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April 2012 issue
Fire-breathing monsters. Creepy robots. Cool gadgets. A century of DIY tips. Welcome to PM’s world Our cover story this month, “The fast and the curious”, is classic PM material, celebrating the...
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May 2012 issue
Welcome to the future. Prepare for some interesting shocks. Way back in 1970, futurist Alvin Toffler argued that the accelerated rate of technological and social change accompanying society’s...
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June 2012 issue
Unveiling our tech future. Contrary to widespread belief, South Africa does not lurk at the bottom end of the technological food chain. In fact, when it comes to connecting with the future through new...
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July 2012 issue
Exploring the final frontier Two space-related developments deserve special mention this month, both of which will resonate with PM’s audience. Up first is the magnificent achievement by former South...
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August 2012 issue
From shameless provocation to ruminant identity crises, without being precious This issue of Popular Mechanics marks our 10th anniversary in South Africa and the start of a new decade as this...
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September 2012 issue
Somewhere out there It sounds like something from the fevered imagination of a movie scriptwriter, but the well-heeled backers of a newly established company called Planetary Resources are quite...
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October 2012 issue
Of lost treasure, guilt and serendipity In our review of a top-end metal detector this month, a treasure hunter refers to his “curious sense of guilt” after discovering, and appropriating, someone...
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November 2012 issue
Forget pole dancing. Let’s celebrate can-do Popular Mechanics has always celebrated home-grown ingenuity, as evidenced by our regular flow of articles on South African inventions and innovations, not...
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December 2012 issue
Changing our world, one idea at a time This month’s cover story introduces a bunch of smart and extremely determined people from all walks of life whose groundbreaking technologies and clever devices...
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January 2013 issue
So that’s our future? Bring it on Our cover story for the first issue of 2013 tackles the exciting and ever-changing subject of humanity’s future, addressing a host of exciting possibilities from...
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March 2013 issue
If gadgets are your thing, you’ll hopefully enjoy our 8-page report on the International CES, a ridiculously large gadget show that descends on Las Vegas once a year and transforms seemingly rational...
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April 2013 issue
Most of you have probably never heard of Professor Henry Markram. This is about to change, because the South African-born neuroscientist is working on a hugely ambitious project that promises to pull...
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May 2013 issue
A few weeks ago, we were privileged to meet a bunch of young tech-entrepreneurs who were participating in a thoroughly fascinating exercise. Together with their high-profile mentors, they were sailing...
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June 2013 issue
While researching this month’s cover story on designer prosthetics (“Out on a limb”, page 44), we stumbled upon a fascinating study by the University of Manchester’s Dr Jacky Finch into the efficacy...
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July 2013 issue
Let’s hear it for our dads My dad was a meticulous man. He stored screws, nuts and bolts in neatly labelled tins or bottles, always returned his tools to their designated places, and would never, ever...
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August 2013 issue
Many years ago, without the vaguest idea of what I was doing, or why, I stood guard at a mountain-top radar station in present-day Mpumalanga and greeted all visitors with a menacing look, an...
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September 2013 issue
Of flying cars and demon worms… Our cover story this month salutes some of the most exciting and revolutionary concepts in aviation, from a solar-powered record-setter of disarming fragility to a...
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October 2013 issue
Of peeping drones, origami kayaks and constitutional rights This month’s cover story, “Good drone, bad drone” (page 62), introduces the advanced technologies and highly capable flying machines that...
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November 2013 issue
INVASIVE – or simply a need to know? Our cover story this month on National Security Agency (NSA) data mining has nothing to do with paranoia or conspiracy theories. It’s about the ways in which...
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December 2013 issue
Groundbreaking concepts, ethical dilemmas… Be the first to know It’s that time of the year again. Goodwill abounds, relatives descend on us with reckless abandon, and our credit balance shrinks to a...
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