This book showcases the many ways robots of all kinds, as
employed by the CSIRO team, are helping us all in a multitude of ways. In
addition, it takes readers through a journey of robot development which many
will find amazing.
It could be iRat [intelligent rat animat technology) which with its complex capabilities is helping scientists understand the mysterious workings of the human brain as well determining such things as navigation – how animals including human learn to find their way.
Did you know that more than 99.9% of species that have ever existed are not extinct?
Have you ever heard of a quark (part of a proton)?
This is the perfect browsable encyclopedia, presented with numerous diagrams, timelines, illustrations, and infographics that give it significant visual appeal.
It covers a broad range of subjects, from the endless skies of the universe, and the wonder of the earth, to the human body, ancient history, and the potential of new and emerging technology.
We're surrounded by technology. In fact it's hard to avoid it.
While access to devices of various kinds can have advantages, there are also disadvantages, some of which you might not even realise.
(Be Smart About) Screen Time! is a guide, a series of questions and answers, and a non-fiction graphic novel. It presents key concepts and issues in a simple and easy to understand way.
Specifically aimed at children, but helpful for everyone, it covers some of the pros and cons of having the world at your fingertips, and touches on media literacy by discussing whether or not seeing is believing.
Eddie Woo's Wonderful World of STEM is an activity book, the kind that you can write and draw in. It takes a stack of STEM concepts and demonstrates them using simple explanations and activities.
This is fun stuff and features marble runs, paper planes, and building with spaghetti.
Learn about the Fibonacci sequence and how to find patterns in nature. A photo and diagram of a sunflower demonstrate the spiral patterns which can be counted to discover a Fibonacci number.
Doing well on exams is the main thing on Alex's mind, that and skateboarding. When his mate Tom disappears, Alex discovers it’s because a criminal organisation wants to manipulate him.
Alex is determined to help find Tom, and is also drawn into the search for answers in relation to something strange going on in the gaming community.
Gamers around the world are immersing themselves in an augmented reality game. But this isn’t any augmented reality game.
Some players are also taking part in a gaming arena wearing a haptic suit and headset which lets you see, feel, hear and smell what’s inside the game. What's real and what's not?
The AI jury is still out for many in the Literary Industry however today we invite the founder of MyStoryBooks for his take on the benefits of creating interactive, AI generated content to create a new way of personalising stories for kids.**
In a world where technology is rapidly reshaping how we live and learn, can it also transform the cherished bedtime ritual of reading a storybook?
Every night, I get requests like this (future blog post coming about the value of oral story-telling), and I always hesitate ... my mind panicking as I try to think of any possible way to tie all of these elements together.
‘Oooooooonce upon a time, Mikayla, Poe Poe, and Daddy went for a walk. It was a beautiful day ...’ I begin slowly, but even as I tell the story, I am trying to plan ahead to make it as fun as possible. And at some point, I will say, 'Do you run into the water to escape the wolf, or do you try to climb a tree...?'
Youngbloods is the fourth and final book in the Imposters series by Scott Westerfeld, and you should read the other books before this one.
It brings readers full circle, linking with the Uglies series even more closely than before, through the return of Tally Youngblood.
Tally is the most famous rebel in the world, and Frey is now one of her crew, the Youngbloods.
After the events of the previous book, Mirror’s Edge, the relationship between twins Frey and Rafia is fractured, perhaps forever.
Rafia is leader of the city of Shreve, having taken her twin's name to rule. Frey, once her sister’s body double and bodyguard, is a rebel Special, superhuman and living in the wild.
Can Frey come to terms with herself, her family, and her past? What could her future hold when she seems on the brink of disaster and death in a world filled with revolution?
Prepare yourself for a fast-paced, action-packed story.
Mirror's Edge, the third book in Scott Westerfeld's Impostors series, opens as a team of young rebels begins a bold and risky stealth mission to Shreve.
It's a city where your every move is watched by surveillance
dust. A place where lives are controlled by a dictator.
Frey and her comrades are out to rescue Boss X who is being held by the dictator, Frey's father.
To succeed in outwitting the city's surveillance, and her father in particular, Frey has had camo-surge, a special medical procedure to change her appearance so she is not recognisable.
This is the latest of many challenges for Frey, who is struggling with her identity and place in the world.
Frey's world has been rocked by revelations that change her understanding of herself and the people around her.
This is our second meeting with exuberant and
passionate Layla, teenaged Sudanese-Australian girl living in Brisbane. Her first year as a scholarship student at her new school, and her passion for inventing has culminated in her secured position with the Grand Designs Tourismo team.
The team has won entry in the international
competition to take place in Germany and not only that, but Layla has been
selected to be Australia’s representative on the associated Special
International Invention Tour – life doesn’t get any better for this girl who
loves her science and engineering!
But as we know, life doesn’t always go according to plan.
