Explains how a variety of products are made.

What does it take to be a STEM genius? Check out these exciting, highly readable profiles of a dozen contemporary women who are on the cutting edge of scientific research. Hear them tell in their own words not only about their fascinating work, but also about their childhoods and the paths they traveled to get where they are - paths that often involved failures and unexpected changes in direction, but also persistence, serendipity, and brilliant insights....

Describes various products and explains how they were developed.

"Describes safe cell phone usage and ways to avoid dangerous situations, such as identity theft, cyberbullying, or predators"--Provided by publisher.

Charlotte has a talent for anything technological, so when she receives a doll as a present, she upgrades it with a few spare parts and some code to create a new and improved friend.

The Invent To Learn Guide to Fun features an assortment of insanely clever classroom-tested "maker" projects for learners of all ages. Josh Burker kicks classroom learning-by-making up a notch with step-by-step instructions, full-color photos, open-ended challenges, and sample code. Learn to paint with light, make your own "Operation Game," sew interactive stuffed creatures, build "Rube Goldberg" machines, design artbots, produce mathematically generated...

"From the coauthors of the New York Times bestseller Start-Up Nation: The Story of Israel's Economic Miracle comes the highly anticipated follow up, The Genius of Israel, which outlines the defining factors behind Israel's successful track record of innovation and explaining how other nations can learn from its development.In Start-Up Nation, Saul Singer and Dan Senor addressed the trillion dollar question: How is it that Israel-a country of 7.1 million,...

Delve into a host of inventions, objects and gadgets to explore the ways they work. Images and fold-out pages reveal the components of each device and how it works.