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Engines of Our Ingenuity

Houston Public Media

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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3:36

The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1046: The Mind of Faraday

Engines of Our Ingenuity ·

2024/09/23

Episode: 1046 The mind of Faraday and the merging of science and religion. Today, a look inside the mind of a surprising scientist.

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3:35

The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1045: Of Sport and Design

Engines of Our Ingenuity ·

2024/09/22

Episode: 1045 A lesson in engineering design on the sports pages. Today, lessons in modern design from the sports pages.

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3:38

The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1044: Sunken Treasure

Engines of Our Ingenuity ·

2024/09/21

Episode: 1044 Finding the largest Japanese submarine after 51 years -- 4,400 lb. of gold, 17,000 feet down. Today, we look for gold, and we find history.

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3:38

The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1042: Tiny Type

Engines of Our Ingenuity ·

2024/09/20

Episode: 1042 Tiny type: shrinking writing down to atomic dimensions. Today, let's write on the head of a pin.

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3:51

The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2327: George Dantzig

Engines of Our Ingenuity ·

2024/09/19

Episode: 2327 George Dantzig, linear programing, and a curious priority question. Today, a Nobel Prize lost.

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3:50

The Engines of Our Ingenuity 3224: Disney’s Master of...

Engines of Our Ingenuity ·

2024/09/18

Episode: 3224 Fake rocks, forced perspective, and other forms of illusion in the private home of Disney Imagineer Fred Joerger. Today, facades, both physical and personal.

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3:51

The Engines of Our Ingenuity 3129: What Went Wrong on...

Engines of Our Ingenuity ·

2024/09/17

Episode: 3129 What Went Wrong on D-Day: The Paradox of the Allies' Greatest Campaign. Today, when things go terribly wrong.

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3:32

The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1041: Chinese Pharmacy

Engines of Our Ingenuity ·

2024/09/16

Episode: 1041 A Chinese pharmacopoeia -- 2000 years ago. Today, we ask how the Chinese managed to hide their candle under a bushel.

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3:33

The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1040: Humanism and Feminism

Engines of Our Ingenuity ·

2024/09/15

Episode: 1040 Ancient Greece and Renaissance Europe: virtues and vices. Today, an old Greek mummy tells us about the Renaissance.

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3:36

The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1251: Katherine Stinson

Engines of Our Ingenuity ·

2024/09/14

Episode: 1251 Katherine Stinson and her siblings help America learn to fly. Today, meet the Stinson kids.

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3:34

The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1250: Water in the Desert

Engines of Our Ingenuity ·

2024/09/13

Episode: 1250 Qanats: ancient watercourses, heroic constructions. Today, we talk about qanats.

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3:50

The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2323: Teleportation

Engines of Our Ingenuity ·

2024/09/12

Episode: 2323 "Beam me up Scotty," The longed-for grail of teleportation. Today, we teleport.

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3:44

The Engines of Our Ingenuity 3139: Miryam Mirzakhani

Engines of Our Ingenuity ·

2024/09/11

Episode: 3139 Maryam Mirzakhani: A life in Mathematics. Today, let's talk about the Iranian-American mathematician Maryam Mirzakhani.

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3:50

The Engines of Our Ingenuity 3080: The First Marathon

Engines of Our Ingenuity ·

2024/09/10

Episode: 3080 The First Marathon and the Athens Olympics of 1896. Today, we run through the history of the marathon.

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3:36

The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1249: Bricks

Engines of Our Ingenuity ·

2024/09/09

The Engines of Our Ingenuity Episode #1249 Bricks

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3:36

The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1248: Charles and Hester...

Engines of Our Ingenuity ·

2024/09/08

Episode: 1248 Hester Stanhope creates her own British Empire in Syria. Today, a prime minister's niece doesn't get the message.

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3:34

The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1247: Three Women...

Engines of Our Ingenuity ·

2024/09/07

Episode: 1247 America's first women architects: three very different people. Today, a story about three very different women.

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3:32

The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1246: Momentum

Engines of Our Ingenuity ·

2024/09/06

Episode: 1246 Figuring out what the word momentum means. Today, let's talk about momentum.

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3:51

The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2320: Computer Memory

Engines of Our Ingenuity ·

2024/09/05

Episode: 2320 Tracing recent history: computer memory over three decades. Today, we get smaller.

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3:51

The Engines of Our Ingenuity 3109: Aumann’s Theorem

Engines of Our Ingenuity ·

2024/09/04

Episode: 3109 Mathematics says that we should never disagree, but we still do. Today, let's talk about what I know that you know.

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