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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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Engines of Our Ingenuity 1221: Acoustics

Engines of Our Ingenuity ·

2024/07/27

Episode: 1221 Large hall acoustics: drifting away from reality. Today, we try to hear the music in a large hall.

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3:36

Engines of Our Ingenuity 1220: Hill’s Color Photography

Engines of Our Ingenuity ·

2024/07/26

Episode: 1220 In which Levi Hill invents color photography 80 years too soon. Today, the first color photographs.

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3:50

Engines of Our Ingenuity 2296: Robert Moog

Engines of Our Ingenuity ·

2024/07/25

Episode: 2296 Moog the man and Moog the machine: a lesson in engineering design. Today, we meet a musical engineer with guest scientist Andrew Boyd.

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3:49

Engines of Our Ingenuity 2728: The Laxey Wheel

Engines of Our Ingenuity ·

2024/07/24

Episode: 2728 The Great Laxey Wheel; The Water Wheel at the Peak of Function and Grace. Today, the Laxey Wheel.

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3:40

Engines of Our Ingenuity 3056: The Truth About Ingenuity

Engines of Our Ingenuity ·

2024/07/23

Episode: 3056 The Truth About Ingenuity. Today, the truth about ingenuity.

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3:40

Engines of Our Ingenuity 1219: Ploesti

Engines of Our Ingenuity ·

2024/07/22

Episode: 1219 A chance encounter with a hero: Ploesti remembered. Today, a chance meeting with a hero.

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3:32

Engines of Our Ingenuity 1218: In Galveston’s Alley

Engines of Our Ingenuity ·

2024/07/21

Episode: 1218 Galveston's alleys and the democratization of low incomes. Today, walk with me through Galveston's alleys.

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3:39

Engines of Our Ingenuity 1217: Giant Earth-Movers

Engines of Our Ingenuity ·

2024/07/20

Episode: 1217 Large earth movers: a paradox of large and small. Today, we find some very big machines.

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3:35

Engines of Our Ingenuity 1216: Wings

Engines of Our Ingenuity ·

2024/07/19

Episode: 1216 Insect wings/human wings: trying to copy what can't be copied. Today, we try to fly on a bee's wings.

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3:49

Engines of Our Ingenuity 2290: The Regular Solids

Engines of Our Ingenuity ·

2024/07/18

Episode: 2290 The Platonic "regular" solids: mathematics and divinity. Today, guest scientist Andrew Boyd looks at some divine shapes.

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3:49

Engines of Our Ingenuity 3185: Raspberry Pi

Engines of Our Ingenuity ·

2024/07/17

Episode: 3187 The Raspberry Pi, a Small Computer with a Lot of Flavor. Today, a very sweet computer.

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3:40

Engines of Our Ingenuity 3301: The Dawn of Psychophysics

Engines of Our Ingenuity ·

2024/07/16

Episode: 3301 Gustav Fechner and the origins of psychophysics. Today, Gustav Fechner and the mathematics of the senses.

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3:53

Engines of Our Ingenuity 3300: Invention-Innovation

Engines of Our Ingenuity ·

2024/07/15

Episode: 3300 Invention-Innovation. Today, is it invention or innovation?

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3:38

Engines of Our Ingenuity 1215: The Tyranny of Large...

Engines of Our Ingenuity ·

2024/07/14

Episode: 1215 The tyranny of large numbers: of averages and ubiquity. Today, large numbers do some strange things.

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3:32

Engines of Our Ingenuity 1214: Novgorod

Engines of Our Ingenuity ·

2024/07/13

Episode: 1214 Medieval Novgorod, more advanced than we realized. Today, an old city coughs up a surprising secret.

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3:34

Engines of Our Ingenuity 1213: Theory and Experiment

Engines of Our Ingenuity ·

2024/07/12

Episode: 1213 Experiment, theory, and the role of the computer. Today, the old question about theory and experiment comes back to haunt us.

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3:49

Engines of Our Ingenuity 2284: Beautiful Books

Engines of Our Ingenuity ·

2024/07/11

Episode: 2284 Books by the foot: the ultimate reductio ad absurdum. Today, guest scientist Andrew Boyd finds a new use for books.

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3:51

Engines of Our Ingenuity 2869: Horsepower

Engines of Our Ingenuity ·

2024/07/10

Episode: 2869 James Watt's introduction of horsepower as a measurement unit. Today, the power of horses.

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3:53

Engines of Our Ingenuity 3050: Space Travel

Engines of Our Ingenuity ·

2024/07/09

Episode: 3050 Space Travel. Today, the mathematics of space travel.

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3:38

Engines of Our Ingenuity 1212: Macroparasites

Engines of Our Ingenuity ·

2024/07/08

Episode: 1212 Human history in terms of macroparasites and microparasites. Today, we wonder who feasts upon whom.

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