National Geographic Kids USA - May 2017

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Getting caught in the rain is no fun. That’s where
the Oombrella comes in. This umbrella’s handle
contains a device that measures temperature,
air pressure, and humidity to predict exactly
when it’s going to rain. Connecting wirelessly to
erts you about
minutes before
first drops fall.
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out accidentally
ving this gear
a friend’s house
ce the skies clear.
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an 130 feet away
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the glider’s airbrakes to descend. Glide on!

PANCAKE ART
Create art with pancake mix! The PancakeBot pro-
duces flapjacks shaped as the Eiffel Tower, George
Washington, Scooby-Doo, and more. First, use the
PancakeBot computer program to trace over a design
with the drawing tool. The movements are translated
into step-by-step instructions for the PancakeBot
to follow. Now just pour batter into the machine. The
bot’s electronic nozzle will squeeze the mixture onto
a heated griddle below, shifting as it follows the direc-
tions to create the flapjack formation. The result?
Pancakes that look almost too good to eat.

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PREDICTS


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the edge of space—and it doesn’t
engine, jets, orpropellers. What
enger gliderdoeshave is an 84 - foot
ut the length oftwo school buses. To
ightweight craft is connected bycable
ane and towed 10,000feet into the air.
sed over mountainous regions where
air currents buoy theplane under its
nd carry the craft 90,000 feet high. Here,
ted on the atmosphere before pilots use

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AIRBUS (PERLAN 2 FLYING); MARTIN HELTAI OF PERLAN PROJECT (PERLAN 2 ON RUNWAY); PANCAKEBOT (PANCAKEBOT, PANCAKE CREATIONS); OOMBRELLA (UMBRELLA, PHONE ALERT)


BY C.M. TOMLIN

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