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Junkyard Find: 2001 Oldsmobile Alero Sedan With Manual Transmission

The Truth About Cars

Very few American buyers of these cars were willing to operate three pedals by the dawn of the 21st century, but I have managed to find a five-speed-equipped Olds Alero in a Denver self-service car graveyard. Air conditioning and an AM/FM/CD radio were standard equipment on all 2001 Aleros.

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The Bionic-Hand Arms Race

Cars That Think

Left: John Prieto/The Denver Post/Getty Images; Right: Hulton-Deutsch Collection/Corbis/Getty Images. As recounted in the 2001 essay collection. writes Schweitzer in his prosthetic arm blog , “when man was to function as clockwork cogwheel on production lines or in agriculture.” Prosthetics in the Real World.