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: 3281 Dyslexia and Orton-Gillingham Multisensory Reading Instruction. Today, dyslexia and reading.
Episode: 2328 George Lindenthal's great unbuilt bridge from Manhattan to New Jersey. Today, an unbuilt bridge.
Episode: 2326 Emerging from the muddle of war to invent the modern steam vessel. Today, ocean warships struggle to come of age.
Episode: 2324 Jumping fences and inventing things: kissin' cousins. Today, let's jump a fence.
Episode: 2322 Civilians and the making of the steam-powered U.S. Navy. Today, pruning hooks into spears.
Episode: 2839 The Rise and Fall of Supertankers. Today, a new breed of big.
Episode: 2261 Ford's dream of a 75-mile city along Muscle Shoals. Today, a 75-mile city.
Episode: 2260 When metal grows tired: Trying to predict fatigue failures. Today, metal grows tired.
Episode: 2259 ETAOIN, SHRDLU, QWERTYOP and the printed word. Today, we learn about Etaoin Shrdlu.
Episode: 2803 Fourier, the Fourier Transform, and Music. Today, music in translation.
Episode: 3046 Chemical Energy Storage that is Billions of Years Old. Today, a type of storage that is billions of years old.
Episode: 2802 One Track Mind: the central processing unit of a computer. Today, a one track mind.
Episode: 3277 Microstates, Micronations, and the impulse to create small countries. Today, Very small countries.
Episode: 2258 Sawing without back-and-forth motion: a conceptual leap. Today, let's saw wood.
Episode: 2258 Sawing without back-and-forth motion: a conceptual leap. Today, let's saw wood.
