Explorer Academy: Future Tech: The Science Behind the Story

You've gone on adventures with Cruz Coronado and his fellow recruits as they communicated with whales using the Universal Cetacean Communicator, camouflaged themselves using the Lumagine shadow badge, and deployed octopods to make speedy escapes. Now dive further into the near-future world of Explorer Academy by learning about the real-life scientific discoveries that inspired the gadgets. This cool book profiles real-life National Geographic explorers who devised innovations like RoboBees (Mell); it features cutting-edge tech that's actually being developed, and provides empowering stories of how tech is enabling conservation successes. Fields of study cover wearable technology, submersibles, robotics, medicine, space farming, everyday technology, and the world of the future. Every good explorer craves information, and now it's time to amp up your technology knowledge. After all, the near-future world of Explorer Academy is just across the horizon, and much of its tech is already shaping the world we live in. ANCILLARY TITLE to the Explorer Academy hit fiction series. SERIES MOMENTUM: Technology has proven to be very popular among EA fans already, and this will help complete their collections. Spreads relate back to the main narrative and characters of the fiction series. EXCLUSIVE EXPLORER CONTENT provided from one-on-one interviews with National Geographic explorers. 360-DEGREE PROPERTY with robust web presence and promotion campaign. NATIONAL MEDIA TOUR with author and Nat Geo explorers will amplify this book's message. CUTTING-EDGE DESIGN and images to hold attention from front to back. CORE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC content and audience. TIES TO NAT GEO KIDS MAGAZINE: Inspiration for book from National Geographic Kids magazine article.