Engines of Our Ingenuity
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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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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 1274: The Maxim Gorky
11/4/2024
Episode: 1274 The Maxim Gorky, largest airplane of its time. Today, Stalin builds a big airplane.
Duration:00:03:37
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1273: Science and Technology in 1852
11/3/2024
Episode: 1273 Some surprises in the 1852 Annual of Scientific Discovery. Today, an old book takes stock of science and art in 1852.
Duration:00:03:39
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1271: The Longest Race
11/2/2024
Episode: 1271 In which automobiles race around the world in 1906. Today, an incredible, and nearly-forgotten, race!
Duration:00:03:40
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1270: Wallace’s Line
11/1/2024
Episode: 1270 Wallace's line and the evolution of modern humans. Today, we cross Wallace's line.
Duration:00:03:35
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2354: The Harvard Computers
10/31/2024
Episode: 2354 Women and Astronomy in the Late 19th Century. Today, Pickering's Harem.
Duration:00:03:50
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2808: The Encapsulation Story
10/30/2024
Episode: 2808 Plastic encapsulation of microchips, protection from environment and loads. Today, the encapsulation story.
Duration:00:03:50
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2231: Cuckoos & Cuckoldry
10/29/2024
Episode: 2231 Of cuckoos, cuckoldry and brood parasitic cupidity. Today, our guest, classicist Richard Armstrong goes cuckoo over brood parasites.
Duration:00:03:50
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1268: Limelight
10/28/2024
Episode: 1268 Finding your limelight. Today, let us find our light.
Duration:00:03:34
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1267: The First American Navy
10/27/2024
Episode: 1267 The secret American Navy of the War of 1812. Today, a secret American navy for the War of 1812.
Duration:00:03:34
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1266: Chicago Fire
10/26/2024
Episode: 1266 In which Mrs. O'Leary is absolved of the Great Chicago Fire. Today, a new look at an old fire.
Duration:00:03:33
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1265: Self-Evident Concepts
10/25/2024
Episode: 1265 Science and the myth of the self-evident truth. Today, a closer look at scientific knowledge.
Duration:00:03:35
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2350: Dystopia
10/24/2024
Episode: 2350 Dystopia: Getting to know utopias evil twin. Today, the evils of technology.
Duration:00:03:51
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2341: Wagner’s Tuba
10/23/2024
Episode: 2341 Richard Wagner conceives a sound, then invents an instrument to create it. Today, horn player Roger Kaza tells us about the tuba Wagner built.
Duration:00:03:52
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1940: The American Woman’s Home
10/22/2024
Episode: 1940 In which Harriet Beecher Stowe and her sister build a model house to pay for a mansion. Today, architectural historian Margaret Culbertson tells us about a cabin, a mansion, and a model home.
Duration:00:03:46
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1262: Eighteenth-Century Environmental Disaster
10/21/2024
Episode: 1262 An 18-century environmental disaster in Brittany, France. Today, an 18th-century environmental disaster.
Duration:00:03:32
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1261: Equilibrium
10/20/2024
Episode: 1261 Healthy equilibrium: only a platform for instability. Today, we try to keep our equilibrium.
Duration:00:03:32
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1260: Darwin Boards the Beagle
10/19/2024
Episode: 1260 Darwin boards the Beagle and sails into history. Today, a young man boards a ship and redirects history.
Duration:00:03:36
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1258: Inventing the Riverboat
10/18/2024
Episode: 1258 Inventing the steamboat, inventing the riverboat. Today, the present helps us to understand the past.
Duration:00:03:31
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2345: Programming Music
10/17/2024
Episode: 2345 Making Music With a Computer. Today, when is a musician a musician?
Duration:00:03:40
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2530: Observation and Explanation
10/16/2024
Episode: 2530 The observation is evolution & the theory is natural selection. Today, what did Darwin really do?
Duration:00:03:49