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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 1211: Medora

Engines of Our Ingenuity ·

2024/07/07

Episode: 1211 Theodore Roosevelt and the mad Marquis create Medora ND. Today, we visit Medora, North Dakota.

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3:36

Engines of Our Ingenuity 1210: Pasteur’s Biomilitarism

Engines of Our Ingenuity ·

2024/07/06

Episode: 1210 In which Louis Pasteur puts medicine on a war footing. Today, the language of war attaches itself to medicine.

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3:34

Engines of Our Ingenuity 1209: Writing About Flight

Engines of Our Ingenuity ·

2024/07/05

Episode: 1209 Early fliers -- all seem to've been good-looking and literate. Today, we write about flight.

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3:50

Engines of Our Ingenuity 2237: Modeling the Atom

Engines of Our Ingenuity ·

2024/07/04

Episode: 2237 Modeling the atom: Making quantum uncertainty reveal corporeal solidity. Today, guest scientist Andrew Boyd models the atom.

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3:51

Engines of Our Ingenuity 3044: Randomized Clinical...

Engines of Our Ingenuity ·

2024/07/03

Episode: 3044 Randomized Clinical Trials. Today, statistics, evidence and medicine.

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3:44

Engines of Our Ingenuity 3299: Vernor Vinge Sees our...

Engines of Our Ingenuity ·

2024/07/02

Episode: 3299 Vernor Vinge, Marvin Minsky and the future of technology. Today, Vernor Vinge, Marvin Minsky and the future of computation.

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3:40

Engines of Our Ingenuity 1208: The Panama Railroad

Engines of Our Ingenuity ·

2024/07/01

Episode: 1208 The first transcontinental railroad -- and no golden spike! Today, we build the first transcontinental railroad.

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3:38

Engines of Our Ingenuity 1207: Balustrades

Engines of Our Ingenuity ·

2024/06/30

Episode: 1207 In which a balustrade shows us that laws were made to be broken. Today, we see how laws were made to be broken.

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3:35

Engines of Our Ingenuity 1206: Harriet Beecher Stowe

Engines of Our Ingenuity ·

2024/06/29

Episode: 1206 Harriet Beecher Stowe: "No talent, only genius." Today, a woman turns slavery from theoretical wrong into personal evil.

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3:35

Engines of Our Ingenuity 1205: Henry Chapman Mercer

Engines of Our Ingenuity ·

2024/06/28

Episode: 1205 Henry Chapman Mercer: An aristocrat redirects anthropology. Today, a shy aristocrat redirects anthropology.

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3:50

Engines of Our Ingenuity 2234: Spherical Horses &...

Engines of Our Ingenuity ·

2024/06/27

Episode: 2234 Spherical horses and frictionless wheels -- When are we close enough to reality? Today, guest scientist Andrew Boyd asks, "What makes a good Model?"

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3:46

Engines of Our Ingenuity 2858: Hearing Pictures

Engines of Our Ingenuity ·

2024/06/26

Episode: 2858 Hearing Pictures: Modest Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition. Today, hearing pictures.

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3:49

Engines of Our Ingenuity 2722: Voyaging

Engines of Our Ingenuity ·

2024/06/25

Episode: 2722 Gathering of Materials and Methods to Craft Sailing and Space-faring Vessels. Today, voyaging at the edge of technology.

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3:38

Engines of Our Ingenuity 1204: Baron von Humboldt

Engines of Our Ingenuity ·

2024/06/24

Episode: 1204 Baron von Humboldt's remarkable exploration of Meso-America. Today, a nearly forgotten hero.

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3:35

Engines of Our Ingenuity 1200: London’s Secret Museums

Engines of Our Ingenuity ·

2024/06/23

Episode: 1200 London's secret museums. Today, we visit London's secret museums.

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3:35

Engines of Our Ingenuity 1199: Gallup Poll

Engines of Our Ingenuity ·

2024/06/22

Episode: 1199 Gallup Poll: spawn of intellect with some saving imperfection. Today, we try to foretell how you plan to vote.

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3:35

Engines of Our Ingenuity 1198: The Gates of Hell

Engines of Our Ingenuity ·

2024/06/21

Episode: 1198 In which Virgil visits a theme park and writes the Aeneid. Today, we pass through the Gates of Hell.

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3:43

Engines of Our Ingenuity 2150: Scotty

Engines of Our Ingenuity ·

2024/06/20

Episode: 2150 Scotty on Starship Enterprise: an image of an engineer. Today, we beam up with guest scientist Andrew Boyd.

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3:49

Engines of Our Ingenuity 3054: Electioneering in...

Engines of Our Ingenuity ·

2024/06/19

Episode: 3054 Electioneering in Ancient Rome: the Commentariolum Petitionis Attributed to Cicero's Brother. Today, how to get elected in ancient Rome.

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3:45

Engines of Our Ingenuity 3162: Charge With My Jacket

Engines of Our Ingenuity ·

2024/06/18

Episode: 3162 A Jacket With Embedded Flexible Thin-Film Batteries That Can Charge a Device. Today, a wonderful technology.

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