Super Cool Tech

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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. 3 Contents......Page 5 PLAY......Page 9 10 HOLOLENS......Page 12 12 ACTION CAMERA......Page 14 14 XBOX ONE......Page 16 16 TABLET COMPUTER......Page 18 18 3-D PEN......Page 20 20 TUNING UP......Page 22 22 SMART WATCH......Page 24 24 PS4......Page 26 26 OLED TV......Page 28 28 INSTRUMENT 1......Page 30 30 3-D PRINTER......Page 32 32 RFID TAGS......Page 34 34 TECH TOYS......Page 36 36 SURFACE BOOK......Page 38 38 GLOW STICKS......Page 40 MOVE......Page 41 42 HOVERBOARD......Page 44 44 SUPER ROCKET......Page 46 46 WHILL......Page 48 48 ELECTRIC CAR......Page 50 50 SPACESHIPTWO......Page 52 52 BIO-BUS......Page 54 54 ELLIPTIGO......Page 56 56 ORION......Page 58 58 AIRLANDER......Page 60 60 JET WING......Page 62 62 ON THE ROAD......Page 64 64 BELUGA AIRBUS......Page 66 66 FUTURE SHIP......Page 68 68 NEW HORIZONS......Page 70 70 VOLOCOPTER......Page 72 CONSTRUCT......Page 73 74 SKYCRAPER......Page 76 76 BLUE PLANET......Page 78 78 ICEHOTEL......Page 80 80 KHAN SHATYR......Page 82 82 POMPIDOU CENTER......Page 84 84 AMAZING BUILDS......Page 86 86 CANTILEVER BRIDGE......Page 88 88 LOTUS TEMPLE......Page 90 90 ART GALLERY......Page 92 92 FLOATING HOTEL......Page 94 94 PALM JUMEIRAH......Page 96 96 BERTHA......Page 98 98 MAGIC MATERIALS......Page 100 POWER......Page 101 102 GIGAFACTORY......Page 104 104 BAXTER......Page 106 106 RASPBERRY PI......Page 108 108 BUCKET-WHEEL EXCAVATOR......Page 110 110 BIONIC SUIT......Page 112 112 LARGE HADRON COLLIDER......Page 114 114 LIGHTEN UP......Page 116 116 SOFT ROCKER......Page 118 118 JET ENGINE......Page 120 120 HYDROELECTRIC DAM......Page 122 LIVE......Page 123 124 C-THRU HELMET......Page 126 126 CLEVERPET......Page 128 128 ROTATING HOUSE......Page 130 130 FONTUS......Page 132 132 E-READER......Page 134 134 BIONIC LIMBS......Page 136 136 COMMERICAL DRONE......Page 138 138 ACTIVITY TRACKER......Page 140 140 PANONO......Page 142 142 LIVING ON MARS......Page 144 144 SECOND SIGHT......Page 146 146 THE OCEAN CLEANUP PROJECT......Page 148 148 LIVING IN THE ISS......Page 150 150 MEDICAL MARVELS......Page 152 FUTURE......Page 153 154 PHONEBLOKS......Page 156 156 PASSENGER DRONE......Page 158 158 BECOMING INVISIBLE......Page 160 160 SPACE FRONTIERS......Page 162 162 HYPERLOOP......Page 164 164 TELEPORTATION......Page 166 166 INTERNET OF THINGS......Page 168 168 ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE......Page 170 170 FLYING CAR......Page 172 172 SPACE TELESCOPE......Page 174 174 QUANTUM COMPUTER......Page 176 176 GRAVITY WAVES......Page 178 REFERENCE......Page 179 187 INDEX......Page 189 180 WHAT’S NEXT?......Page 182 184 GLOSSARY......Page 186