Engineering Magazine - Looking for Tips

[poordecisions]

I found myself staring at a wall of magazines today, thinking "none of this interests me". I used to enjoy the classic car magazines, but the focus now seems to be mainly on values, which is of less interest to me. Cycling magazines focus on carbon fibre this, rapha that, and Esquire is just full of bullst that no-one can afford.

My interests lie in the mechanics behind things (not necessarily only cars) and can go as far as Nikola Tesla physics to line drawings on patents.

Does anyone know of a magazine that is slightly more "general", rather than "structural engineering", "national geographic", "classic cars weekly".

Maybe I'm asking too much...

[Equus]

It depends at what level you're interested in.

There's Popular Mechanics, of course, and various gadgets/technology internet magazines these days; for example New Atlas (formerly Gizmag).

At a more practical level, and a forum rather than a magazine, I like the Eng-tips forum.

Beyond those, I reckon you'd be into interest- or profession-specific trade journals.

[Zad]

Car Mechanics magazine? Even the trade magazines now are mostly just advertising spiel and promotional material for up-coming trade shows (in electronics anyway). You are unlikely to get a magazine looking at historical aspects of engineering.

[gordmac]

Racecar engineering?