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Engines of Our Ingenuity
The story of technological progress is one of drama and intrigue, sudden insight and plain hard work. Let’s explore technology’s spectacular failures and many magnificent success stories. This content is in service of Houston Public Media’s education mission and is sponsored by th...
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The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2836: Bumping Into Signs
Episode: 2836 Bumping into Signs: Emergent Semiotic Spaces. Today, signs of the times.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2243: Organizing for Disaster
Episode: 2243 Organizing for disaster: One place where New Orleans did it right. Today, our guest, UH journalist Michael Berryhill, prepares for a ra...
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1510: Thomas Sopwith
Episode: 1510 Thomas Sopwith's hundredth birthday. Today, we meet the oldest airplane designer.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1509: Roads, Canals, and Railways
Episode: 1509 Late 18th century competition among roads, canals and railways. Today, we look at roads, canals, and railways.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2550: Napoleon’s Theorem
Episode: 2550 Could Napoleon have proved Napoleon's Theorem? Today, did he, or didn't he?
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1503: New Women Fliers
Episode: 1503 The second generation of women fliers comes to maturity. Today, a new generation of women fliers.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1502: The Temptress Moon
Episode: 1502 In which the temptress Moon leads calendar-makers astray. Today, the moon deceives us.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2038: Leap Second
Episode: 2038 Putting a leap second in an elastic year. Today, we add a second to our lives.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1497: The Double-Bitted Axe
Episode: 1497 The rise of Paul Bunyan's radical double-bitted axe. Today, we learn to use a new axe.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1496: Mrs. Greenhow, Confederate Spy
Episode: 1496 Mrs. Greenhow, the first great Confederate spy. Today, we meet a Confederate spy.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2548: Informs
Episode: 2548 INFORMS and the mathematics of problem solving. Today, strange bedfellows.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2817: Creativity
Episode: 2817 Where do creative ideas come from? Today, let's talk about creativity.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2834: Wombs and Witchcraft
Episode: 2834 Wombs and Witchcraft: Edward Jorden's Suffocation of the Mother (1603). Today, wombs and witchcraft.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1494: X-Ray Hair Removal
Episode: 1494 The strange persistence of X-ray hair removal. Today, we kill ourselves to remove hair.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1491: Orpheus
Episode: 1491 In which business schools study a leaderless orchestra. Today, we have no leader.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2674: The Royal Navy Surgeon
Episode: 2674 The Royal Navy Surgeon; Taking Medicine to Sea in the Age of Sail. Today, the Royal Navy Surgeon.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 3345: Tacheometry
Episode: 3345 In which I learn that an old book is not about tachometry but tacheometry instead. Today, a set of misunderstandings.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1478: Statue of Liberty
Episode: 1478 A sneak preview of the Statue of Liberty. Today, a sneak preview of the Statue of Liberty.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2538: Cheese
Episode: 2538 Engineering Cheese Through the Millenia. Today, say "cheese."
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1467: Napoleon and Iron
Episode: 1467 Napoleon Bonaparte and Iron in France. Today, Napoleon builds iron monuments.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1461: Telescopes
Episode: 1461 George Everett Hale and BIG telescopes. Today, we look through some really big telescopes.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1460: Chindogu
Episode: 1460 The little-known Japanese art of Chindogu. Today, the odd Japanese art of Chindogu.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1459: Teaching and Ambiguity
Episode: 1459 A tongue-tied attempt to say what teaching is. Today, teaching and ambiguity.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1458: Streetcars in Houston
Episode: 1458 The brief bright day of the electric trolley in Houston. Today, let's ride the Houston trolley.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2520: Hybrid Car Technology
Episode: 2520 Hybrid Electric Car Technology. Today, we hit the brakes.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2815: How Ideas Spread
Episode: 2815 The spread of ideas in social networks. Today, let's talk about engineered social networks.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2638: Artificial Gravity
Episode: 2638 Artificial Gravity for Human Spaceflight; What is Gained, What is Lost. Today, astronaut Michael Barratt discusses the pros and cons of...
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1457: Eratosthene’s Diameter of Earth
Episode: 1457 Eratosthenes's 2200 year old calculation of Earth's size. Today, we measure the earth.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1456: Paper in Samarkand
Episode: 1456 In which paper goes from China to Europe by way of Samarkand. Today, paper makes a long journey.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1455: Dentistry
Episode: 1455 A brief history of dentistry and pain. Today, we drill teeth.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1454: Juxtaposition and Contradiction
Episode: 1454 The sometimes astonishing results of juxtaposing contradictory ideas. Today, a thought about juxtaposition and contradictions.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2517: Rebecca Clarke
Episode: 2517 Rebecca Clarke: Violist, Composer, Woman. Today, a woman in conflict.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2978: Matisse’s Verve
Episode: 2978 Henri Matisse cuts paper to design a cover for the art magazine Verve. Today we look at heroism through cut paper.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 3333: Lawrence Morely and Seafloor Spreading
Episode: 3333 Lawrence Morely and Seafloor Spreading. Today, a question of priority.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 3332: Dynamo
Episode: 3332 From DC Dynamo to AC Alternator. Today, the dynamo.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1453: Two Huygens and John Donne
Episode: 1453 Christiaan and Constantijn Huygens, and John Donne. Today, a tale of two Huygens and John Donne.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1451: Inventing the Library
Episode: 1451 Inventing the free public lending library: socialism in books. Today, we invent the library.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 3331: What Is a Photo?
Episode: 3331 Some thoughts about photography and reality. Today, Let’s take pictures.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2513: Our Teachers
Episode: 2513 The Importance of Teachers in Shaping our Lives. Today, remembering our teachers.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1450: Searching for Cleopatra
Episode: 1450 In which we learn too much about Cleopatra and the Pharos Lighthouse. Today, we look for Cleopatra.