Welcome to the Future Lab, Explorer!
You can look around right now — no sign-up, no name, no email. Nothing you do here is saved online or shown to anybody.
The Storyworld
Deep inside a giant baobab tree there is a hidden lab full of screens, samples and satellite maps: the Future Lab. From there, clues from the planet's past are dug up to explain what is happening today — and what tomorrow might look like. There are 22 real mysteries to crack, and Explorers help crack them.
Aarti
Future-archaeologist
A very curious aardvark with a brilliant nose for clues. Aarti digs up what the planet left behind and asks: what will the future find out about us today?
Chatti
Lab sidekick
A friendly, slightly glitchy holographic cube. Chatti reads things out loud, asks good questions and never pretends to know everything.
What Explorers can do
Watch a mystery
Short 3–5 minute stories with pictures, captions and read-aloud.
Make and design
Design your own Chatti, draw and add stickers. Right here, on your device.
Ask Chatti things
Wonder out loud and get a helpful, careful answer back.
Do real missions
Observe, plant, measure or build something outdoors, then log it and earn badges.
Watch the first mystery
Teasers for what's next
Meet Aarti and Chatti
A short hello, written by the story team. Chatti's own answers come later.
Aarti
Hello Explorer! I'm Aarti — an aardvark, and a future-archaeologist. I dig up the past to work out what happens next.
Tour the Future Lab
The tree is a thousand years old. It has seen more weather than any of us.
Want to ask Chatti your own questions? A grown-up switches that on.
Try it: design Chatti's avatar
Pick colours and parts, add stickers, or draw your own cube friend. There's no wrong answer, Explorer — and this stays on your device.
Your Chatti design
Or draw your own
Keeping it or showing it off needs a grown-up — a real person checks every creation before anyone sees it.
A peek at the gallery
Checked by a person first. No names, no comments, no likes — just brilliant ideas.
- An approved creation by an explorer
- An approved creation by an explorer
- An approved creation by an explorer
- An approved creation by an explorer
- An approved creation by an explorer
- An approved creation by an explorer
Ready for the whole lab?
A grown-up sets up the account and says yes to the bits they're happy with. Then your design can come with you.