Super Cool Tech: Technology, Invention, Innovation

by DK

2021-01-05 02:37:13

See today's best innovations and imagine tomorrow's big ideas in "Super Cool Tech." This cutting-edge guide explores how incredible new technologies are shaping the modern world and its future, from familiar smartwatches to intelligent, driverless ca... Read more
See today's best innovations and imagine tomorrow's big ideas in "Super Cool Tech." This cutting-edge guide explores how incredible new technologies are shaping the modern world and its future, from familiar smartwatches to intelligent, driverless cars.Packed with more than 250 full-color images, X-rays, thermal imaging, digital artworks, cross-sections, and cutaways, "Super Cool Tech" reveals the secrets behind the latest gadgets and gizmos, state-of-the-art buildings, and life-changing technologies.Lift the unique laptop-inspired book cover to see incredible architectural concepts around the world, such as the Hydropolis Underwater Hotel and Resort in Dubai, and the River Gym, a human-powered floating gym in New York City. Discover how a wheelchair adapts to its surroundings and learn how a cutting board can give the nutritional information of the food being prepared on it.From 3-D-printed cars to robot vacuum cleaners, "Super Cool Tech" reveals today's amazing inventions and looks ahead to the future of technology, including hologram traffic lights and the Galactic Suite Hotel in space. Perfect for STEAM education initiatives, "Super Cool Tech" makes technology easy to understand, following the history of each invention and how they impact our everyday lives, and "How It Works" panels explain the design and function of each item using clear explanations and images.Designed in DK's signature style, "Super Cool Tech" is the ultimate guide to exploring and understanding the latest gadgets and inventions while looking ahead to the future of technology. Less

Book Details

File size8.50(w)x10.70(h)x1.00(d)
Print pages192
PublisherDK
Publication date October 11, 2016
ISBN9781465452054
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Claire Beaumont is a former racing cyclist, and now Marketing Manager and a lead creative at London-based, bespoke bicycle manufacturer, Condor Cycles. A consultant on DK's The Bicycle Book, Claire is...

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