WHAT'S INSIDE chapter 1 BEAM ME UP 8 Sweet Rides Hoverbikes and Hoverboards 10 chapter 2 HOME IS WHERE THE FRIDGE IS 44 King of Cool Refrigerators 46 chapter 3 SCHOOL OF COOL 80 Smartest Kid in the Class Interactive Displays 82 Something's Fishy Aquariums 52 Sticky Situation Glue 88 Snack Zapper Microwaves 58 Tales From the Lab An Idea That Stuck The Invention of Post it Notes 92 World at Your Fingertips Tablets 16 Tales From the Lab A Faster Frankfurter The Invention of the Microwave 66 Copycat Photocopiers 94 Tales From the Lab Secret Signals Advances in Wireless Communication 22 Neatnik Robot Vacuums 66 Double Duty Thermoses 100 Now You See Me Invisibility Cloaks 24 Profile Helen Greiner 70 Strike Up the Band Musical Instruments 104 Body Builders Bionic Arms and Legs 30 Eww Gross A You Know What It Begins With T 72 Profile David Moinina Sengeh 34 Profile Nicolás Cola Gómez and Favio Chávez 110 Caught in the Tractor Tractor Beams 36 Try This Water Wonders Find Out Which Filter Works Best 78 Do Over Erasers 112 Try This Vanishing Act Make a Cloaking Device With Mirrors 42 Try This Music Masters Make a Thingamajig That Plays 118
chapter 4 chapter 5 back matter EXTREME FUN 120 HERE TO THERE 156 EVEN MORE 196 On a Roll Roller Coasters 122 Pedal Power Bicycles 158 Glossary 196 Find Out More 200 Tales From the Lab Upping the Thrill Factor Roller Coaster Innovations 128 Tales From the Lab Getting Rolling The Evolution of the Bicycle 164 Index 202 Credits 206 Back on Track Hang Ten Surfing 130 Trains 166 Acknowledgments 208 Fakester Simulators 136 Keeping Step Escalators 172 Profile Edwin Link 142 Deep Diver Submarines 176 Jumping for Joy Bounce Houses 144 What a Blast Rockets 182 Don't Look Down Tightrope Walking 150 Profile Elon Musk 186 Try This Marble Madness Design a Looping Roller Coaster 154 Hitting the Road Hybrid Cars 188 Try This Blow the Ballast Make a Submarine Dive and Surface 194
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HOW THINGS WORK IT S DANGEROUS IT MIGHT MAKE YOU THINK YOU CAN DO IMPOSSIBLE THINGS HOW IT WORKS If you need a quick answer about how something works you'll find it on the Just the Facts page If you want to dive in deeper check out the Tell Me More section Along the way you'll meet the real life scientists engineers inventors and innovators who push limits to make the next breakthrough They're people willing to risk everything and who refuse to believe it can't be done Still reading You must be one of those The kind of kid who thinks just because isn't a real answer The kid who says Why not when you're told not to do something You want to explore You want to know why something works You want to know how OK dive in But don't say we didn't warn you This book is full of why and how You'll discover science fiction inventions that have become science fact You'll unravel the mysteries behind the gadgets in your home that cook and clean for you No not your parents You'll learn about things in your school that are much cooler than homework sheets You'll find out why simulators feel so real and why you don't pop a bounce house when you jump in it You'll be transported into a world of machines that zoom fly and dive They find mistakes fascinating They solve the unsolvable You'll also find out the weird and inspiring stories the accidental discoveries the Eureka moments the repeated failures behind some inventions in Tales from the Lab Oh and you'll get your turn too Become a scientist or engineer and tackle the Try This chal lenges Experiment invent create and explore You just may find you can do something impossible YOU MUST BE ONE OF THOSE THE KIND OF KID WHO THINKS JUST BECAUSE ISN T A REAL ANSWER
