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 3304: An American Encyclopedia
12/25/2024
Episode: 3304 Today, an encyclopedia and a new nation. Thomas Dobson publishes a multi-volume encyclopedia in the newly independent United States.
Duration:00:03:43
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2514: Linear Algebra and Netflix
12/24/2024
Episode: 2514 Today, UH math professor Krešo Josić talks about math and your movie choice. How Netflix uses linear algebra to determine what movies you will like best.
Duration:00:03:49
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1303: Transit of Venus
12/23/2024
Episode: 1303 Chasing the transit of Venus over the tundra. Today, we chase a mini-eclipse.
Duration:00:03:45
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1302: Francois Marcet’s Steam Globe
12/22/2024
Episode: 1302 Francois Marcet's steam globe: measuring vapor-pressure. Today, a piece of apparatus and a piece of history.
Duration:00:03:44
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1301: The Boy Mechanic
12/21/2024
Episode: 1301 The Boy Mechanic: endangering boys seeking danger. Today, a boy's world, a century ago.
Duration:00:03:46
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1300: Daniel Fahrenheit
12/20/2024
Episode: 1300 Daniel Fahrenheit invents the thermometer and its scale. Today, we invent the thermometer.
Duration:00:03:42
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2399: Engineering Freeways
12/19/2024
Episode: 2399 The Many Facets of Engineering a Freeway. Today, stuck in traffic.
Duration:00:03:50
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2951: Going To Sea
12/18/2024
Episode: 2951 Scurvy, Vitamin C, and the Origins of the Modern Clinical Trial. Today, we go to sea.
Duration:00:03:48
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2367: Georgie Clark
12/17/2024
Episode: 2367 Georgie Clark and the invention of white-water rafting. Today, let's go whitewater rafting.
Duration:00:03:51
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1299: Stability of Pagodas
12/16/2024
Episode: 1299 The improbable earth-quakeproof Japanese pagoda. Today, pagodas and earthquakes.
Duration:00:03:40
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1298: Edward Ritchie
12/15/2024
Episode: 1298 Edward Ritchie: building instruments and shaping education. Today, let's watch machines shape education -- and invention.
Duration:00:03:42
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1297: Verea’s Calculating Machine
12/14/2024
Episode: 1297 Ramon Verea's calculating machine: inventing to make a point. Today, invention serves an unexpected purpose.
Duration:00:03:42
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1296: Carnegie Looks at Watt
12/13/2024
Episode: 1296 In which Andrew Carnegie contemplates James Watt. Today, Andrew Carnegie looks at James Watt.
Duration:00:03:44
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2397: Computers and Tennis
12/12/2024
Episode: 2397 How Computers are Helping Officiate Tennis Matches. Today, where did that ball bounce?
Duration:00:03:51
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2368: Time Out of Joint
12/11/2024
Episode: 2368 In which Shakespeare and Cervantes die on the same day, but eleven days apart. Today, UH scholar, Richard Armstrong tells us about puzzles in chronology.
Duration:00:03:51
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 3244: Bias in Face Recognition Software
12/10/2024
Episode: 3244 Bias and Diversity in Photography and Face Recognition Software. Today, bodies, in beautiful black and white.
Duration:00:03:52
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1295: Pins
12/9/2024
Episode: 1295 The lowly, but not-so-simple, dressmaker's pin. Today, let's make pins.
Duration:00:03:39
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1294: Unneeded Clocks
12/8/2024
Episode: 1294 The clock as preparation for modern science. Today, clocks tell us more than just the time of day.
Duration:00:03:39
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1293: What We Don’t See at First
12/7/2024
Episode: 1293 Some technology that we don't see when we first look. Today, some technologies we don't see when we first look.
Duration:00:03:40
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1292: Alchemy and Modern Science
12/6/2024
Episode: 1292 Alchemy and modern science: how much magic should we accept? Today, old magic finds a place in modern science.
Duration:00:03:41