Engines of Our Ingenuity
Summary: 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.
- Visit Website
- RSS
- Artist: Houston Public Media
- Copyright: ℗ & © 2024 Houston Public Media
Podcasts:
Episode: 1914 Cal Rodgers and the great Vin Fiz trans-America flight. Today, we fly across America -- for the first time.
Episode: 3239 A Materialist Controversy Inspired by the Human Body. Today, a never-ending feud.
Episode: 2780 Mail Plane to History Maker. Today, a very odd design feature.
Episode: 1913 The medieval invention of the city street. Today, we invent the city street.
Episode: 1911 In which we invent the submarine to create world peace. Today, we invent the submarine to create world peace.
Episode: 1910 Ibn Firnas and an airplane in Andalusia. Today, an airplane in Andalusia.
Episode: 3238 Whitewash, as Metaphor and Practice. Today, whitewashing.
Episode: 2533 On Table Legs and Flat Surfaces. Today, the power of three.
Episode: 2991 Tswett and the Development of Chromatography. Today, we write in colors.
Episode: 2529 Comparing Fingerprints: What's Involved and What can go Wrong. Today, who dunnit?
Episode: 1908 In which Blombos Cave triples the length of the Upper Paleolithic Era. Today, let's visit Blombos Cave.
Episode: 1909 Where does the technical/scientific literacy problem really lie? Today, we ask, "What's the problem?"
Episode: 1907 It is Earlier Than We Think. The road ahead is longer than we thought. Today, it is earlier than we think.
Episode: 2527 Alphonse Bertillon: Measuring the Man. Today, the measure of a man.
Episode: 2010 George McJunkin and Aleš Hrdlicka: Who discovered the Clovis culture? Today, guest historian Cathy Patterson looks at an unlikely anthropologist.
