How It Works - UK (2020-02)

CONTENTS

004 HowIt Works http://www.howitworksdaily.com

Mark Smith

A technology and

multimedia

specialist, Mark

has written tech

articles for leading

online and print

publications for

many years.

Jo Elphick

Jo is an academic

lawyer and lecturer

specialising in

criminal law and

forensics. She is

also the author of a

number of true

crime books.

62 Theoriginofhumans

Where did our species come

from and why has Homo sapiens

been so successful?

66 Victorian quack

medicines

22 Quantumcomputers

How these futuristic number-

crunchers will crush the world’s

most powerful super computers

• andmakeyourlifebetter

SPACE

52 Stepaboardthe

floating laboratory

Explore the science ship that’s

digging holes in the ocean floor

todiscover the story of Earth

58 Teleportation in the

real world

60 Heroesof...Science:

ErwinSchrödinger

70 Natural wonders of

the Solar System

Discover liquid methane lakes, a

cliff taller than Everest, a

hurricane that’s been raging for

over 400 years, and more

76 What will the world’s

biggesttelescopesee?

Dr Andrew

May

Andrew has a PhD in

astrophysics and 30

years in public and

private industry. He

enjoys space writing

and is the author of

several books.

MEETTHISISSUE’SEXPERTS...

42 Animalarmour

These hardy creatures have an

impressive array of skin defences

46 Interview: the

secrets of skin

48 Why do glaciers

retreat?

50 The wind

superhighway

TECHNOLOGY

HISTORY

SCIENCE

78 21stcentury

armoured vehicles

How the British Army’s new

Ajax fighting vehicle dominates

the digital battlefield

Andy Extance

Andy is a freelance

science writer based in

Exeter, UK. He previously

worked in early stage

drug discovery research,

followed by a brief stint in

silicone adhesive and

rubber manufacturing.

32 The future of

car design

We visit Ford Europe to see

how it uses VR for its new

vehicle designs

36 Weapons for the

21st century

40 How wireless

chargingworks

Theorigin

of humans

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ENVIRONMENT TRANSPORT

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Download a free QR code reader app for your mobile phoneif

your phone hasn’tgotone–manyiPhone and Android models have

When you seethe logo at the top of a page,

useyourphonetoscantheQRcode,whichlookslikethis

Hold your mobile device over the image and watch it come to life! Your

device needs to be connected to the internet for this to work

HOW THE AUGMENTED REALITY WORKS

After being launched by the QR code, the app reads anything you point your device’s

camera at 30 times a second, searching for distinctive shapes we’ve trained it to

recognise. When it sees a familiar picture, it overlays the augmented reality 3D image

we’ve previously uploaded on your screen.

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Weapons for the

21st century

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