Jay Leno had a regular column, Jay Leno's Garage, that started in March 1999. Jamie Hyneman and Adam Savage of Mythbusters had a column.