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: 2853 Radio frequency identification and toll roads. Today, we ease on down the road.
Episode: 1621 Motherland: The Stalingrad Memorial. Today, we visit a really big statue.
Episode: 2364 46 BC: In which Julius Caesar creates the longest year. Today, UH scholar Richard Armstrong tells us about the longest year in history.
Episode: 2566 Taking Champagne to the Masses. Today, we pop the cork.
Episode: 1620 The Indian canoe -- another perfected technology. Today, birch-bark canoes.
Episode: 2850 Centuries of Dutch Flood Control. Today, living on the delta.
Episode: 1619 Theatre of Machines -- forerunners of engineering handbooks. Today, the first handbooks.
Episode: 2848 The Corrugated Cardboard Box. Today, the power of fluting.
Episode: 1585 In which the elephant Prathida teaches me about dissonance and Christmas. Today, dissonance, elephants, and the holiday season.
Episode: 2669 Plants and greens associated with the Christmas Season. Today, Christmas greenery.
Episode: 2847 Life Saving Engineering at UNICEF. Today, we save lives.
Episode: 1618 Today we wonder whether something other than one solution exists. Today, the forgotten lecture in your math course.
Episode: 2845 Floating Islands and The Maldives Grand Experiment. Today, we float.
Episode: 1617 Reflections on the dicey question of cause and effect in history. Today, the connections problem.
Episode: 1616 Ivan Polzunov and early Russian steam engines. Today, the steam engine comes to Russia.
