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: 2179 Science magazine's list of Breakthroughs in 2006. Today, the big science news of 2006.
Episode: 2178 Liaison airplane in WW-II: modest swords made from plowshares. Today, peacetime airplanes at war.
Episode: 2177 Clifton Fadiman and the cult of cultivation. Today, we worship words.
Episode: 3090 Friedrich Richard Petri. Today, drawing the frontier.
Episode: 2722 Gathering of Materials and Methods to Craft Sailing and Space-faring Vessels. Today, voyaging at the edge of technology.
Episode: 2176 Hoaxes: can't live with 'em, can't live without 'em. Today, we walk a fine line.
Episode: 2174 The home as a toy factory. Today, toys for us kids to play with.
Episode: 2172 Forgetting the past, and then seeing it resurrected. Today, we remember what we'd forgotten.
Episode: 2743 The changing book club. Today, a club.
Episode: 2901 Norbert Wiener and Cybernetics. Today, let's talk about Norbert Wiener and cybernetics.
Episode: 2944 The Father of Quantum Theory, The Perseverance of a Scientist Facing Multiple Tragedies. Today, a scientist's triumphs and tragedies.
Episode: 3157 Martin Luther King Jr's. remarkable means. Today, a preacher teaches us about invention.
Episode: 2171 Margaret Knight, origami, and a machine to make paper bags. Today, flexible origami and paper bags.
Episode: 2170 In which Fermi guesses the number of piano tuners in Chicago. Today, we ask, How many piano tuners in Chicago?
Episode: 2741 Frederic Tudor: Ice King. Today, ice heads south.
