How It Works Book of Amazing Technology Vol 4 2016

180 Pages·2016·11.37 MB·English

by  Various

NEW
GADGETS & FUTURE TECH LIFESTYLE ENGINEERING BIOTECH
Ultralight
quadcopter
The uses of
drones
COVERS
ALL THE
Real life LATEST
bond cars
TECH
BOOK OF
Vol. 4
EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE WORLD’S BEST TECH
Get inside
virtual reality
The fi rst
hoverboard
Rescue High-tech toys
robots

WELCOME TO
BOOK OF
TTEECCHHNNOOLLOOGGYYVol. 4
Today’s world is driven by technology. It’s changed the way we communicate
over mobile phones and the Internet, the way we travel in hybrid cars and
on hoverboards, the way we build high skyscrapers and underground
metro systems, and the way we treat patients and investigate crimes. The
newest developments in technology change the way we live, but few of us
actually understand the inner workings of our most sophisticated gadgets
and machines. With this newly revised edition of The How It Works Book
of Amazing Technology, we aim to answer the questions behind today’s
technology, from small household appliances like an espresso machine, to
huge and intangible concepts like near fi eld communication in smartphones.
Get closer to understanding our world, and start reading!

TTEECCHHNNOOLLOOGGYYVol. 4
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How It Works Book of Amazing Technology Volume 4 Revised Edition
© 2016 Imagine Publishing Ltd
ISBN 9781785463297
Part of the
TM
bookazine series
CONTENTS
GADGETS & FUTURE TECH 10
10 Crime fi ghting tech Fighting crime
16 G oogle Cardboard
17 How your smartphone knows up
from down
18 Real life superpowers
26 Smartwatches
28 Rescue robots
34 How to waterproof your phone
34 Inside a 4D printer
35 The Airboard
36 How mobile payments work
40 Inside the GoPro
42 High-tech toys
46 P ilot helmet
BIOTECH LIFESTYLE
162
80 The many uses of drones Tesla tech
50 Next-gen human body
88 Real-life Bond cars
56 Forensic science
96 The latest fi tness tech
62 Cryogenics
102 The smart football helmet
68 Space salad
102 Inside guitar amps
69 Intelligent fi ngerprinting
103 Discover the world’s longest
70 Treating water
man-made waves
72 Life saving tech
104 How videogames are made
112 Hoverboards are here
104
114 Inside an ATM machine
116 Inside an Amazon warehouse
118 Espresso machines
120 Ash diamonds
120 Combination boilers
121 Noise-cancelling headphones
122 The future of cinema
128 Ultimate cruise ships
130 The Roomba vacuum
131 Woks
132 Inside a racing simulator
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50
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ENGINEERING 170
136 Modifying race cars
142 Tunnel through everything
144 Plumbing systems
146 The future of commuting
150 Driver vs driverless cars
152 Plugs around the world
154 How safes work
154 The design of a brick oven
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155 Eco-friendly aircraft
156 Skyscrapers without shadows
158 Geothermal heating
160 The Doomsday seed vault
162 The tech behind Tesla S
168 Twin clutch gearboxes
169 How seatbelts keep you safe
169 Emergency lighting
170 Superstructures
007
GADGETS &
FUTURE TECH
42
High-tech toys
10
Crime fi ghting

tech
The technology made to
serve and protect
16 Google Cardboard
A virtual reality world inside a
cardboard box
17 How your smartphone 18
knows up from down
The amazing tech in a phone
Superpowers
18 Real-life superpowers
Spiderman comes to life with
these gadgets
26
Smart-

watches
The amazing tech on
your wrist
28 Rescue robots
Could this AI army save your life
in the future?
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34 Waterproof your phone 40 Waterproof camera
The simple spray that could How come the GoPro is fine in
waterproof your phone
the water?
34 4D printer
42
High-tech
This tech can produce shape-

shifting objects toys
35 Airboard Bringing must-have
Always dreamed of flying? It’s gadgets to life
about to become a reality
36 Mobile payments 46 Pilot helmet of future
How does Apple Pay and other Flying is about to become safer
types of mobile payment work? and smarter
46
Pilot helmets
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GADGETS & FUTURE TECH
CRIME
FIGHTING
TECH
THE COOL COP GADGETS
THAT ARE WAGING A WAR
ON VILLAINY
Throwable robotic cameras and the key to cutting costs and reducing the need for It is believed that just by having a police
high-speed drones are just a few of the a physical police presence. presence in these identifi ed areas, crimes are
revolutionary crime-fi ghting One innovative piece of crime-fi ghting tech is less likely to occur. The Los Angeles Police
technologies on the horizon. The development of ShotSpotter, a gunshot detection system that’s Department has had great success with PredPol
this advanced equipment has become crucial to becoming commonplace in the United States. so far, and claim to disrupt criminal activity
helping police offi cers investigate and solve It’s made up of a series of microphones that eight to ten times a week as a result.
cases in the face of severe budget cuts. In the UK detect gunfi re based on an algorithm. If a shot is As criminals become wiser to police practices,
alone, the police have had their funds slashed by fi red, an alert is sent to police headquarters. smart technology will become paramount.
20 per cent in the last four years. On top of that, Offi cers are also utilising a new type of software Facial recognition, laser-mapping and secure
there are now only 43 police forces in the UK in order to predict and prevent crime in their police apps have all been signifi cant additions to
compared to 120 in 1946. communities. Known as PredPol, it works by police forces around the world, and are now
Police chiefs around the world are unlikely to using only three bits of data to forecast felonies: relied upon extensively.
be getting more offi cers or more money in the the previous types of crime committed in an area, We aren’t close to pre-arresting criminals like
near future, yet investments in new technology the precise location and the time of day. This Tom Cruise in Minority Report or seeing a
are still being made in almost every department, software is an invaluable tool for the police superhuman cyborg law enforcer in the style of
in the hope that it will improve the speed and branches that use it, helping offi cers to optimise RoboCop, but we will see police forces armed
accuracy of their work. These innovations hold their time and help stop crime before it happens. with more hi-tech tools in the years to come.
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