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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 2243: Organizing for Disaster

Engines of Our Ingenuity ·

2024/05/08

Episode: 2243 Organizing for disaster: One place where New Orleans did it right. Today, our guest, UH journalist Michael Berryhill, prepares for a rainy day.

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3:47

Engines of Our Ingenuity 2693: To Our SHips

Engines of Our Ingenuity ·

2024/05/07

Episode: 2693 On the Nature of Ships, and a Fond Farewell to the Shuttle Discovery. Greetings from the flight deck of the Space Shuttle Discovery, where today we celebrate our ships.

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3:34

Engines of Our Ingenuity 1169: Two Kinds of...

Engines of Our Ingenuity ·

2024/05/06

Episode: 1169 From stacked stone to steel: a shift in structural concept. Today, we make buildings by stacking stone.

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3:37

Engines of Our Ingenuity 1168: Voltaire and Science

Engines of Our Ingenuity ·

2024/05/05

Episode: 1168 Voltaire, Newton, science, and the French Revolution. Today, Newton, Voltaire, and the French Revolution.

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3:36

Engines of Our Ingenuity 1167: Machiavelli

Engines of Our Ingenuity ·

2024/05/04

Episode: 1167 Machiavelli's attempt to make objective science of statecraft. Today, thoughts about Machiavelli and immature science.

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3:37

Engines of Our Ingenuity 1166: Josquin Des Prez

Engines of Our Ingenuity ·

2024/05/03

Episode: 1166 Searching for the historical Josquin Desprez. Today, academic detectives look for the real Josquin.

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3:49

Engines of Our Ingenuity 1994: Theory and Encryption

Engines of Our Ingenuity ·

2024/05/02

Episode: 1994 Encryption: abstraction in the world of practical business. Today, guest scientist Andrew Boyd sends secret messages.

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3:50

Engines of Our Ingenuity 2897: Privacy and Technology

Engines of Our Ingenuity ·

2024/05/01

Episode: 2897 A (Very) Short History of Privacy and Technology. Today, privacy and technology.

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3:49

Engines of Our Ingenuity 2779: Smart Phones / Wise...

Engines of Our Ingenuity ·

2024/04/30

Episode: 2779 Smartphones/Wise Phones, our changing relationship with phones over the last century. Today, smartphones vs. wise phones.

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3:28

Engines of Our Ingenuity 1165: Count Rumford

Engines of Our Ingenuity ·

2024/04/29

Episode: 1165 Benjamin Thompson/Count Rumford and the conservation of energy. Today, we meet a Bavarian count who was born in colonial Massachusetts.

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3:32

Engines of Our Ingenuity 1164: Things Bite Back

Engines of Our Ingenuity ·

2024/04/28

Episode: 1164 Why Things Bite Back: The Revenge Effect. Today, nature takes revenge.

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3:30

Engines of Our Ingenuity 1163: A Better Mousetrap

Engines of Our Ingenuity ·

2024/04/27

Episode: 1163 To build a better mousetrap -- that people will use. Today, let's build a better mousetrap.

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3:31

Engines of Our Ingenuity 1162: Systems

Engines of Our Ingenuity ·

2024/04/26

Episode: 1162 Systems: Much more than the sum of their parts. Today, let's see how machines transcend themselves.

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3:48

Engines of Our Ingenuity 1979: Airplane Reservations

Engines of Our Ingenuity ·

2024/04/25

Episode: 1979 How to process five thousand airline reservation requests in one second. Today, guest scientist Andrew Boyd buys plane tickets.

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3:47

Engines of Our Ingenuity 3001: Archimedes To the Rescue

Engines of Our Ingenuity ·

2024/04/24

Episode: 3001 Archimedes to the Rescue. Today, Archimedes to the rescue.

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3:48

Engines of Our Ingenuity 2739: Hall

Engines of Our Ingenuity ·

2024/04/23

Episode: 2739 Evolution of the Hall from Anglo-Saxon times to the present. Today, a room without a view.

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3:34

Engines of Our Ingenuity 1161: Roman Water Wheel

Engines of Our Ingenuity ·

2024/04/22

Episode: 1161 An old Roman mill tells about the acceptance of technology. Today, we try to make sense of an old Roman power plant.

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3:32

Engines of Our Ingenuity 1159: Nevil Shute’s Ordeal

Engines of Our Ingenuity ·

2024/04/21

Episode: 1159 In which Nevil Shute looks at the ordeal of aerial bombing. Today, Nevil Shute predicts the chilling anonymity of war.

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3:31

Engines of Our Ingenuity 1158: The Crystal Palace

Engines of Our Ingenuity ·

2024/04/20

Episode: 1158 The Crystal Palace, the 1851 exhibition, and Victorian art. Today, we look for art to equal the building that holds it.

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3:35

Engines of Our Ingenuity 1157: Marketing Model A

Engines of Our Ingenuity ·

2024/04/19

Episode: 1157 Merchandising Windows 95 and the Ford Model A. Today, we sell Model A's and Windows 95.

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