Alex Nunez
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Czech Pranksters Learn to Not Screw With Someone's Lamborghini
Czech pranksters The Viral Brothers decided to get revenge on a Lamborghini driver who they say cut them off by putting fake poop on his car and videoing it for laughs. Then out came the taser. Joke's on them. → Read More
How to Make Your Tires Last 10 Years
It turns out we're replacing our tires a lot sooner than we should be. With proper care and maintenance, your tires can last up to a decade. → Read More
These Sneaky Robots Slide Under Your Car and Drag It Away
Who needs a self-driving car when these mischievous little robots will sneak underneath your ride and move it for you? → Read More
Before the Apple Watch, There Was a Line of Smart Flops
Popular Mechanics is a service magazine covering a variety of information on home improvement, automotive needs, electronics, computers, telecommunications, outdoors, fitness and science and technology. Popular Mechanics also features product evaluations, practical applications, how-to information and news of technological developments. → Read More
Is This Head Transplant Doctor a PR Stunt for the New 'Metal Gear Solid' Game?
An Italian doctor wants to perform a head transplant. He also happens to look just like a character in an upcoming Metal Gear Solid sequel. → Read More
You've Been Doing it Wrong: The Smart Guide to Microwaving
Popular Mechanics is a service magazine covering a variety of information on home improvement, automotive needs, electronics, computers, telecommunications, outdoors, fitness and science and technology. Popular Mechanics also features product evaluations, practical applications, how-to information and news of technological developments. → Read More
Watch this Robot Barista Whip Up a Mean Cup of Coffee
Popular Mechanics is a service magazine covering a variety of information on home improvement, automotive needs, electronics, computers, telecommunications, outdoors, fitness and science and technology. Popular Mechanics also features product evaluations, practical applications, how-to information and news of technological developments. → Read More
Ford Engineer and Son Set New Hot Wheels Loop Record
A Ford-engineer dad and his little boy set a new world record for Hot Wheels loop-de-loop height right in the atrium of Ford's Research and Innovation Center. → Read More
This is How Cutting-Edge Trains Get Tested
Popular Mechanics is a service magazine covering a variety of information on home improvement, automotive needs, electronics, computers, telecommunications, outdoors, fitness and science and technology. Popular Mechanics also features product evaluations, practical applications, how-to information and news of technological developments. → Read More
This Interactive LED Beer Pong Table Puts All Other Tables to Shame
The beer pong table has a bright future. A Canadian man has created one that comes equipped with flashing LED lights, a built-in scorekeeper and a sanitary ball washer. That disgusting piece of plywood you played on in college shudders with inadequacy. Creator Jeff Nybo first came up with the table, called the BPT X5, two years ago when he attended Saskatchewan Polytechnic. He told CBC News that… → Read More
This Flaw in iOS Apps Put Millions of Users' Data at Risk
It's time to change your password. Again. → Read More
Why Ford Reinvented the Best-Selling Vehicle in America
People said it was a gamble. A huge risk. Why take the best-selling vehicle in America and start over? Because Ford knew what no one else did: the aluminum-clad 2015 F-150 was a sure bet all along. → Read More
10 of the Most Iconic Ford F-150s Ever
A Visual History of the Ford F-150: How America's best-selling truck changed over the decades → Read More
Tesla Almost Sold to Google in 2013
A new book details how close Tesla came to becoming part of Google before the company turned its fortunes around. → Read More
The 30 Best Used Cars
Consumer Report published its top picks for under $10,000, and then those who can afford up to $25,000. → Read More
These Star Wars Race Liveries are Awesome
ORECA loves Star Wars, as these themed liveries for the ORECA 05 LMP2 race car attest. → Read More
Watch a Tornado Pass Within Feet of This Man's Truck
Last week's devastating Rochelle, IL tornado got uncomfortably close to one man's pickup as he recorded its passing. → Read More
Some Asteroids in 'The Empire Strikes Back' Were Actual Potatoes
Popular Mechanics is a service magazine covering a variety of information on home improvement, automotive needs, electronics, computers, telecommunications, outdoors, fitness and science and technology. Popular Mechanics also features product evaluations, practical applications, how-to information and news of technological developments. → Read More
How Hyundai Used 11 Cars To Send a Message to Space
It started as a little girl's note to her astronaut dad, it ended as an emotional world record. → Read More
This Map Reveals Where UFO Sightings Are Most Common in the U.S.
You may or may not want to believe it. → Read More