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: 2121 Reading about domestic mechanics in 1918 -- how soon we forget. Today, how soon we forget.
Episode: 2716 On the rocks: building with ice. Today, on the rocks.
Episode: 2905 Imagination's Contributions to Science and Technology, Developmental Psychology and Imagination. Today, the gift of imagination.
Episode: 2888 The Strength Through Joy Car: Hitler's Volkswagen and American Consumer Culture. Today, the "strength through joy" car.
Episode: 2120 ME-163B Komet: a secret weapon that almost worked. Today, the problem with secret weapons.
Episode: 2119 Gutenberg, spherical mirrors, and cast type. Today, we see into the Renaissance.
Episode: 2118 We are the machines' media - metaphors of function and metaphors of form. Today, our machines speak through us.
Episode: 2715 Bulbous bows. Today, bulbous bows.
Episode: 2711 The number two. Today, two.
Episode: 2641 Niagara Falls and the development of hydroelectric power. Today, ghosts of Niagara.
Episode: 2709 IBM's Watson and the aftermath of winning Jeopardy! Today, is it bigger than a bread box?
Episode: 2104 Thinking about time travel: At least we can visit the future. Today, we visit yesterday and tomorrow.
Episode: 2105 Are we really happy when we're young and sad when we're old? Today, it's time to grow old together.
Episode: 2103 Inventing Kitty Litter, and making cats welcome indoors. Today, we buy a box of kitty litter.
Episode: 2706 The beauty of desert plants. Today, life giving water.
