Engines of Our Ingenuity
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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 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.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1449: Image and Reality
Episode: 1449 Another look at image and reality: Fake Triceratops and manuscript books. Today, more on images and reality.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1448: Guillotin/Guillotine
Episode: 1448 The Guillotine and the democratization of death. Today, heads will roll.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1447: Eighteenth-Century Factory Maintenance
Episode: 1447 18th-C factory maintenance: messier than Diderot showed us. Today, a question of image and reality.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2510: Reason in All Things
Episode: 2510 Reason in all things: Augustine, Galileo, Collins, The Human Genome, and God. Today, Augustine, Galileo, and the human genome.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2488: Creator vs. Revisor
Episode: 2488 Revision: An Essential Component of the Creative Process. Today, creator vs. revisor.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2823: Hypnotic Crimes
Episode: 2823 Gilles de la Tourette and Hypnotic Crimes. Today, hypnotic crimes.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1444: ThrustSSC : 763 MPH
Episode: 1444 In which ThrustSSC passes the sound barrier on land. Today, a very fast car.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1443: Praising the Famous
Episode: 1443 Some thoughts on fame and fortune in technology. Today, thoughts on fame and fortune.