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: 1544 An operetta about electric lights, written before Edison's light bulb. Today, an electric-light opera.
Episode: 2785 VisiCalc: early killer-app. Today, column D, row 3.
Episode: 1543 Archimedes' pump, rediscovered by Ceredi, heralds the new science. Today, meet the person who reinvented Archimedes' pump.
Episode: 1542 In which Francis Bacon pushes a strict Aristotelian Agenda. Today, science tries to find its way.
Episode: 2784 Environmentally Sustainable Golf Courses. Today, where the grass is always greener.
Episode: 1541 Do 'Horseshoe Nails' really alter human history? Today, we ask if horseshoe nails are real.
Episode: 2783 Humans, Computers and Puzzles. Today, we puzzle.
Episode: 1540 The Korean Turtle Boat - the first ironclad. Today, we meet a turtle with an iron shell.
Episode: 1539 In which a thin layer of fluid determines whether an airplane flies. Today, a wind blows by us.
Episode: 2778 Qualia and Mary’s Black and White Room. Today, there's something about Mary.
Episode: 1537 John Wilkins talks about life on the Moon, in 1638. Today, life on the moon.
Episode: 2774 The Massad Family Research Center and Hospitality Industry Archives. Today, travel made easier.
Episode: 1536 A seventy-year old picture of transcontinental flight. Today, let's fly across American in 1930.
Episode: 1535 The mechanical clock as tactile philosophy. Today, we invent the mechanical clock.
Episode: 3178 Samuel Kier and Oil Refining. Today, distilling black gold.
