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 3236: The Humble Index Card
10/3/2023
Episode: 3236 Analysis, Creativity, and the Humble Index Card. Today, the humble index card.
Duration:00:03:44
Engines of Our Ingenuity 2935: Whale Aerodynamics
10/2/2023
Episode: 2935 In which humpback whales revise airfoil theory with the tubercles on their flippers. Today whale aerodynamics.
Duration:00:03:49
Engines of Our Ingenuity 2932: Snopes, Monopoly, and POWs
10/1/2023
Episode: 2932 Monopoly games for POWs and the creation of myths. Today, Monopoly games and mythology.
Duration:00:03:50
Engines of Our Ingenuity 2929: Goodwin Sands
9/30/2023
Episode: 2929 The treacherous Goodwin Sands give up the last Dornier-17. Today, the Goodwin Sands.
Duration:00:03:50
Engines of Our Ingenuity 2925: The Francis H Leggett
9/29/2023
Episode: 2925 The wreck of the Francis H. Leggett and the question: What makes history interesting? Today, Oregon's worst shipwreck.
Duration:00:03:49
Engines of Our Ingenuity 2940: Polio and Mathematics
9/28/2023
Episode: 2940 Polio and Mathematics. Today, mathematicians ask, "should we rid the world of polio?"
Duration:00:03:52
Engines of Our Ingenuity 2831: Reading Cosmo
9/27/2023
Episode: 2831 Reading the Long History of Cosmopolitan Magazine. Today, a great American magazine.
Duration:00:03:49
Engines of Our Ingenuity 2765: The Mechanical Turk
9/26/2023
Episode: 2765 The Mechanical Turk. Today, the chess playing automaton.
Duration:00:03:50
Engines of Our Ingenuity 2921: Airplane Genetics
9/25/2023
Episode: 2921 The development of Italy's Reggiane 2005 fighter plane from the American P-35 as genetic analogy. Today, airplane genetics.
Duration:00:03:50
Engines of Our Ingenuity 2911: Quincy Mine Hoist
9/24/2023
Episode: 2911 A very big spool: The Quincy Mine No. 2 Shaft Hoist, the largest in the world. Today, a very big spool.
Duration:00:03:51
Engines of Our Ingenuity 2896: Nadezhda Popova
9/23/2023
Episode: 2896 In which Nadezhda Popova beats off the Wehrmacht in a crop-duster. Today, Nadia Popova.
Duration:00:03:50
Engines of Our Ingenuity 2892: Steampunk
9/22/2023
Episode: 2892 Steampunk: An exercise in writing science fiction without predicting the future. Today, steampunk.
Duration:00:03:50
Engines of Our Ingenuity 2939: Alternative Power Transmission
9/21/2023
Episode: 2939 Getting Power Inside: Alternative Power Transmission Systems. Today, why electricity?
Duration:00:03:48
Engines of Our Ingenuity 2909: Renewable Energy
9/20/2023
Episode: 2909 Hydrogen Fuel Cell Providing Renewable Energy, A Comparison of Hydrogen Fuel Cell and Lithium Ion Battery. Today, a neat way to get energy.
Duration:00:03:50
Engines of Our Ingenuity 2829: Cesare Lombroso
9/19/2023
Episode: 2829 Cesare Lombroso and his Museum. Today, a head in a jar.
Duration:00:03:50
Engines of Our Ingenuity 2880: Glacier Bay
9/18/2023
Episode: 2880 Glacier Bay as seen by John Muir before 1885 — different now. Today, Glacier Bay, in another time.
Duration:00:03:50
Engines of Our Ingenuity 2877: What Bees See
9/17/2023
Episode: 2877 What do bees and other creatures see with their unimaginable eyes? Today, technology, engineering, and art.
Duration:00:03:50
Engines of Our Ingenuity 2876: The Scientists Speak
9/16/2023
Episode: 2876 In which engineers and scientists assess their work in 1945. Today, scientists speak as WW-II ends.
Duration:00:03:50
Engines of Our Ingenuity 2874: The Ground Effect
9/15/2023
Episode: 2874 The ground effect in the service of birds and human vehicles. Today, the ground effect.
Duration:00:03:50
Engines of Our Ingenuity 2938: The Gospel of Wealth
9/14/2023
Episode: 2938 Andrew Carnegie's The Gospel of Wealth. Today, the gospel of wealth.
Duration:00:03:50