Superpower?: The Wearable-Tech Revolution
Book 7 in Orca Think
- Subject
- Technology - How Things Work/Are Made
- Age
- 9-12 years
- Format
- Hardcover
- Pages
- 112
- Publisher
- Orca Book Publishers
- Size
- 18.0 cm Ă 23.2 cm
- ISBN
- 9781459828278
Super strength, super hearing, super vision and super connection. Wearable technology may soon give humans superpowers.
Imagine being able to run without getting tired. Or travel to the moon to observe Earth for science class. The technologies that could make these things possible are mixing into our lives faster than we realize. The stakes are high. In Superpower?: The Wearable-Tech Revolution, young readers will discover how technological innovation can help people survive and thrive.
But what if super strength results in endless work? What if hackers can read our thoughts? What if living in a virtual world affects our humanity? The book asks readers to question the pros and cons of technology and consider if innovation can go too far. Meet the inventors, designers, engineers, scientists and young people navigating the next tech frontier.
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About the creators
Elaine KachalaAuthor
Elaine Kachala is a health-policy researcher, writer and adviser. She has over 20 years of writing experience with health agencies. Superpower? The Wearable-Tech Revolution is her first book. Sheâs curious and hopeful but canât help being a little worried about how wearables will impact our health, well-being and equity. With degrees in psychology and sociology from the University of Toronto and a master of environmental studies from York University, she brings a unique perspective to the topic. Elaine lives with her family in Toronto.
Belle WuthrichIllustrator
Belle Wuthrich is an illustrator and designer specializing in books for young readers. Belle has contributed to more than a dozen books for kids, a number of which have won awards or been republished internationally, including the Montaigne Medal Awardâwinning Eyes and Spies: How Youâre Tracked and Why You Should Know and the Silver Birch Award nominee Eat Up: An Infographic Exploration of Food. She lives in Campbell, California.
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What reviewers said
âA readable guide for valuable information...Kachala presents the information skillfully for her target audience. Fun illustrations and photographs are scattered throughout the book to support the text.â
âPresents a detailed examination of not only the superpower possibilities of human-machine symbiosis and how wearables can assist people, but also challenges the reader to also consider the ethics and implications involved.â
âEven non-techies will be hooked, especially since the endless possibilities of wearable technology are definitely scope for the imagination.â
âGobsmackingly good!...If you and your kids read one nonfiction book this year, this should be it.â
âAn accessible introduction to a complex topicâŠA valuable read for anyone seeing to better understand wearable technology.â
âFull of information that tech savvy kids will love to explore.â
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