How Cool Stuff Works

Woodford, Chris [and others...]

Notes
You use all kinds of incredible technology every day. But how does it really work? Flip to the facts and discover ... what and how. This is the amazing lowdown on today’s technology and tomorrow’s gadgets.
Contents
Contents : introduction; imaging techniques; connect - microchip, mobile phone, fibre optics, digital radio, LCD TV, toys gallery, voice recognition, pet trans-lator, iris scan, neon, links gallery, internet, video link, satellite, what next; play - trainer, football, racket, snowboard, bike, fabric gallery, camera, games, guitar, compact disc, MP3 player, arenas gallery, head phones, DJ decks, fire-works, what next; live - match, light bulb, mirror, watch, battery, solar cell, heat gallery, microwave, fridge, aerogel, homes gallery, lock, shaver, aerosol, washing machine, vacuum, robot helper, what next; move - motorbike, fuel-cell car, car engine, parts gallery, crash test, car tower, wheelchair, lift, submersible, osprey, jet engine, wind tunnel, black box, routes gallery, navigation, space shuttle, space probe, what next; work - digital pen, laptop, motherboard, flash stick, virtual keyboard, laser printer, scanner, ID gallery, smart card, radio ID tag, robot worker, wet welding, fire suit, glues gallery, doppler radar, what next; survive - scans gallery, MRI scan, laser surgery, robot surgery, pacemaker, camera capsule, bionic limbs, skin graft, cells gallery, vaccination, anti-biotics, IVF, biochip, what next; reference - timeline, groundbreakers, techno terms, index;
Location edition Bar Code due date
Non-fiction 71034
Dewey:How things work
ISBN:1405308370
pub:2005