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: 2731 Invention from Injury: The Story of Louis Braille. Today, injury sparks creativity.
Episode: 1483 In which J. Willard Gibbs pictures gear teeth. Today, a glimpse into the mind of J. Willard Gibbs.
Episode: 2727 Quantum Theory’s Copenhagen Interpretation and the Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen (EPR) Paper. Today, we get spooky.
Episode: 1482 Black-boxing technology and knowledge. Today, we ask what's inside a black box.
Episode: 1481 A revealing view of photography's early days. Today, where was photography headed in 1854?
Episode: 3167 How Animals Navigate. Today, finding the way home.
Episode: 1480 Streamlining and the American public. Today, we talk about streamlining.
Episode: 3166 Spoonerisms and Their Unwilling Namesake. Today, spooning in speakerisms.
Episode: 1479 The riddle of more grandparents than people. Today, you and I are kin.
Episode: 1478 A sneak preview of the Statue of Liberty. Today, a sneak preview of the Statue of Liberty.
Episode: 3165 Serendipity and the Inventive Mind. Today, not-so-dumb luck.
Episode: 1477 A horseless carriage offered to Anne Boleyn. Today, we offer Anne Boleyn an automobile.
Episode: 2720 Project Habbakuk: Ice Aircraft Carriers and Pykrete. Today, something simple.
Episode: 1476 In which Josephine Cochrane invents the dishwasher. Today, the birth of the dishwasher.
Episode: 1475 The tragic tale of Evariste Galois. Today, let's tell the remarkable tale of Evariste Galois.
