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From immersive virtual reality games to social media with 3-D holograms, listeners can find out what cool new technologies might change the way they are entertained.

Listen to the story of how Wilbur and Orville Wright developed, tested, and successfully flew the first powered airplane.

Frank Zamboni created the ice-resurfacing machine, and ice-based sports would never be the same!

Do you have a need for speed? Does power make your heart pound? In Zoom It, you’ll invent a gas-powered boat, a catapult, an electric car, and many other amazing moving contraptions. When it comes to inventing, your imagination has no limits!

Uh-Oh. Where did our thumbs go? Meet Chippy- a cheeky little thinker with big questions about our techy world. From giant computers to phones that fit in your pocket, Chippy can't help but wonder: What's next?

En este libro verás cómo la discapacidad puede ser una verdadera catapulta para el ingenio y que el amor es el mejor ingrediente para un inventor. Conocerás “en la voz de los propios creadores” la historia de cómo crearon soluciones para ayudar a alguna persona muy querida o con alguna discapacidad, sin saber que luego ese invento no solo sería utilizado por ellos, sino por millones de personas más.

Wilbur and Orville Wright, inventors of the airplane, are the heroes of this biography for young readers—part of the New York Times bestselling series that inspired the PBS Kids TV show Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum. Orville and Wilbur Wright always loved figuring out how things work...

When Temple Grandin was born, her parents knew she was different. Years later she was diagnosed with autism. Temple’s doctor recommended institutionalizing her, but her mother believed in her. Temple went to school instead. Today, Dr. Temple Grandin, a scientist and professor of animal science...

Un interesante recorrido por la historia de la medicina, que recrea la época en la que los médicos eran magos y hechiceros, las operaciones se hacían sin anestesia y en cualquier sitio, los cirujanos no eran médicos sino peluqueros y la gente se moría por enfermedades que hoy son...

Have you ever wondered how war machines were created? Or the origin of beauty salons? Or maybe even how rubber is used in tires, and rubber shoes? Learn more about these renowned inventors and how their inventions helped shape modern life into the way we know it now!

Have you ever gotten bored when the weather is too bad to go outside for recess? Bored students and bad weather inspired James Naismith to invent the game of basketball in the late 19th century. Using a soccer ball and peach baskets, Professor Naismith worked out the rules of the new sport at the local YMCA.

How did forgetting to wash a jar make cars safer? A scientist named Édouard Bénédictus accidentally dropped a plastic-coated flask that did not break. This invention was tested and engineered to help today's windshields protect drivers better.

Have you ever wondered where glasses came from? This book takes a fun look at the invention of glasses starting with the Greeks and Romans. Then it looks at attempts by the Spanish, Chinese, French, and even inventor Ben Franklin to improve the design.

Inventing is all about ideas—ideas for making products better or creating new ones. To put these ideas into action, young inventors need tools for tinkering. Find out how to put together your own inventor's workshop with simple tools and common household objects.

Plastic was once considered the material of the future, but now it has become a nuisance that results in too much trash for the planet to handle. Learn about the durability and longevity of this 19th-century invention and hear recycling ideas from a chemist who hopes to salvage plastic's reputation.

The Bakeys company uses a simple recipe to make edible spoons in the hopes of cutting down on plastic trash.

Are self-driving cars the way of the future? How do they work? Are they safe? Will we see them in our lifetime?

Regarded as a mechanical genius, John Joseph Merlin is sadly remembered most for a party at the Carlisle House, where he careened into the hostesses' plate glass mirror, wearing his newly invented roller skates, and playing the violin.

Why would Geoffrey Pyke propose a strange idea like building an aircraft carrier from a mixture of ice and wood pulp?

Our world runs on energy! But traditional fossil fuels are doing great damage to the environment, and they will eventually run out. How might solar, water, wind and geothermal power come to our rescue? Listeners can discover how different the world could look in the future with energy sources that are clean and renewable.