Description
Book SynopsisDiscover the world of engineering with fun, step-by-step projects.
Our world is in the middle of a computer and robotics revolution! These amazing machines are all around us, helping humans do everything from sending a text message to flying a plane. Get to grips with how hardware and software work, and discover how engineers are creating robots to help us out on Earth - and in space.
Kid-Engineer is the perfect introduction to the topic for budding young engineers. Each book focuses on one of the key engineering disciplines, breaking it down to make it interesting and accessible for young readers. Simple step-by-step activities bring the learning to life and encourage readers to develop their own engineering and design skills.
Great reading for aspiring engineers aged 8 and above.
Other titles in the series include:
Energy
Buildings and Structures
Machines
Transport & Aerospace
Materials
Table of Contents
- 1: Rise of the machines
- 2: Hardware and software
- 3: You're the engineer: binary beads
- 4: Printed circuit boards
- 5: Big data
- 6: Amazing algorithms
- 7: You're the engineer: Understanding algorithms
- 8: Helpful robots
- 9: You're the engineer: Build a brushbot
- 10: Where humans can't go
- 11: You're the engineer: robotic arm
- 12: Artificial intelligence
- 13: What does the future hold
- 14: Glossary
- 15: Further information
- 16: Index
