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
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2617: Facebooking
12/10/2025
Episode: 2617 Facebook, social networking website, or new medium? Today, Facebooking.
Duration:00:03:49
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2829: Cesare Lombroso
12/9/2025
Episode: 2829 Cesare Lombroso and his Museum. Today, a head in a jar.
Duration:00:03:50
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1485: Ship of Gold
12/8/2025
Episode: 1485 Ship of gold in the Deep Blue Sea: an impossible treasure recovery. Today, we hunt treasure.
Duration:00:03:42
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1484: Georg Cantor
12/7/2025
Episode: 1484 Georg Cantor, the man who counted beyond infinity. Today, we wonder about counting to infinity.
Duration:00:03:39
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1483: Gibbs and Visualization
12/6/2025
Episode: 1483 In which J. Willard Gibbs pictures gear teeth. Today, a glimpse into the mind of J. Willard Gibbs.
Duration:00:03:41
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1481: Photography: The Salad Days
12/5/2025
Episode: 1481 A revealing view of photography's early days. Today, where was photography headed in 1854?
Duration:00:03:40
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2542: Hippodamus of Miletus
12/4/2025
Episode: 2542 Hippodamus of Miletus and Urban Design. Today, a grid for the ages.
Duration:00:03:49
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 3346: Mary Proctor
12/3/2025
Episode: 3346 In which Mary Proctor uses myth to help children understand reality. Today, astronomy for children.
Duration:00:03:47
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 3345: Tacheometry
12/2/2025
Episode: 3345 In which I learn that an old book is not about tachometry but tacheometry instead. Today, a set of misunderstandings.
Duration:00:03:50
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 3342: Bernardo Zamagna
12/1/2025
Episode: 3342 Bernardo Zamagna designs a lighter-than-air ship that physics could not quite support. Today, let us fly with Bernardo Zamagna.
Duration:00:03:49
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1480: Streamline
11/30/2025
Episode: 1480 Streamlining and the American public. Today, we talk about streamlining.
Duration:00:03:38
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1479: Great-Grandchildren
11/29/2025
Episode: 1479 The riddle of more grandparents than people. Today, you and I are kin.
Duration:00:03:41
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1478: Statue of Liberty
11/28/2025
Episode: 1478 A sneak preview of the Statue of Liberty. Today, a sneak preview of the Statue of Liberty.
Duration:00:03:45
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2538: Cheese
11/27/2025
Episode: 2538 Engineering Cheese Through the Millenia. Today, say "cheese."
Duration:00:03:48
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 3343: Frank Rosenblatt’s Perceptron
11/25/2025
Episode: 3343 Frank Rosenblatt's perceptron and the quest to design machines that can learn. Today, the origin of learning in artificial neural networks.
Duration:00:03:50
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 3344: Rachel Ruysch
11/25/2025
Episode: 3344 That Rare Find, Rachel Ruysch. Today, we talk diversity in art and nature.
Duration:00:03:47
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1477: A Car for Anne Boleyn
11/24/2025
Episode: 1477 A horseless carriage offered to Anne Boleyn. Today, we offer Anne Boleyn an automobile.
Duration:00:03:39
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1476: Inventing the Dishwasher
11/23/2025
Episode: 1476 In which Josephine Cochrane invents the dishwasher. Today, the birth of the dishwasher.
Duration:00:03:40
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1474: Beach’s Secret Subway
11/21/2025
Episode: 1474 Alfred Ely Beach builds a secret subway in New York City. Today, a secret subway.
Duration:00:03:42
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2535: Times Tables
11/20/2025
Episode: 2535 The base of a number system: times tables and memorization. Today, go forth and multiply.
Duration:00:03:51