Explorer Academy Future Tech

The Science Behind the Story

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$12.99 US
On sale Jan 05, 2021 | 128 Pages | 9781426339141
Discover more about the incredible near-future technology featured in the Explorer Academy series and the real-life inspiration behind the science.

You've gone on adventures with Cruz Coronado and his fellow recruits as they communicated with whales using the Universal Cetacean Communicator, camouflaged themselves using the Lumagine shadow badge, and deployed octopods to make speedy escapes. Now dive further into the near-future world of Explorer Academy by learning about the real-life scientific discoveries that inspired the gadgets. This cool book profiles real-life National Geographic explorers who devised innovations like RoboBees (Mell); it features cutting-edge tech that's actually being developed, and provides empowering stories of how tech is enabling conservation successes. Fields of study cover wearable technology, submersibles, robotics, medicine, space farming, everyday technology, and the world of the future.

Every good explorer craves information, and now it's time to amp up your technology knowledge. After all, the near-future world of Explorer Academy is just across the horizon, and much of its tech is already shaping the world we live in.
JAMIE KIFFEL-ALCHEH is an award-winning children's book author and frequent writer for National Geographic Kids magazine. Some of her favorite cover stories feature orcas' social habits, how gorillas talk, ways sea otters are saving the planet, and what animals think is funny. She is also a preschool TV show creator and a lyricist for films and ad campaigns.

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Discover more about the incredible near-future technology featured in the Explorer Academy series and the real-life inspiration behind the science.

You've gone on adventures with Cruz Coronado and his fellow recruits as they communicated with whales using the Universal Cetacean Communicator, camouflaged themselves using the Lumagine shadow badge, and deployed octopods to make speedy escapes. Now dive further into the near-future world of Explorer Academy by learning about the real-life scientific discoveries that inspired the gadgets. This cool book profiles real-life National Geographic explorers who devised innovations like RoboBees (Mell); it features cutting-edge tech that's actually being developed, and provides empowering stories of how tech is enabling conservation successes. Fields of study cover wearable technology, submersibles, robotics, medicine, space farming, everyday technology, and the world of the future.

Every good explorer craves information, and now it's time to amp up your technology knowledge. After all, the near-future world of Explorer Academy is just across the horizon, and much of its tech is already shaping the world we live in.

Author

JAMIE KIFFEL-ALCHEH is an award-winning children's book author and frequent writer for National Geographic Kids magazine. Some of her favorite cover stories feature orcas' social habits, how gorillas talk, ways sea otters are saving the planet, and what animals think is funny. She is also a preschool TV show creator and a lyricist for films and ad campaigns.

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