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 1319: Differential Analyzer
1/26/2025
Episode: 1319 Vannevar Bush and the great Rockefeller Differential Analyzer. Today, a eulogy for a machine.
Duration:00:03:42
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1318: Three-Field Rotation
1/25/2025
Episode: 1318 Three-field crop rotation and the origins of Western technology. Today, putting horses to work proves harder than we might think.
Duration:00:03:37
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 3305: An Inland Seaport
1/24/2025
Episode: 3305 An inland shipping port expands our vision of seaports. Today, an inland seaport.
Duration:00:03:48
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2414: Intuition Versus Numbers
1/23/2025
Episode: 2414 Using numbers in baseball and business. Today, intuition, or numbers.
Duration:00:03:54
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2553: Complexity and Emergence
1/22/2025
Episode: 2553 Emergence and complexity in virtual and living systems. Today, let's talks about emergence.
Duration:00:03:49
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2411: Hudson’s Bay Company
1/21/2025
Episode: 2411 Hudson's Bay Company. Today, fur traders and far-off borders.
Duration:00:03:51
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1317: Iron in America
1/20/2025
Episode: 1317 The first iron-smelting in Colonial America: Hammersmith on the Saugus. Today, we smelt the first American iron.
Duration:00:03:40
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1316: Parachutes
1/19/2025
Episode: 1316 Parachutes: for fun or for survival? Today, let's fall safely out of the sky.
Duration:00:03:40
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1315: Algae Burgers
1/18/2025
Episode: 1315 Chlorella: the day we decided not to eat algae burgers. Today, we try to create a new food.
Duration:00:03:41
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1314: Cinqué
1/17/2025
Episode: 1314 Amistad, art and revolution: artists join the fight for freedom. Today, art and slavery.
Duration:00:03:41
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2412: The Past and the Future
1/16/2025
Episode: 2412 Disney's Spaceship Earth: Past and Future Communication. Today, the future — one step at a time.
Duration:00:03:50
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2770: Building the Mustang
1/15/2025
Episode: 2770 Developing the P-51 Mustang fighter. Today, our guest, NASA engineer Fitz Walker, remembers the P-51 Mustang.
Duration:00:03:49
The Engines of our Ingenuity 2544: Face Recognition
1/14/2025
Episode: 2544 How humans and computers recognize faces. Today, UH math professor Krešo Josić recognizes your face.
Duration:00:03:48
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1313: Rotation
1/13/2025
Episode: 1313 Rotation: of coins, racquetballs, ballet dancers, and more. Today, let's think about rotation.
Duration:00:03:45
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1312: McDouall Stuart Expedition
1/12/2025
Episode: 1312 Crossing Australia -- from nine months to six minutes. Today, we cross Australia.
Duration:00:03:40
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1311: The Cistercians
1/11/2025
Episode: 1311 The Cistercian order, power technology, and innovation. Today, let's talk about monks and waterwheels.
Duration:00:03:38
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1310: Math and Abstraction
1/10/2025
Episode: 1310 Redeeming math and abstraction in our schools. Today, we ask why American math and science scores are slipping.
Duration:00:03:40
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2406: The Pigeonhole Principle
1/9/2025
Episode: 2406 The Pigeonhole Principle. Today, pigeons and pigeonholes.
Duration:00:03:50
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2364: The Longest Year in History
1/8/2025
Episode: 2364 46 BC: In which Julius Caesar creates the longest year. Today, UH scholar Richard Armstrong tells us about the longest year in history.
Duration:00:03:50
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2566: Champagne
1/7/2025
Episode: 2566 Taking Champagne to the Masses. Today, we pop the cork.
Duration:00:03:49