Engines of Our Ingenuity
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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 th...
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The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1562: Guido da Viegevano
Episode: 1562 Guido da Vigevano uses war as an excuse to invent. Today, a medieval inventor goes to war -- almost.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2585: Measuring Race Times
Episode: 2585 The technology of timing races. Today, who won that race?
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2942: Hilton Hotels in Space
Episode: 2942 Hilton Hotels in Space. Today, we reach for the stars.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2638: Artificial Gravity
Episode: 2638 Artificial Gravity for Human Spaceflight; What is Gained, What is Lost. Today, astronaut Michael Barratt discusses the pros and cons of...
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1556: The Manual Arts
Episode: 1556 In which we run out of manual arts teachers for our schools. Today, let's work with our hands.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2583: Children and Their Goals
Episode: 2583 Children and their Goals. Today, president, pope, astronaut.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1554: Scientific Instruments
Episode: 1554 In which new science yields new instruments: 1500 to 1950. Today, a new class of machines and new viewpoint.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2578: Water Towers
Episode: 2578 The Wonders of Water Towers. Today, water flows downhill.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1539: Boundary Layers
Episode: 1539 In which a thin layer of fluid determines whether an airplane flies. Today, a wind blows by us.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1538: The Face of a Century
Episode: 1538 In which the various centuries show their faces. Today, we ask what a century looks like.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1537: Life on the Moon
Episode: 1537 John Wilkins talks about life on the Moon, in 1638. Today, life on the moon.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1532: Typewriters
Episode: 1532 The invention and selling of the typewriter. Today, the typewriter teaches us its purpose.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2562: Paul Samuelson and the textbook Economics
Episode: 2562 Paul Samuelson and the textbook Economics. Today, a book that helped educate the world.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 3354: Wharton Esherick
Episode: 3354 Wharton Esherick's finely-crafted furniture, objects, and art enliven the studio building he designed and constructed. Today, building...
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1525: Liberty Ships
Episode: 1525 Liberty ships: an amateur takes over the trade. Today, an amateur builds ships.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1524: The Great Peshtigo Fire
Episode: 1524 The other great fire of 1871: Peshtigo, Wisconsin. Today, the other great fire.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1523: Lighthouses and Cabooses
Episode: 1523 On saying goodbye to lighthouses and cabooses. Today, we say goodbye to lighthouses and cabooses.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1521: John P. Parker
Episode: 1521 John P. Parker, slave, freedom-fighter, inventor, and businessman. Today, we follow a slave out of slavery.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1520: Automobile Drag Coefficients
Episode: 1520 In which automobile makers gradually learn aerodynamics. Today, aerodynamics and automobiles.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2862: Randomness
Episode: 2862 Randomness out of Nothingness. Today, let's talk about how to pick random numbers out of thin air.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 3349: Inhuman Distances
Episode: 3349 The Inhuman Distances of the Speed of Light. Today, inhuman distances.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2554: Slogans and Jingles
Episode: 2554 The Creativity of Slogans and Jingles. Today, "think different."
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2881: Racial Mythologies: Günther vs. Huxley
Episode: 2881 Racial Mythologies: Hans Günther vs. Julian Huxley on the Concept of Race. Today, poison in the library.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1513: The Accidental Creationist
Episode: 1513 The Accidental Creationist: In which science changes with the telling of it. Today, the problem of telling about science.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2552: Frederick the Great, Patron of the Arts
Episode: 2552 Frederick the Great, Patron of the Arts. Today, what made Frederick great?
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2836: Bumping Into Signs
Episode: 2836 Bumping into Signs: Emergent Semiotic Spaces. Today, signs of the times.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2243: Organizing for Disaster
Episode: 2243 Organizing for disaster: One place where New Orleans did it right. Today, our guest, UH journalist Michael Berryhill, prepares for a ra...
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1510: Thomas Sopwith
Episode: 1510 Thomas Sopwith's hundredth birthday. Today, we meet the oldest airplane designer.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1509: Roads, Canals, and Railways
Episode: 1509 Late 18th century competition among roads, canals and railways. Today, we look at roads, canals, and railways.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2550: Napoleon’s Theorem
Episode: 2550 Could Napoleon have proved Napoleon's Theorem? Today, did he, or didn't he?
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1503: New Women Fliers
Episode: 1503 The second generation of women fliers comes to maturity. Today, a new generation of women fliers.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1502: The Temptress Moon
Episode: 1502 In which the temptress Moon leads calendar-makers astray. Today, the moon deceives us.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2038: Leap Second
Episode: 2038 Putting a leap second in an elastic year. Today, we add a second to our lives.
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.
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.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2548: Informs
Episode: 2548 INFORMS and the mathematics of problem solving. Today, strange bedfellows.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2817: Creativity
Episode: 2817 Where do creative ideas come from? Today, let's talk about creativity.
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.
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.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1491: Orpheus
Episode: 1491 In which business schools study a leaderless orchestra. Today, we have no leader.