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: 1120 Cayley's Flying Machine. Today, a boy begins what the Wrights will finish.
Episode: 1119 Lee's Priceless Recipes: How to make everything from lipstick to dynamite. Today, a book tells how our great-grandparents did things.
Episode: 1118 What in the world did we let happen to nuclear power? Today, let's talk about nuclear power in America.
Episode: 1897 Optimization: much more than just driving to work and selling door-to-door. Today, guest scientist Andrew Boyd drives us to work.
Episode: 2798 Behold the Mighty Transistor. Today, a small item creates a large impact.
Episode: 3204 Transforming Transportation from Engines to Motors. Today, our thoughts are about motors instead of engines.
Episode: 1117 Searching out the early history of treating wounds. Today, we look for the history of the wound.
Episode: 1116 Revisiting a 1970 attack on the Interstate Highway System. Today, let's look at an old attack on the Interstate Highway System.
Episode: 1114 Today, let's talk about distributed intelligence. Al Gore's metaphor of distributed intelligence.
Episode: 1115 New York Library's selection of the Books of the Century. Today, a bold listing of books that've shaped us.
Episode: 1859 Today, our guest, scientist Andrew Boyd discusses a legendary movie figure. Waiting for HAL 9000: the lure of artificial intelligence.
Episode: 2279 In which medical people learn how to save babies on the boardwalk. Today, our guest, medical historian Julie Anderson takes us to see premature babies at carnival sideshows.
Episode: 3112 Donald Barthelme: Creative Editor. Today, a sheriff of an editor.
Episode: 1113 How can we talk to our children about mathematics? Today, three mathematicians wonder how to teach math.
Episode: 1112 Rene Dubos asks "What makes us human?". Today, a scientist wonders what sets us apart as humans.