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Engines of Our Ingenuity
Houston Public Media
100 episodes
1 day ago

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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Engines of Our Ingenuity
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1500: A Landmark: 1500/2000
Episode: 1500 1500th episode and 2000 AD: A poor time to summarize.  Today, we reach a landmark.
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23 hours ago
3 minutes 43 seconds

Engines of Our Ingenuity
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1499: Domesticating Animals
Episode: 1499 Domestic animals: A tricky marriage between human and beast.  Today, we try to domesticate a wild animal.
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1 day ago
3 minutes 43 seconds

Engines of Our Ingenuity
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1563: Toys
Episode: 1563 Looking back at the impact of toys.  Sorting through a box the other day, I found old toys -- a lead soldier, a stuffed dog, a set of blocks.
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2 days ago
3 minutes 44 seconds

Engines of Our Ingenuity
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1760: The Christmas Lectures
Episode: 1760 The Christmas Lectures: Michael Faraday's Gift to children.  Today, the Christmas Lectures.
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3 days ago
3 minutes 45 seconds

Engines of Our Ingenuity
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 3348: Christmas
Episode: 3348  The unspoken binding tissue of Christmas – and of Hanukkah.  Today, a Merry Christmas to all.
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4 days ago
3 minutes 45 seconds

Engines of Our Ingenuity
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 3037: Carol of the Bells
Episode: 3037 Carol of the Bells.  Today, a Christmas carol.
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5 days ago
4 minutes 14 seconds

Engines of Our Ingenuity
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 3347: Circus
Episode: 3347  My metaphor for the academic life: The Circus.  Today, we welcome new faculty.
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6 days ago
3 minutes 51 seconds

Engines of Our Ingenuity
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1498: Thoughts on Jumping
Episode: 1498 How the In which we try to jump as high as a flea.  Today, can you jump as high as a flea?
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1 week ago
3 minutes 41 seconds

Engines of Our Ingenuity
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1497: The Double-Bitted Axe
Episode: 1497 The rise of Paul Bunyan's radical double-bitted axe.  Today, we learn to use a new axe.
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1 week ago
3 minutes 40 seconds

Engines of Our Ingenuity
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1496: Mrs. Greenhow, Confederate Spy
Episode: 1496 Mrs. Greenhow, the first great Confederate spy.  Today, we meet a Confederate spy.
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1 week ago
3 minutes 39 seconds

Engines of Our Ingenuity
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2548: Informs
Episode: 2548 INFORMS and the mathematics of problem solving.  Today, strange bedfellows.
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1 week ago
3 minutes 48 seconds

Engines of Our Ingenuity
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2817: Creativity
Episode: 2817 Where do creative ideas come from?  Today, let's talk about creativity.
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1 week ago
3 minutes 49 seconds

Engines of Our Ingenuity
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2834: Wombs and Witchcraft
Episode: 2834 Wombs and Witchcraft: Edward Jorden's Suffocation of the Mother (1603).  Today, wombs and witchcraft.
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1 week ago
3 minutes 51 seconds

Engines of Our Ingenuity
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1495: The Chauffer Problem
Episode: 1495 The new technological elite: chauffeurs then, computer experts today.  Today, we learn to drive our own cars -- and manage our own computers.
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1 week ago
3 minutes 38 seconds

Engines of Our Ingenuity
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1494: X-Ray Hair Removal
Episode: 1494 The strange persistence of X-ray hair removal.  Today, we kill ourselves to remove hair.
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2 weeks ago
3 minutes 38 seconds

Engines of Our Ingenuity
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1492: Necessity in the Siege of Paris
Episode: 1492 Necessity and invention during the 1870 siege of Paris.  Today, necessity, invention, and the Siege of Paris.
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2 weeks ago
3 minutes 36 seconds

Engines of Our Ingenuity
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1491: Orpheus
Episode: 1491 In which business schools study a leaderless orchestra.  Today, we have no leader.
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2 weeks ago
3 minutes 41 seconds

Engines of Our Ingenuity
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2547: Charging Interest
Episode: 2547 Changing views on charging interest throughout history.  Today, interest.
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2 weeks ago
3 minutes 49 seconds

Engines of Our Ingenuity
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2831: Reading Cosmo
Episode: 2831 Reading the Long History of Cosmopolitan Magazine.  Today, a great American magazine.
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2 weeks ago
3 minutes 49 seconds

Engines of Our Ingenuity
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2674: The Royal Navy Surgeon
Episode: 2674 The Royal Navy Surgeon; Taking Medicine to Sea in the Age of Sail.  Today, the Royal Navy Surgeon.
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2 weeks ago
3 minutes 50 seconds

Engines of Our Ingenuity

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.