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: 1730 Our aging brains, some surprising compensations. Today, our brains age.
Episode: 1729 The wide angle lens: looking at earth from on high. Today, we look upon Earth from above.
Episode: 2945 The Once Great Port of New York. Today, a gritty beginning.
Episode: 2228 Ancient Explanations of Bird Migrations. Today, our guest, classicist Richard Armstrong, watches the ancients studying bird migrations.
Episode: 2943 Recording Before Electricity. Today, a cornucopia of sound.
Episode: 1727 Flying Down to Rio: Making flight safe; keeping flight dangerous. Today, we fly down to Rio.
Episode: 1726 The Lunar Society and eighteenth century revolution. Today, let's drop in on a remarkable gathering.
Episode: 2942 Hilton Hotels in Space. Today, we reach for the stars.
Episode: 1725 The Hammond-Ashbery Collaboration and Charlie Brown. Today, an art exhibit explains collaboration.
Episode: 2940 Polio and Mathematics. Today, mathematicians ask, “should we rid the world of polio?”
Episode: 1724 Looking to nature for our technology in 1906. Today, nature as teacher.
Episode: 1723 Paul Revere, The Shroud of Turin, The Vinland Map, and the problem of debunking. Today, let's not fight about debunking.
Episode: 2939 Getting Power Inside: Alternative Power Transmission Systems. Today, why electricity?
Episode: 1722 The Evergreen Flight Museum: Reclaiming an earlier mood of flight. Today, the Spruce Goose and river blindness.
Episode: 2938 Andrew Carnegie's The Gospel of Wealth. Today, the gospel of wealth.
