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.
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Podcasts:
Episode: 2820 A Spectacular Series of Spectaculars: Remaking Ben-Hur. Today, remaking Ben-Hur.
Episode: 3047 How to Think About Machines that Think. Today, thinking machines.
Episode: 1870 John Tyndall as teacher: the metaphor of the mountain. Today, ice and snow -- mountains and learning.
Episode: 1871 The PBY Catalina, a very special old airplane. Today, the last great seaplane.
Episode: 1866 Another first steamboat, the Charlote Dundas. Today, another first steamboat.
Episode: 3045 The Pneumatic Tire. Today, a better wheel.
Episode: 2373 The Phrasebook: A Dangerous Invention. Today, UH scholar, Richard Armstrong tells us about German phrasebooks.
Episode: 3043 Are You Human? The Story Behind Captcha. Today, are you human?
Episode: 1865 Octave Chanute and the Kinzua Viaduct: bridging two centuries. Today, a story of railroads and airplanes.
Episode: 1864 Philip and Edmund Gosse, reaching out across a great divide. Today, a Victorian naturalist.
Episode: 1862 The most beautiful book. But handsome is as handsome does. Today, the most beautiful book -- but so what?
Episode: 3042 System Dynamics. Today, the sum of the parts.
Episode: 2951 Scurvy, Vitamin C, and the Origins of the Modern Clinical Trial. Today, we go to sea.
Episode: 3041 Consciousness and Strong Artificial Intelligence. Today, are you conscious?
Episode: 1860 Trying to shed the albatross of pounds and inches. Today, the albatross of pounds and inches.
