Engines of Our Ingenuity
Houston PR
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 the University of Houston. It is not a product of our news team.
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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 the University of Houston. It is not a product of our news team.
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English
Episodes
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1994: Theory and Encryption
5/2/2024
Episode: 1994 Encryption: abstraction in the world of practical business. Today, guest scientist Andrew Boyd sends secret messages.
Duration:00:03:49
Engines of Our Ingenuity 2897: Privacy and Technology
5/1/2024
Episode: 2897 A (Very) Short History of Privacy and Technology. Today, privacy and technology.
Duration:00:03:50
Engines of Our Ingenuity 2779: Smart Phones / Wise Phones
4/30/2024
Episode: 2779 Smartphones/Wise Phones, our changing relationship with phones over the last century. Today, smartphones vs. wise phones.
Duration:00:03:49
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1165: Count Rumford
4/29/2024
Episode: 1165 Benjamin Thompson/Count Rumford and the conservation of energy. Today, we meet a Bavarian count who was born in colonial Massachusetts.
Duration:00:03:28
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1164: Things Bite Back
4/28/2024
Episode: 1164 Why Things Bite Back: The Revenge Effect. Today, nature takes revenge.
Duration:00:03:32
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1163: A Better Mousetrap
4/27/2024
Episode: 1163 To build a better mousetrap -- that people will use. Today, let's build a better mousetrap.
Duration:00:03:30
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1162: Systems
4/26/2024
Episode: 1162 Systems: Much more than the sum of their parts. Today, let's see how machines transcend themselves.
Duration:00:03:31
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1979: Airplane Reservations
4/25/2024
Episode: 1979 How to process five thousand airline reservation requests in one second. Today, guest scientist Andrew Boyd buys plane tickets.
Duration:00:03:48
Engines of Our Ingenuity 3001: Archimedes To the Rescue
4/24/2024
Episode: 3001 Archimedes to the Rescue. Today, Archimedes to the rescue.
Duration:00:03:47
Engines of Our Ingenuity 2739: Hall
4/23/2024
Episode: 2739 Evolution of the Hall from Anglo-Saxon times to the present. Today, a room without a view.
Duration:00:03:48
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1161: Roman Water Wheel
4/22/2024
Episode: 1161 An old Roman mill tells about the acceptance of technology. Today, we try to make sense of an old Roman power plant.
Duration:00:03:34
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1159: Nevil Shute’s Ordeal
4/21/2024
Episode: 1159 In which Nevil Shute looks at the ordeal of aerial bombing. Today, Nevil Shute predicts the chilling anonymity of war.
Duration:00:03:32
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1158: The Crystal Palace
4/20/2024
Episode: 1158 The Crystal Palace, the 1851 exhibition, and Victorian art. Today, we look for art to equal the building that holds it.
Duration:00:03:31
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1157: Marketing Model A
4/19/2024
Episode: 1157 Merchandising Windows 95 and the Ford Model A. Today, we sell Model A's and Windows 95.
Duration:00:03:35
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1971: Lame, Cauchy, and Kummer
4/18/2024
Episode: 1971 In which Lame, Cauchy, and Kummer race to prove Fermat's last theorem. Today, guest scientist Andrew Boyd relives a race.
Duration:00:03:50
Engines of Our Ingenuity 3029: Model Citizen
4/17/2024
Episode: 3029 Model Citizen. Today, lets talk about models.
Duration:00:03:37
Engines of Our Ingenuity 3241: Hooker’s Green
4/16/2024
Episode: 3241 Green with Immortality. Today, we go green with immortality.
Duration:00:03:46
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1156: The Machine as Mirror
4/15/2024
Episode: 1156 We mirror machine mirrors we mirror machine mirrors we ... Today, an analogy game.
Duration:00:03:38
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1154: Adam’s Belly Button
4/14/2024
Episode: 1154 In which Adam's navel poses the question of pre-creation history. Today, a silly question about Adam's navel paves the way for evolution.
Duration:00:03:32
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1153: Grosseteste and Bacon
4/13/2024
Episode: 1153 Grosseteste, Bacon, and the rise of realism. Today, Robert Grosseteste, Roger Bacon, and cyberspace.
Duration:00:03:34